Well Taupo was a non event for poor Wilson!
He felt a little 'off' on the Friday afternoon when I rode him, so I confined myself to the grass, preferring to keep him off the sand which does seem to aggravate any uneven-ness.
I then proceeded to warm him up on the grass before his test, and he did feel a little off on the right rein initially.
However, he did an ok test even though it was on the sand, scoring a few 8's, as well as some 5's for his walk work which dragged his mark down, finishing on 63%.
Rode him over to the show jumping to learn the course before taking him back to get his gear on, only for him to go dog lame...definitely too lame to ignore and carry on.
So that was his weekend over :(
I have, since that weekend kept him off the sand, and have also been painting the soles of his feet with metalex to try and harden them. Blacksmith was unable to find anything except extremely soft soles, which would lead to him being ouchy from standing on just about anything!
Crossing fingers for a start at Rotorua - even if I do stuff up on the day, it would be nice to get the chance to!
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