Back in the summer Richie actually raced in Sweden. There were hardly any suitable races here so Dad and the trainer took a little weekend trip and entered Richie for a jump race. The ground turned out to be rock hard and Richie never really got going so it wasn't particularly successful, but he did at least prove that he could jump... First this horse came along and went through the fence rather than over it...
The force of the horse hitting it made it flip around and it actually ended up upside down...
Richie came right behind it and proved that he might have a show jumping career ahead of him when he's done with racing... This just shows how sensible he is, because normally they brush right through the top of the fences, that's the whole point of it, but if he'd tried that here he would have fallen for sure...
I just love the look on his face - it looks like he's thinking "Shit, this is not what I signed up for!"
And he clears it beautifully. So what could have potentially been quite a dangerous situation actually looks really cool. I do love that little horse!
PS: These pictures have been blatantly nicked off the internet from a guy called Daniel Olsen... I do apologise...
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