Millbrook recap

What a week!
First off a big thanks to the best husband in the world who literally juggled Maggie and Beast an awful lot!
I don't know what i would do with out him!
Ava was really amazing all week. She acted like a pro at her first big sleepover event. And BIG it was!
The dressage was miserable and it was very stressful to Ava. She trued very hard to keep it together. The stewards couldn't hear over the radios because it was raining so hard so they kept changing when it was my turn.
By the time we got to the ring, some horrid machine started backfiring and i thought the Piotr horse was going to lose her mind!
She tried very hard to be obedient in the ring and the judge rewarded her greatly for her good moments.
Ava was an attack horse cross country. That's all there was to it! If it was even remotely in front if her, she was gong to jump it. What a blast.
Ava was all business and very relaxed in show jumping. Such a high quality horse this one.
The Beast was fairly wild all weekend. She tried to contain herself in the dressage and was as obedient and correct as she has ever been. The flapping sponsorship signs were a great source of tension for the Piotr girl!
The cross country felt like an example of how cross country should be. Oh what a dream. That little house just feels free out there and i swear she just waits to see her line and I could just sit there and not do a thing!
I have changed the way i ride her slightly and by fence 5 b she was digging it.
"Let it flow". That's what Sharon told me to do and damn we did it! The Beast skipped around a course that caused a ton of problems.
At the end of the course my little red mare tried to run off with me!
.....I should have thought about this a bit more.
I decided to just graze Beast for an hour and a half instead of pre ride her for sj on Sunday morning. I thought hacking her would make her more tense with all the commotion. Mistake.
I should have got on and cantered her for a while and stretched her.
She was a total wild woman in sj. I have never had her be so .....well... Chestnut mareish!
This gives me a better plan for Fair Hill this fall. It's all about the journey :)
So happy to be home. All though i am exhausted!
Sorry about any typos. My phone has an aggressive auto correct!