Jaguar, as usual, did his almost comical level of jumping at Tomisato this morning, clearing fences by a staggering amount. He spent so much time in the air, in fact, that Louis was unable to pace his run right at all, dropping him down the field. But it was a clear, safe run, and both horse and rider enjoyed themselves, which is good. We now have a dilemma, though - do we go for 80cm or even 100cm fences, and risk the crazy beast jumping even higher than he does already, or do we stick at 60cm simply for his enjoyment? It's obvious that Jaguar loves jumping a lot more than Dressage, which is why we enter him in the competitions in the first place, so who knows...Sophie won the Japan Cup gymkhana with Jaguar in the afternoon, but she now makes it look so easy, she'll have to move up a class into the Grand Prix category. This involves a jump at the end of the speed and control section, and although it's only a crossbar, you can see what Jaguar is like! He never jumps anything less than 80cm when faced with any obstacle, and it's usually a damned sight higher than that - often in the 110cm-120cm range. This means Sophie will have to start show-jumping training to make sure that if he does do a 'Jaguar Special' and launch like a rocket, at least she'll be able to handle it. Fun times ahead!
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