Fourth!

So many possible blips today ... I've put a few on Flickr if you'd like to have a look at the newest edition to Burley Road Farm ( from 0 seconds old to 5 mins old ) and Whisper playing with water from a hosepipe .

It absolutely threw it down with rain for most of the day and we all got pretty soaked. Even the ground inside the display tents was just a sea of mud.

Fortunately, about half an hour before Lou and Whisper were in action the rain stopped and the sun put in an appearance. Whisper managed to stay calm and got 2 clear rounds. Lou wasn't able to speed him up too much in the jump off as he gets over excited and tends to knock the fences down, but we were all happy with 4th place ( rosettes are given out to 6th place and there was prize money to boot! ) Whisper really does love competing, but is best suited to cross country where he can let off steam. The funniest thing was letting him play with the hosepipe as we rinsed him off back at the farm!