17/11/2024
Banjo, you’ve made me laugh and you’ve made me cry, you have tested me and you have certainly humbled me in the last 153 days.
Some days it just doesn’t work, and day 3 just wasn’t our day, but that’s just life in the big city.
As I lay on the ground in front of hundreds of people, I opened my eyes and saw that you hadn’t fled, you’d stood perfectly still waited for me to get up and then you let me get back on you.
“If you can meet with triumph and disaster, and treat those 2 imposters both the same”
Kipling was definitely talking about days 2 and 3.
If it’s results you’re reading for, we came 2nd in the ridden class, and even with all those eyes watching us, Banjo rode like it was just us at at home smooth and soft. We placed 5th overall with a short margin separating us from 3rd and 4th even with our “unplanned dismount”. What some might consider a walk of shame, we treated as a victory lap waving at the crowd and showing them just a glimpse of how wonderful you are. I so deeply respect you Banjo, you showed up every day, and I could not be more proud of you.
You are a great champion, the last thing you taught me was to duck, I just wish it was a bit sooner. Well done my boy 🩵🩵
