And more cross still

Jill was able to coax the big snorting panicky bay, slowly, to the edge of the puddle. And then, he LEAPT across it! And they came back, and did the same thing. And back, same. And again...

Making a big fuss of him each time.

Jill was proud to be able to go with him. She thought it was the weirdest effort to have to make, because at first she had to be sitting up tall and using her seat to push, while making sure not to get ahead of him or go over his head, yet when he would leap out she had to make sure to soften and go forward with him, a challenging combo.

Its not like he was going straight across. It was always so random! A high jump, a sideways scramble, a stop quake quake fling the other direction... a surprise every time. Once, only once, he trotted right through it.

Which is all he had been asked to do on show day. The puddle was NOT an obstacle on course, just an unflagged challenge that brewed in the storm and eliminated them, ha.

Jill was sooooo glad to be able to go back and school the issue.

They did 10, 11 and 12 and then went to go play with the drop and water complex.