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24/01/2025

The judge was Jeremy Manno from Belgium.
We did it! First run, first success, first place, and we get the last signatures to move to agility grade 3.

Almost one year apart, Jeremy Manno signed us up for grade 2 at Thalfang. This time, he signed us up for grade 3!

6th and last signature!

I was disqualified for jumping. There is nothing to say; I think I was still in the previous run.

25/01/2025

The judge was Jeremy Manno from Belgium.
For our first Jumping in grade 3 (excluding opens), this was quite a challenge. I was also quite a bit stressed by the change. I know it’s not rational since it’s not the first time we run at this level. It was a little bit messy.

Agility was better, the stress was gone, and I was more focused. We were disqualified for three refusals on a difficult weave pole entry, but the rest of the course was good.

26/01/2025

The judge was Jeremy Manno from Belgium.
Agility was full of “outs” and it’s one of our weaknesses. I have a really hard time negotiating them and it’s destroying the tempo of the run.

Jumping was a little better. I forgot to connect with her before the wall, and she took what was in front of her, guessing the course on three obstacles. I’m really happy that she finished the weave pole even if I was running in another direction!

Happy birthday my Queen

4 years already ?! 😱 I wish I could freeze time and keep you like this for ever.

Happy birthday my beautiful Kaïa ❤️

18/01/2025

The judge was Jörg Zenner, from Germany.
I felt alone beside the 4th jump. I handled this jump poorly and she was just in front of the tunnel, my body aiming right at it!

Agility was fun and fast with many double tunnels. We finish faultlessly and in third place on the podium!
I’m proud of this run.

Faultless agility! 3rd place!

19/01/2025

The judge was Patrick Tunders, from the Netherlands.
On the jumping, we are disqualified by 3 refusals. Kaïa failed to take an S-turn before a tunnel and the line was borderline dangerous, I was worried and looked for too long. My sweater got stuck on the weave pole and I was late for the next jump.

On the agility, the big question was: can Kaïa run on the catwalk without me? We tried and failed.