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Entry for 's Oak Hollow Summer Fair [link]
Day 3: Gibsonvale Horse Trials CCI*** Dressage Phase Havillands Harap Alb and John Dampford.
Harap was an old hand at dressage, he knew what to expect and how to behave, however this never stopped John from feeling nervous. He was fine in the sand school back home but for some reason when having to perform dressage in front of a large crowd he always got the needle. Today was no exception, he looked very pale and very sick (much to the alarm of the St John Ambulance members who were manning the first aid tent!) although his general lack of sleep the night before didn't help either.
He had all the support in the world from his friends too, maybe he was worried that he'd let them down?
Harap as usual looked after his favourite rider and performed each movement carefully and precisely, he often wondered why his best friend got so tense when they visited different arenas, I mean, the sand was the same, the numbers round the edge were the same and the movements they had to do were the same. Humans were funny temperamental things, Harap decided, they needed careful handling or they got nervous.

Drawn in Manga studio
Coloured In Photoshop
References for Harap are an amalgam of three different photographs on page 132 of "Riding School" by Lionel Dunning
I had a brain out and couldn't for the life of me work out what the front of a dressage jacket looked like so I used this photo [link]
as a reference for John's jacket.
St John logo drawn by hand but visit their page anyway [link]
I know St John chaps don't wear the white bandoliers any more but it makes them easier to recognise, also Bunny is having a word with the St John Badger about what to do if someone faints!

Description
Entry for 's Oak Hollow Summer Fair [link]
Day 3: Gibsonvale Horse Trials CCI*** Dressage Phase Havillands Harap Alb and John Dampford.
Harap was an old hand at dressage, he knew what to expect and how to behave, however this never stopped John from feeling nervous. He was fine in the sand school back home but for some reason when having to perform dressage in front of a large crowd he always got the needle. Today was no exception, he looked very pale and very sick (much to the alarm of the St John Ambulance members who were manning the first aid tent!) although his general lack of sleep the night before didn't help either.
He had all the support in the world from his friends too, maybe he was worried that he'd let them down?
Harap as usual looked after his favourite rider and performed each movement carefully and precisely, he often wondered why his best friend got so tense when they visited different arenas, I mean, the sand was the same, the numbers round the edge were the same and the movements they had to do were the same. Humans were funny temperamental things, Harap decided, they needed careful handling or they got nervous.

Drawn in Manga studio
Coloured In Photoshop
References for Harap are an amalgam of three different photographs on page 132 of "Riding School" by Lionel Dunning
I had a brain out and couldn't for the life of me work out what the front of a dressage jacket looked like so I used this photo [link]
as a reference for John's jacket.
St John logo drawn by hand but visit their page anyway [link]
I know St John chaps don't wear the white bandoliers any more but it makes them easier to recognise, also Bunny is having a word with the St John Badger about what to do if someone faints!