Show jumping

So normal despite disability

 

When you see me jump today, you could almost think I'm healthy. But a lot has changed since then. I started in the dressage saddle on the 30th May 2019. There were some obstacles in the square. My fingers were itching so much I couldn't take it anymore. I thought: what could happen? I was happy as never before. I had thought I would never be able to jump again and suddenly it was possible. At the beginning it looked inelegant, but I learned to handle the motion sequence. A few months later, my dressage saddle was at the saddler's, but I really wanted to ride. So all I had left was the jumping saddle. And also riding in it was no problem. Later I started jumping. Again I believed that it will not go further and that I will never be able to ride without the Velcro again. But I was wrong again. A good physiotherapy and the diagnosis, which completely changed my view of life once again, made it possible for me to regain some of my liberties on the 16th January 2020. I could trot lightly, gallop in a light seat and ride over cavalettis. And all of this by my own efforts, naturally limited within the scope of my possibilities, but I didn't care. In the following days and weeks I worked my way up to show jumping bit by bit.

Until today I successfully completed jumping classes up to 140.

 

For me it is no longer about how my body might react to something later or tomorrow. If something is possible at the moment, I´ll do everythink for that.