When things don’t go to plan ? . I like to walk my cross-country course at least 2x before the phase and plan the strides, balance, pace, and route I’d like to. HOWEVER, as a well-meaning adult rider with one horse, I’ll never be perfect. . . Here Id walked the line a few times, you came off a sharp turn up a hill to these two angled tables which walked three strides. To do so, I wanted the first table to come a bit out of stride so I could travel easily to the second table. . However, on course I was booking it to make time, more-so than normal, which had Swatch a little wide-eyed. He definitely had some focus on the things around the jumps, not always the jump in front of him. Coming to this combination, I didn’t want to travel all the way down the hill to waste time, so tried to go only as far as I needed to get him straight. In doing so, as I’m riding up to the jump we get right underneath the first fence rather than that more open step I’d planned. . That can be an ok-balance, bu...