I am 72 and rode hunters back in the day. Brody is a perfect example of a dream-heart horse! I once had one named Pete (Call a Cab.) You never forget when you are fortunate to have one of these. I love watching him and remembering my days in the saddle. You're great, too, Justine! Thanks for keeping up with your videos for all of us fans.

Brody did very well considering the sticky ground. He is a beautiful horse with great scope. He loves his job. Don’t be so hard on yourself Justine. Onward and and upwards ❤🇺🇸

Brilliant as always. You and Charlie at the end - just fabulous. More of this please!

Well, I really enjoyed watching this vlog! Brody is so gorgeous... He's doing a fabulous job and so are you! I love to see the process of how you're both progressing. Thank you Charlie for your always helpful commentary, telling all about the sitting trot and the origin of dressage! 🙃 But seriously I love how all of you are supporting Justine and coming to watch every time 🦃🐐

An unfortunate blip there! But he’s some horse! Well done! You guys are such a great team! I absolutely love watching you two event together! Brody is absolutely eating up the Novice courses though! 😍❤️

Well done Justine and Brody, you were both fab. Don’t beat yourself up about that one jump. I love watching you both compete. Charlie’s commentary was funny, as always. Being more concerned if the dressage judge might be cold in her car was hilarious. Thanks for sharing xx

Justine, when you were jumping with Simon, I didn’t recognize you! You looked like a 20 year old!!! And a skinny one at that! Got to love Simon and how much he helped you!! Honestly Justine, this awareness now will make such a big difference in your riding and scores and placings. You looked completely fab over the drop into the water, over and over. I was gobsmacked. I love you and your riding and Brody and how he’s progressing is huge. Well done!

Great video. At only his second novice, you did amazing. Blow the horn Charlie, she did amazing.

Absolutely adored Charlies commentary on the dressage!

You and Brody are a class act and a lovely team. So smart of you to go to a trainer right away to correct your little mistake. Thank you for taking us along. PS Lucy and Ember looked so good practicing their test. You two are great supporters of one another :)

The fact that you care so much is one of the reasons you are a great rider, trainer, and person. I'm really glad I get to watch your videos, Justine, I really enjoy them...Thank You!!! I'm really excited to see how you, and Brody do.😊❣️

Thought you were both great all the way through, and your analysis of ‘the blip’ was spot on. Mistakes are there to be learnt from, and in that respect, very useful! Love Charlie’s input, as usual, am a big fan of Simon, and most of all, really enjoy your vlogs. 👏🏻👏🏻

Hi Justine -- I just finished watching you and Brody jump fences in the slop -- got a little worried about you guys. Am I the only one who felt like the course went on forever? I began to wonder if you had combined the filming of two separate rounds. I'll be watching your XC next. I take it that's where you had some challenges? Brody looks fantastic. Love him. BTW -- I'll be 74 this month -- and -- like one of your other commenters -- rode my hunter back in the day. I look back now and appreciate what a wonderful horse he was. I enjoy watching you and Brody so much! Thank you for sharing! JV Okay -- I just watched the XC. Please stop beating yourself up, Justine -- You guys did great. JV

Frustrating but, just one blip and you're both sound at the end. So very late in the day, ground cutting up, windy, cold - I think you both did an amazing job. Mistakes are there to be learned from and we are all a work in progress throughout life! Thanks again for sharing. Just love Brody, so honest.

Brody is such a gorgeous boy and you are an incredible rider, so sympathetic and kind. Love your vlogs, it takes me back to my youth when I was competing. I haven’t had a horse since I moved out to Australia so I do miss it. Watching you takes me back to the old days and good memories. Love the new jacket too!

Justine I think you are incredibly hard on yourself,you are both incredibly brave he flew those jumps ,how exhausting in that ground,bravo to you .Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉Onwards my friend.❤❤❤❤❤❤

Honest, educational & entertaining as ever (with some classic Charlie content! 😂) Great vlog, TFS 😊

Another great event. Brody certainly is so honest and will jump anything you point him at. As you say, you are kicking yourself, but we all make mistakes and we all learn from them. That start time was ridiculous! Good job it was a fairly 'open' course coz if there was any wooded areas it would have been positively dangerous. Yes, Brody is gorgeous. Could watch him all day. Well done.

No sacking of the jockey! You’ve brought him to this stage, and he’s an amazing boy! Always learning, us jockeys! 😉. If I may offer a suggestion….could you get a microphone? I feel like I missed so much of your commentary. 😢. ❤❤❤

❤ Great vlog Justine. Brody did very well in all that sticky mud! 😮 Keep looking up! ❤ I'm glad that Simon was helpful - he's lovely and is a great coach. ×O×

I think keep the jockey! The rest of the round looked good and a nice test. He looks like he really loves his job! Great video too I liked the history of cart horse dressage.

Blows my mind that at 7:30 it’s still light enough to run an XC course. Even in summer here in Australia it’s starting to get dark! You both did an amazing job! Brody didn’t even realise what had happened he’s a gem. Don’t be too hard on yourself 💘

I love Charlie and his running commentary!!

Brody is so beautiful. Justine, you have a wonderful relationship with all your horses!!

Love how confident & positive you are. Brody totally reflects you as a rider! Bloody brilliant! 🤩

Omg Justine I love you so much, I’m not sure whether I love you and your crazy animals or your glasses selotaped together more 😝🥳🤩😘🥰😘😍 don’t ever change! So nice to see a normal person on KZfaq 🤪😎😎😎

Brody soars over the jumps and he is a beautiful horse. Justine, as you stated, it was a learning experience so don't be hard on yourself. Thanks very much for sharing your horse, the cute turkeys and goats, and the beautiful green trees and grass.

I really enjoyed the Vlog. Despite the error I thought the pair of you did amazing. Body has a fantastic jump. Looking forward to your next Vlog soon. P.S. Charlie once again cracked me up with his commentary. When the bell rang to let you know to proceed your Dressage test it set my dogs off! Thought someone was at the front door.

Well done as it's SO windy and YOU can hear it on the Mick. Brody is an remarkable all round ,AND well done Justin. Sometimes you just have to make the best of the situation. Well done all and all the best, AND Justin I addmer you for all you do. Take care and all the best, AND a BIG thank you to ALL your helpers. 😊😊😊😊😊👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Brody was great and jumped so well in those sticky conditions. It was an unlucky mishap with that skinny jump. He is such a lovely horse and you are very brave. Better weather and ground and he will be flying round and up the scores ❤

Brody is fabulous but so are you ....we all have blips ...I think u were both brilliant 👏

That was smart riding in the SJ, allowing him to stand off kept him out of the bog in close. Good job.

I just love your vlogs. Brilliant and hilarious. I think you and Brody are amazing. Onward and upwards!

Thats what I like about watching you ride, you're honest with yourself, you see the mistake and improve it. Brody looked totally amazing, in all of it, you both are amazing together, yes there was a opps but, who dosent, your correcting it. With the bloody shocking weather and the ground I think you both were great!

What a bummer!! The Xcountry fences did look meaty and I see what you mean about the skinnies!!! Plus the ground did look quite churned up in places on the course. But Justine, there is no point in beating yourself up. Shit happens and to be fair he jumped a blinder all round. He seemed totally unfazed by anything. So well done. The dressage looked great, I don’t know why but I didn’t hear his score. And as for the show jumping, the ground was just vile and you certainly had to earn your stripes there. Overall, just marvellously well completed on unpleasant ground and so late in the day. Onwards 😃

He's looking amazing though, he was super, such scope, he jumps for fun and looks to have so much rideability! I wouldn't worry about the error; it was a super performance!

Brody just keeps giving and will not take that as letting him down at all. You ride brilliantly regardless!

Fantastic vlog. Your analysis is incredibly refreshing - and it's also great to see how you put in place a correction plan. Would it be possible for your next lesson with Simon to video more so it could be a separate vlog? Both you and Simon are very educational and great on camera. Would be a very interesting watch. Thanks again for taking us all on your exciting journey with brody

I'm so thrilled to see how well Brody is progressing. It looks like the higher levels are coming back to you, mistakes and all. 🙂So excited to see your next adventure!

I love Charlie's commentary. Brody is star and so are you Justine.#TEAMBRODY

Really enjoyed watching and you and brody done really well and the run out just a little blip and happens to everyone at some points

Cracking horse ! That jacket is very smart. It was a lovely test but there’s a lot going on in this isn’t there? And some big old jumps too. You both jumped them lovely.

I think Simon is awesome. He really knows his stuff, I've watched him give lessons to other You Tubers. I hope you have another lesson with him in the future.

Well done Justin you rode brilliantly I feel so please don’t beat yourself up your a great rider. Brody did really well he’s gorgeous and getting better each time he goes out. Tfs🤗🏇🤗

Coming to you from the US. Thank you for this video! Justine, you are always keeping it real and work so hard to improve. You are a great example for other riders to aspire to. Quit beating yourself up! You don’t deserve it and it’s a waste of your time. Brody is 0:03 talented, loves his job and works so hard to please you. If you said your dressage score I missed it. In future during your dressage portion of video would you please voice over the judge’s comments or yours? Brody makes a lovely picture during all phases. You are fortunate to have one another!

Great job Justine! Please don't beat yourself up about a little mistake, that was a very challenging part of the course. You and Brody are really doing an amazing job. Love that your family is so supportive too!

let's not forget he jumped every other fence AMAZINGLY well, well done. Don't beat yourself up over one small error - you win or you learn and that was just something to take forward to help you improve for next time. Loved Charlie's advice x Brody is such an amazing stamp of a horse I just love him

Everybody do mistakes...... Don't beat yourself up! ❤❤ He is so talented and you are such a brilliant team! Put it in the "experience bag", you won't do it again! Love watching your journey!!! ❤❤❤

Hi Justine, don't be so hard on yourself. Lesson learned. Body looks very confident at Novice level, even if he is a bit green. The ground and weather conditions didn't help. You should be very proud of yourself and Brody for getting to this level. Onwards and upwards. 😊

Well ridden Justine, Brody went very well even tho the going looked chopped up in places, I wish you both success for this season and beyond 👍💯

I think you did really well!! It was so windy and cold and sticky ground. I thought it was more like you were in a lesson and you just misjudged it the first time round, your trainer (your brain) said ‘do you know what you did wrong there? Yep, now go ahead and correct it.’ And you did! Brody didn’t seem to think anything of it, just kept doing his best as usual. It’s great that you were given this lesson now, and with a very safe refusal, so you can work on it at home. I so enjoy these vlogs! You’re fantastic. ❤

Great vlog. Open and honest account. You both did a sterling job regardless of the error. We all make mistakes. If he was perfect and landed them every time you wouldn’t be interested in him! It’s the journey that makes it so special. Love Charlie’s input as always. Top man. Love his no bullshit advice. What a great support team around you. Here’s to the next… ❤👊🏻

Absolutely loved it 😍 thank you for taking us on your journey with Brody, you are an amazing partnership. Love all the animals at home too totally gorgeous! ❤

Love watching always motivates me 😊

Brody is such a sweetheart and you both did amazingly well. looking forward to the next one already.

Just love your blogs Justine , think you and brody are so good together , Charlie cracks me up only wish you were nearer to us for lessons , keep going you both so so well, don't beat yourself up look how far you have come already ,thank you Debbie

I do so enjoy your channel as a 60th y/o trying hard to become brave to complete a 85m course you are my inspiration! Brody's stadium was terrific in the muddy going. You made the xc look easy till.... but it's a learning experience that will only improve! I did enjoy watching the schooling and picked up more encouragement! I agree 7:30 is sooooooo late!!!

So handsome and such a nice jumper!!

Great lesson with Simon and, yes, Brody is beautiful!

Gutted for you Justine but you were both epic and so nice to watch.

Brilliant job - don’t be hard on yourself xxxxxxx

Brody is awesome, as are you. Brody is new to the level and you are coming back after having been away from top level eventing for a few years. The two of you are doing great.

There were so many more positives than negatives in this vlog and honestly that minor runout might even be a positive too because it's inspired you to take a couple of lessons with Simon and only good will come from that. You ate up the showjumping on really chewed up footing and the cross country was beautiful other than that one little misunderstanding. That's all it was and I thought you handled it very well, in just re-presenting with no fuss. He's such a good boy, with such a sweet, amazing personality and I'm so glad you didn't get after him. I thought this was pretty great over all and I'm excited for future vlogs (I'm such a nerd!).

Great job! He is so honest, bless him!

Great stuff Justine, loving you keeping it real and accepting your mistakes and then working hard to improve prove.

Justine your hands were quieter on all the events versus last Show. Considering the weather & footing I thought Brodie looked good in his Dressage test. Nice & round….not much of an extended trot & side-pass could need more leg. Well done Justine!

Bless you, I hope you feel a bit better now Justine, I hate how things play over and over when we make a mistake, but I'm not being funny, Brody is such a genuine gentleman that he hasn't for one moment thought about it and went straight on to try and understand what you were asking.... boy, that lads a keeper!! He will get you out of trouble when he fits those big boy pants!! Listen, you brought your ponio & yourself home safe. That's what matters first and foremost, and then you were very kind in giving us an insight to your lesson and areas of improvement needed.... I can guarantee that most of us allow the lower leg to slip over big jumps lol... that's what the neck straps for I can hear my instructor screaming at me as she sees me bottling it 😂😂😂 Body is in great shape and you genuinely make riding him look easy....better to make the little mis judgements at the beginning of your Step Up To Novice than to be making them at Badminton!!! Plus no one realises how quick you have to make decisions, it's not as easy as you always make it look...stay safe out there ❤🎉❤

You did fine. And you are learning to fix it. That’s a win

Don’t beat yourself up Justine, you were fab and Brody doesn’t feel let down, he just had a great day. It was a late finish for you though, I have sympathy for the fence judges 😂 See you next weekend at Catton x

Just think positively Justine, had he finished on his dressage score he would have been 4th. Not bad for his 2nd novice huh! ❤️

He might be a bit green still, but hes keen and honest, and you ride him so kind, give it another 6 months lol,

Love to listen and watch. You are so talented!

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Wonderful to have analysed so deeply what went wrong, It's not that bad really, a small natural mistake, Not as if Brody did anything intentional, his heart is always bold and straight, but great to listen to your views and Charlie's, i think that's it, just collapsing in the drop into water and loss of connection Line and engagement, expecting too much from Novice Brody, thats what eventing is all about questioning yourself and learning from it that's why its such a great sport, horses show you where to grow.. BravO Thx for the VideO 🐎

Found this really interesting. Don't beat yourself up so much x

Well done Justine. I love this horse and if I was still jumping he would be my sort of horse. I really respect you for owning up for your riding mistake and wish more people would, as most of the time it isn't the horses fault. I myself made a riding mistake a few weeks ago that cost me a Royal International Horse show ticket. Well done again. I think your not to far from me and would be good to get some showjumping lessons ( we do working hunter ) with my girlie

Justine, don't beat yourself up over a small mistake like that! It was late in the day and you were probably tired, I'd be exhausted by 7pm when you'd been up hours, too late to make horses do xc in my opinion! Nobody's perfect at the end of the day! I thought you both looked great considering how late it was ❤

You two are doing amazingly, Justine! Love your attitude and your beautiful Brody. I think to make your vlogs even better it would be worth turning off event sound (eg wind, etc) when you're doing voiceovers. Cheers. x

Spectacular ❤❤

I always made it a rule to write a list so I wouldn't forget anything if I didn't I for sure would discover I'd forgotten something and it would always be something I really needed I had to except that my memory wasn't as good as it used to be 😬🙄 so I'd write a list and mark it off the night before and check again before I left such a pain in the bum . Brody is such a beautiful boy and wow can he jump and you are amazing love and cheers from the South Island of New Zealand.🌸

I love team Ward the support and analysis with insights really give you the feedback you need

Love watching you and Brody!🥰

Please please can we watch your next lesson with Simon. He’s such a star. I’m so pleased he pointed out your peck on landing. Extra work on core and erector muscles!!!!

Well done . Every day is a new experience and that's what makes us better people. Any chance of a glimpse of hound and kennel life sometime. I have worked as hunt groom/kennel person and I'm sure even non hunting folks would appreciate all the hard work that goes into producing a pack. P.s. thoroughly enjoyed the dressage commentary😊

The alternative dressage facts are very informative. I learned nothing. It was great.

Such a lovely partnership ❤

I thought you did wonderfully well, those fences can come up fast and Brody is a strong, honest boy. It's great that you have excellent teachers to help you fine tune your technique. I'm very impressed with you and good boy Brody! p.s. I enjoyed seeing all the critters on your farm too. ~ carol from usa

As you said "Brody is lovely" such talent along with you Justine. Learning together. Just a wee blip and you will have it sorted - Simon says....etc....agree a very late start for your internal clock. Thank you for sharing.

You are amazing!

My favourite horse with my favourite lady x

Meant to add re your approach at that jump. Many other riders would have forced jumped regardless of not been lined up, something that does happen in xcountry galloping .So much more credit to you to have bypassed and accomplished teamwork safety to go back again .

Message for Charlie, Dressage dates back to classical Greek horsemanship and the military who trained their horses to perform movements intended to evade or attack the enemy whilst in battle. The earliest work on training horses was written by Xenophon, a Greek Military Commander born around 430 BC. Dressage continued to be developed by the military who studied horsemanship as part of their military training and during the Renaissance European aristocrats displayed highly trained horses in equestrian pageants. The great European riding masters of the time developed a training system and the Imperial Spanish Riding School of Vienna was established in 1572 and all dressage training today is based around their principles. it has NOTHING to do with plowing Horses, and you do not do half-pass at Novice level. Dressage comes from the french word Dresse which means to train.

Brody was probably thinking in the start box 'what the heck woman, it's past my supper time'. Then on that skinny 'oh, was i meant to jump that? Well, let's have another go then.' He is such a dear boy, just learning as he goes. Reminds me of our boys when they were teenagers - big, willing, strong, no clue. Had to be taught 'do it this way' several times. Did Charlie get the latch sorted on the horse box? Will there be a video of Simon's lesson?

Not the most ideal conditions but what a super boy Brody is! Lovely to see you then go away and work on things and next time out, have a great result! 🤞🏼 do feel for you going out on course so late though. Also, is your cat also called Jaffa? I forgot to ask after your last video, I thought I heard you say ‘Jaffa’. I have a ginger cat with that name 😂 I honestly would love to live on your farm as I’m animal mad and an ex young farmer.

He is such a powerful jumper it tends to pitch you forward, but it's something you can work on, he is so honest, what was your dressage score please, would you have been placed without the run out? He has developed into a very special, talented boy due to your training ( with a little help from Charlie) 😂 xxxx

I thought you did fine! And you looked quite top of the line!

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Would love to know your dressage score but thank you for the run though. He and you are looking great!

I think you're being a bit too hard on yourself; it was sticky ground, he's usually so honest that you get fooled thinking he's more experienced, and as you said that it was a while since you competed at Novice level. Most importantly, you immediately took steps to solve the gap with Simon, who always has good advice to share! Yes, it sucked but he got another event under his girth

How is the aftercare different when you have competed on difficult ground for an event?