Paralympics Hong Kong 2008 Day 8

Hello, well the day was another good one. I didn't sleep last night so thankfully there was nothing to essential to do this morning so I had a lie in, I listened to my tapes and fell asleep and had a pretty relaxing morning. I got to the stables just after 2pm and met up with Nancy, who gave me and Paul and Niall a card signed by the rest of the team from Beijing, it made my day thanks a million everyone it was very much appreciated. I hear the block your in, in Beijing has very little external decor in terms of flags and bunting!!!!!!!!!! Dont worry I rang home and Mum and Dad will bring a flag or two!!!! Hope I get to see the boys and their tongs too!!!! Anyway back to reality, we went and did a sound check at 3.55pm, we had to put the sound up quite a bit but it sounded good in the end we hope!! Youri then had physio and we got ready to ride. Youri was a bit dead today but still good at the end of the training session we got 5 mins in the field of play and I managed to ride my team test. I wore my Irish jacket to see if I could cope with the heat and its ok till you get to the end of your test and then the heat hits you and its awful. I got to the misting tent and stuck my hands in ice cold water to cool down. Youri is just getting used to being sprayed with ice cold water and I thing he quiet likes it now. Youri got a wash and then around 8 we all had to gather in the grass arena with horse in hand and lead them round the field of play with the torch lit so it was exciting to see all the horses together and they were all great. Youri got another compliment today, we were told he was the best looking horse here, unfortunately they didn't say the same about his mother!!!!