Paralympics Hong Kong 2008 Day 8

Well Lads and Laddettes(if there is such a thing)!! I had the best day ever. I got the bubble to the stables at 9am and was in time for the trot up, Youri passed with flying colours and he looked the bis and he behaved impecably. The Danish man grade 4 had to represent and the Chinese grade 2 and the the British grade 1 had also to represent but they all passed in the end and there was big cheers for all. In flying over the horses that suffered most were the Canadian ones and they ended up in trouble but we are all hoping that they will make it. I went back to the hotel and met up with Lewis our minder and he took Omer from Isreal and I to get my new jacket, Omer wanted to be measured but they said that they could only do ladies jackets. We went back to the hotel and I had a sleep and woke up to the sound of a message and it was from Niall saying I was on at 5pm for my warm up test, I kinda looked again an realised as the competition started at 5 it meant I was on 1st (Oh shit). Well I thought at least I would be able to say I was first in something!!!!! Can you imagine I am the 1st Paralympian to trot up the center line in competition! Youri was a star we had a few glitches but he was my man, he was out in front of me he was forward, I sat back probably for the 1st time ever and said this is it take your time and enjoy and thats what I did to the best of my ability. We ended up with 64.95% and came 2nd, Felicity from GB came 1st on 67%. We watched our counterparts Singapore compete in grade 1A just after 6pm and at the end of her test, Lauren was placed in 1st place with over 70.1%, we didnt see the end so we don't know what the final score was. Niall and I came back to the village, had a shower and went to the Langham Place Hotel to meet all my family who had just arrived, Treeney our helper met them at the airport and sorted them out, it was great to see them and my Dad whom I thought would be brought off the plane in a body bag as it was only his second time flying and he is now in his 70's, but he looked great. I have Mum(Nora), Dad (Peadar), Kelly, Aron, Leon, Shanon, Zoe, Grainne here and they are the business. Mum bought loads of flags and pins we can dish out and they are in great form. Niall and I had dinner with them and got back to the hotel about 12. My final comments are Youri is my Hero, Niall and Paul made it all possible and thanks to my gang for believing in both of us. Talk to you tomorrow, Luv Eils