#zinzano l

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All of Ginny's horses had always been projects. They came to her off the race track, and she restarted them for new careers.

Her sponsorship from @ihtl-co offered her a new opportunity - a search for her new upper level competition horse. However, Ginny couldn't entirely stay away from a little bit of a challenge.

Ginny found herself, at the recommendation of several trainers, arriving at @stall-lindens to look at Swedish Warmbloods for sale. There were several started show jumpers with competition records, but Ginny found herself drawn to a tall, dark gelding. Zinzano L was bred for dressage, and had the movement for it. Unfortunately, the riders at Stall Lindens recognized Zin's heart didn't seem to be in dressage. He was growing bored, and they recognized upper level dressage was not in the cards for him.

Out of curiosity, they had free jumped him and found he did have a cute, scopey jump. He didn't have the breeding for it, and he didn't have the show miles the other horses had, but Ginny was smitten with his big heart and puppy dog personality.

A giant welcome to Zinzano L, Zin, Zinny, Z!

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"Stay with him, stay with him, stay with him!" Ginny's trainer's voice echoed across the arena. Ginny grimaced realizing she probably caught her new mount's mouth more than she had intended as the dark bay gelding jumped in such a vertical fashion, she imagined that this was the closest she would come to experiencing a rocket taking off.

Zinzano L, "Zin", was Ginny's new mount, and they were having their first under-saddle jump session. Zin previously was a dressage horse, but he started to grow bored with that routine, and so Ginny hoped he would find more joy in the jumper ring. Zin was eager and interested in the jumps, but was still figuring out the whole jumping situation. Like many inexperienced jumpers, he currently had a tendency towards drama, overjumping, and launching himself over the smallest crossrails.

Ginny broke out into a large smile upon landing on the other side of the crossrail, her joy radiating. "Good boy, Z! What a good man." This particular jump had been their most cohesive jump yet, and while the crossrail certainly didn't need the amount of clearance Zin was giving it, it was clear he had a fair amount of scope that would serve the duo well down the road. Ginny Holmes and Zinzano L in Equiality Sims' 2023 Back To Schooling event