I finished my shift last night and with a yippee and not so much of a glance back, I ran away from the trains as fast as my legs would carry me ( Read more... )

I suddenley realised I haven't updated on the mini-shetland rescue saga! Well, Oli is with us all at Field Farm and has settled like he's always been there. We have had him since Tuesday late afternoon and he is just adorable. He is a little nervous but loves people and his nervousness is less every day ( Read more... )

It is ages since I updated my journal. It's a combination of things really, my poor time management, poorly wrist and a bad PC internet connection for a while were the three most contributary factors ( Read more... )

Jo rode George for me today and pronounced him a good dressage horse! He behaved immpecably. So much so that she cut the session short with the words every mama loves to hear 'that'll do him. He's just fab ( Read more... )

I'm rarely in a quandry regarding the basic care for my horse but I am dithering a-plenty this yar with regards to his first clip ( Read more... )

George was MUCH improved today and we had a really great session in the school. He took about 10 minutes to warm up then gave me his full attention during our 40 minutes of working ( Read more... )

My horse was in a foul mood this afternoon! He is usually a sunny kind of character but today he truly couldn't be arsed. He wanted to go out to play in the feild. Period ( Read more... )

I sent a letter with some pictures of my boy to his original breeders (who have a stud in Staffordshire) telling them of our dressage qualification this year. They are lovely people who breed beautiful welshes and since I have had George I have sent them updates about twice a year ( Read more... )

I had a great weekend despite all the personal crap going on. Went to Burghley on Sunday to watch the showjumping phase of the three day event and although that was fabulous, we enjoyed far more the 'Event Pony Of the Year' competition in ring two. Lots of extremely tiny children on extremely tiny ponies galloping around a mini-event course like ( Read more... )

Today I had a dressge lesson from an extremely talented dressage rider named Liz Mason. She rides to Pre St George level and we are lucky enough that she lives close by and knows the owner of our yard ( Read more... )