So, every year a huge percentage of us make the pilgrimage to the sparkly lights and festive flush of Olympia Horse Show. Every penny we have saved doing all of our Christmas shopping on Black Friday, goes into a pot, reserved for the all-important shopping village. This year will be no different! There are a... Continue Reading →
With the eventing season drawing to a close, I turn my attention to the demon that is dressage! Over 2 months ago, Pat and I had a double win at Novice and Elementary which qualified us for a Championship. Ludicrously bad timing, in that it fell the day after our BE90 debut at Aston Le... Continue Reading →
So with our late entry accepted into the Pachesham Hunter Trial for the 85cm Pairs, the usual nervous course walk Friday night was a little less toilet trip inducing than other events. I’m not overly sure why – Maybe my fragile confidence is slowly being coated in honey ready for being rolled in feathers –... Continue Reading →
It’s like the morning after the night before – Sat at my huge paper covered desk in my lonely office blogging rather than going through my ton of emails. Did I have a good weekend? I think so. Friday, as you may have seen from my Facebook page, I had another ‘moment’. Sometimes it feels... Continue Reading →
I am pretty sure that at some point in the lives of every single one of you reading this, you have felt rotten about your capabilities, downtrodden or had your chips totally p*$sed on by someone else. If you haven’t – you are probably the one doing the urinating! My equestrian side of life has... Continue Reading →
I cannot believe what I am about to write – I’ll take you back to Friday night…. New Husband and I went over to LMEQ to walk the vomit inducing XC course at approximately 6.37pm, we arrived, found the start, smoked a cigarette and by fence 13 – PITCH BLOODY BLACK!! I was having... Continue Reading →
What a weekend!! Let’s start from Wednesday night where the plans to run through my Novice and Elementary tests for Sunday were planned. I left the office, grabbed my breeches from the car and strolled over to get changed. One leg in, two legs in, yank on the too tight breeches… TWANG!!!! My lower back... Continue Reading →
Well that's is... My feet are wet, I've jumped in with them both! In actual fact, it's not my feet that are wet, it's my palms and my forehead, I'm sat at my desk looking at last years course photos, already choosing the one I might die at. With any luck I'll get balloted anyway... Continue Reading →
So, a bit of a sorry state of affairs after my run of cast iron balls activities. First off, I was massively on the up after my ‘mock hunting’ experience so thought this would make day to day riding, clinics and popping a small fence in the school a doddle. With the right mind set,... Continue Reading →
