Only one more business day before the circus leaves town. There are lots of things that can be done on the weekend, but there are so many preparatory tasks that have to be done on a business day. The horses see the vet and the dentist and get wormed, shots are brought up to date, […]

We are having a working student crisis. Every few years we get caught out when a student unexpectedly has to leave. In every case we are sorry to see them go and in this case we will surely miss Jacline Gnidec, who has been a wonderful addition to the team for the last 18 months. […]

Well today was the big day. Selena rode both the OTTBs for the first time. Neither of them could have cared less. Benny, the four-year-old, had not been ridden since the end of last September, Rummy who is now five, finished racing in October and was ridden three times after that. I don’t know if […]

Happy New Year, and welcome back! I hope you all had the chance to spend some time with family and friends and your horses over the holidays and wish you all a very happy, healthy and successful 2016. One of the questions I am often asked by my female clients especially is ‘Can wide horses […]

Another busy day at the barn. I don’t know why we always seem to be functioning flat out. I keep waiting for things to ‘settle down.’ I think I am just kidding myself. I got the go ahead to stand up today! My knee surgery (second one) is cramping my style considerably, and I have […]

Today is the first bitterly cold day of the year. We are all very happy that it is a Monday and thus not a day that every horse works. However, at the high of the day, a glorious minus fifteen, a couple of horses still have to be worked, somehow, some way. There are days […]

Happy New Year! Phew. Is it just me or are there other people out there that feel as if they’ve just survived a 10km mud race after the holidays pass by? All the ads will have you believe that the holidays are about putting one’s feet up and drinking eggnog in front of the fire […]

Today was lovely because Woody’s owners came to visit. It is always a good day when John and Judy Rumble come by. Sunday is also the day we jump everything at home…Sunday Funday as it is known. All the horses and riders take a turn at a course or a gymnastic exercise on a Sunday […]

I said yesterday that a horseman’s life is all about problem solving and it’s SO true. So, this morning, my ‘only just recovered from Hogmanay’ staff started at some cold dark hour before 6:00 a.m. Reason? We had someone coming early to look at a horse that is for sale. Everything ready, farrier has just […]

First day of an Olympic year. Nothing exciting in the offing today, but like stable workers the world over, most of us are moving slowly this morning. Horsey folk tend to be early to bed and early to rise, and on those celebrated occasions when they are not early to bed, they are usually still […]