Saturday was a fun day. The horses got some turnout and rest. We had yummy breakfast at Polly’s team room in Marlborough. Everyone wanted a proper English breaky. Mine was vegetarian (with vegetarian sausages) which was a first for me. They were pretty good. I was tempted by Devon clotted cream and strawberry jam on […]
Friday was a challenge due to being exhausted! Arrived early morning at Heathrow. Waited for my bag for ages. Was worrying because I remember I checked in seven hours prior to flight. It did finally arrive. Phew! I went out to the Costa coffee shop and met up with Max Corcoran, the team’s stable manager, […]
Hmmmm I don’t love traveling, but I like arriving. Everything went smoothly today minus the torrential downpour (ONLY over Jessica’s farm). The federal vet examined Woody and the trailer this morning early at Balsam Hall (poor girls had to pressure wash and disinfect it). Woody got his Omega Alpha RegenerEQ and Gastra FX and gobbled […]
OK, Great Meadows is over, all things being equal, Woody will be getting on his flight to Europe on the eventing of the twelfth of August. Phew. It seems like it should be easy to blog on the lead up to such events, but in actual fact the process itself is not only tense but […]
This past weekend was sad and black for the eventing world. We are all numb with the loss of Jordan McDonald and Benjamin Winter. Our thoughts and hearts are with their families and friends. We had our own personal pain to deal with on Saturday when we said goodbye to Selena’s wonderful long time partner, […]
Rolex was everything we hoped for. Both the boys were doing their first four star. To have one ‘newbie’ at the four star level is stressful, it turns out that two is absolutely nerve wracking. After all, really and truly, until you are finished, ship them home and trot them up the next day, you […]
It has been a long gap, but in all fairness this time it was not all my fault. I wrote our adventures way back in March and the email gods chewed it up and spat it out as gobbledygook never to be resurrected. Soooooo, it’s now nearly Rolex and to be quite honest, it’s hard […]
The 2014 season for O’Hanlon eventing began today. Selena rode Rocky and Woody in the Intermediate division at the Florida Horse Park as per coach Clayton Frederick’s advice. I must say, I am a bit horrified at how quickly they are out there running and galloping, but I guess in a WEG year there is […]
All the big boys are back in full work, which means the barn is running full out in the horrible weather we are having. I cannot wait until all the competition horses have headed south and can be assured of working every day. We have given up ‘a day off for the horses,’ since we […]
The last weekend before Christmas is coming up. Am I ready? No, of course not. But we did have a great Christmas party last weekend, so the Christmas spirit is up and dancing. The weather of course was appalling. Our annual bash, expecting 60 people in minus 20 and a snowstorm….sigh. Only around 15 of […]
