Monday is always a difficult day to blog. I mean, it’s the horses day off almost everywhere in the world isn’t it? I have had Monday or part of Monday off for almost my whole life, it’s a ‘do nothing’ day. But then do nothing usually just means do no barn chores, show entries, paperwork, […]

Our student Tori Morgan had a great day today. Her horse has not run anywhere this year and this is the first year he has started the season at Preliminary. He did Preliminary and a One Star last year but he started the year at the Training level and worked his way up. This year […]

It was a crisp sunny morning in Pennsylvania for Tori and Bentley’s dressage and show jumping. She did her test around 8.30am and her show jumping about an hour later. She hacked from Bruce Davidson’s Chesterland Farm to the show site across the road. Bentley does really well with a twenty minute hack to start […]

We have owned Benny and Rummy for four months now.  They have already done a great deal and all of it has been good education but they have not started their full program of ‘how to be an eventer until now.  They have shipped to Florida, learned to live in a field with a herd, […]

Sunshine again, happy happy happy. The OTTBs are so incredibly sweet. They are both really friendly cuddly people, they are very happy with their career change and now that they are home they will go onto a very definite program. Anne Marie has put dibs on Rummy and nobody else gets a look in. She […]

So Selena and Tori left at seven am this morning. That will get them to the border for around 7.40 and through to the vet for 8am. It’s good to try and get to the vet early and not get stuck behind cattle trucks or more horses going through. It can be a very long […]

I have Selena here for just today. It is not long enough to hear all her news and recaps of the season’s competitions. The phone just isn’t the same as getting the ‘blow by blow’ of each cross country course from the rider in person. We watched video of the Carolina Horse Trials cross country […]

Today I went to hear Jane Goodall speak. I have always been a fan, but I must admit she was even more impressive than I expected. A small quiet spoken lady of 82 years of age, she is indomitable in spirit. I enjoyed it immensely. Thank you Wendy Waller and Susan Morgan for taking me. […]

All the horses were absolutely wonderful cross country. We could not have asked for more. Kelly Damp’s lovely horse Zephyr started the day with a double clear and fairly flew around for Selena, jumping with enthusiasm and really enjoying himself. It’s a great feeling when you are out there on horses that really want to […]

Everybody show jumped really well, but the day was not without incident. Is any eventer’s day ever without incident? First off was Kelly Damp’s ‘Zephyr’ who is fighting fit for cross country and rampaged his way around the show jumping. It’s great to see him so keen to do his job, but sadly his enthusiasm […]