This was from Anne Marie early this morning Great meadows starts today with the jog at 3pm this afternoon. I’ve been to great meadows once before in its inaugural year when it was our last run before WEG 2014. It was already a beautiful venue t

It’s always interesting to take a few moments when I’m working at a horse show to check out the competition. I mean the real competition – the riders who have trained long and hard and are now showing off their skills in the ring. Especially in

I love Summer.  I love it when it’s hot and sunny every day and your hat gets soggy after your first horse LOL.  Selena does not have this problem, she got a fabulous new hat from Charles Owen that has removable ‘inside’ which can

It may well be that I am preoccupied by the UK’s unceremonious “outing” of itself from Europe, but this week I can’t help but be more intrigued by the circumstances around the notable riders out  of Rio as opposed to those still hoping to be

I have to comment on a couple of articles which recently appeared in various other equine media and gave cause for reflection. The first one was about weekend warriors and trying to avoid battles during your horse time. According to the dictionary, t

Everything seems to have gone into overdrive.  The activity level at the farm is in it’s usual runaway train mode.  People say to me, why don’t I take a few days off ….they have NO idea.  I am not complaining mind you, if I had t

So theoretically the Olympic Eventing team was meant to be announced yesterday…but it wasn’t.  It’s stressful.  You try not to think about it or let it make any difference to the day but it’s the elephant in the corner. Frid

There have been a number of articles appearing in various publications recently about rider fitness and how to get back in shape if you’ve taken the winter off. Of course, getting your horse back in shape is part of the equation, but how do you eve

Two of my last three blogs were about the speciousness of FEI rankings lists and the injustices of the individuals’ qualifying procedure for Rio. So it was interesting that both topics come together in the matter currently dividing the jumping comm

Tuesday we arrived at Bromont and the weather was lovely. Tori, Anne Marie & I unloaded into the main barn and then took the horses for a quick walk and some grass before heading to the vets for “in barns”. After that I took Zephyr on