An old friend of mine from school has her own creative business and has recently started branching out in to videography. In order to develop her already amazing skills in the area she signed up to video school. As part of the course she was required to create a short film. I am delighted to [...]
Hopetoun
The week before Wednesday night we had a lesson, it had certainly been a while since we had one, and Eva and I did need a bit of a nudge - read "kick up the ass" - in the right direction as I was descending back in to the habit of doing everything. And Eva [...]
5 years
It has been a whole 5 years since a bought Eva! It was the shy, quiet, gental creature that drew me to her ..... Pfft who am I kidding! It was the "Go on make me" attitude that caught my eye along with the feel of untapped potential in her jump. 5 years on and [...]
May madness.
I last updated you while I was making plans for the start of summer. That was 3 weeks ago... it feels like longer, so, so much longer. So. . . . here is the short version; 》》We went x-country training which she was awesome at! We certainly did a few that were bigger than 80! [...]
The Non-Horsey Partner 2
Some of you might remember a while ago I handed things over to my boyfriend for his take on things for a Non-Horsey Partner post. And now we have another! Enjoy! The first cross country It’s been a long while since I have written anything. I have no real excuse for it. Sadly, as I [...]
Summer Planning
Here we are the start of summer, and for this summer I am hoping to do a fair amount of going out and about. I need a plan of action not only because I need to make sure I learn the right dressage tests and Eva is fit enough but also from a financial side [...]
We had a miscommunication
On a bit of a whim I decided to enter Eva in to the 90cm class of a showjumping competition on the yard. I hadn't ridden Eva much that week as I was still very much on the high of doing our first ODE. Obviously Eva is now in ok shape and with that comes [...]
Review : Rydale Askwith Coat
Recently I was fortunate enough for a company called Rydale to ask if I would be interested in reviewing a jacket which is part of their new spring collection. Rydale is a British country side clothing brand that you will see at a lot of the country side shows and especially horse shows. Of course [...]
Refusing from the starting box…
We did it! Our first one day event! And her feet? Absolutely fine the ground was perfect for her not too hard or too soft. Granted the dressage felt a bit slippy and the jumping I protected her round because I didn't want us fly round and slipping but nothing that was sore for her [...]
Shoe Saga
If I were more of a pessimist I would think the world is out to stop me eventing. Im trying very hard to remember that is it just the ups and downs of horses and we will get there! So whats happened ? Eva lost a shoe. Farrier put it back on. Eva lost it [...]
