Four Shoes In August I had made the decision to try Eva fully bare foot. Well .... I thought I did. About I week after the blog post I was discussing with my instructor - who I've been having regular lessons with over the last two years and probably about once a month this year [...]
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The adventures of the ginger horse and the ginger human.
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Jumping back in
Over this course of this year Eva has lost fitness mainly because of... well ... *gestures vaguely towards the global pandemic*. Right now she is beginning to gain fitness again and her and her field pals have recently moved into a new field that has more grass, so I am feeling the effects. The other [...]
Going Barefoot On Purpose
Barefoot or not to barefoot. Previously Eva has accidentally ended up barefoot, through pulling shoes and half her hoof, but this winter I've made the decision to give it a proper go. Background When I first bought Eva whenever she lost a shoe she would be hopping lame. Poor girl was so sensitive that she [...]
Nope.
In my last post I was hopefully waiting for eventing to start in Scotland after an update on the 30th of July. As it transpired pubs and restaurants were allowed open but no sporting events, therefore no eventing. While I understand we need to "kick start the economy" to be honest this was frustrating news, [...]
Ready, set …….. Go ?
Down in England events started up again in July, meanwhile in Scotland we are waiting for an update from the government to get the go ahead for some socially distanced eventing. The next update is on the 30th of July and the first event was supposed to be Kirriemuir on the 1st of August, however [...]
Cross Country Practice
For the first time in my life I hired a course by myself and arranged the transport (a.k.a got my Dad to tow a borrowed trailer)! I have always gone with someone / hitched a lift so this was quite a big moment for Eva and I! The main aim was to just get out [...]
A Visit from the dentist
For the few years that I've had Eva I have always got the vet to check and do her teeth. There wasn't any particular reason that I didn't use an equine dentist, as it was a service my vet offered I accepted and I just kept it that way. The yard I'm at booked a [...]
6 years!
On this day back in 2014 Eva officially became mine. https://media.giphy.com/media/qDDPjvm3oSbGU/giphy.gif In previous years I have posted about our progress over the years - 4 years & 5 years - but I was recently updating Evas Digital horse competition history and we did so much last year so instead of looking back over the last [...]
What now?
We are now - insert number because I've lost count - in to lockdown. It's beginning to feel like this whole year is going to be a bit of a write off and yet there are now little pieces coming through that BSJ and BD are thinking on starting up again. There have also been [...]
While we stay at home….
Before the lock down I was hoping that Eva and I would be out and about this summer to do a fair amount, either eventing, showjumping or maybe even a beach trip. I had even penciled in what heights that I was planning on doing which included moving up a level but with everything that [...]
