Along Came Freddie

It's been a busy month and I should have been blogging - poor Fred but work, Christmas and family visits took hold! Fred and I have...

Saturday 9 November I haven't blogged for a bit, which is very unfair on Fred because whilst we haven't been out and about competing, he...

Thursday 29 August Fred and I quietly headed out for our first one day event together, his first one ever and my first one in EIGHT...

17 August 2019 It's amazing how far we've come. Although our test left quite a lot to be desired, we miraculously scored 62.88% so higher...

11 August 2019 What a way to finish an amazing week! After Fred astounded me in the XC and on the beach, we went to the BKRC Summer Show...

​8 August 2019 Fred and I finally got out on an XC course. The vids (and the smiles) pretty much speak for themselves! We tried...

24 July 2019 - Mendip Plains 75cm is now our baseline. That's the smallest now out competing. He's flying them, so it's upwards and...

16-18 June - Polden & Bridgwater Club Camp. ​ Sore legs today, but fab weekend at Camp with Freddie. Two flat lessons, one show jump, one...

A busy May Bank Holiday Week ​After a week away in Scotland, Fred and I have been super busy this week. We did get out to combined...

Sunday 12 May Today Fred and I went over to Mill Farm Livery to have a jump lesson with Jayne over lots of scary fillers. I think this...

19 April 2019 Well..... we had been due back at the Mendips on 17 April for another go at CT, but 'outside influences' meant we had to...

4 April 2019 With a couple of successful dressage outings under our belt, we began to work on the jumping again at home in our lessons....

9 March 2019 Following on from last weekend, entering the dressage at Cannington was a bit of a late decision. I decided to do two tests...

2 March 2019 I wasn't sure how or whether to acknowledge this win but I decided, in the end, that I was going to post it up because...

15 February 2019 With unseasonably glorious weather, we got back to the grid work. After jumping incredibly the day before the last show,...

19 January 2019 It wasn't our most, er, rhythmical round! We lost the Fred-brain in the warm-up when another horse ran into the back of...