Along Came Freddie

Just two days left to go in 2025. What a fantastically successful year for Freddie and I.... We've come so far - qualifying for 3 championships in both dressage and show jumping. We've learnt to jump quickly and turn fast, move like dressage divas And perhaps amongst all my proudest moments this year, have been those where: We got the double win to qualify for arena uk - both team and individual We were 2nd out of 20 riders (beaten only by a ludicrously fast nimble pony lol),

A few friends were putting together a team of four for the Show Jumping Team competition at Badgworth on 16 November. Fred and I hadn’t competed in a show jumping competition since last July, and after his post Trailblazer championships (well deserved) luxurious ‘summer holiday’  in August, we were both still in the process of getting our bodies and brains fit and agile again. But it sounded fun — and sometimes fun is the best reason to get back out there — so I agreed. In th

15 June 2025 Freddie was a little superstar at the weekend. I haven't done dressage since March (remember the stoned beach donkey?) so I...

25 May Horse and rider gracefully clear the second fence with impressive form indoors. What a good boy Fred - 2nd in the ponies and 2nd...

16 February 2025 Around this time last year Fred did dressage and came home with a double win - he had won both Novice classes. It was a...

6 July After the debacle that was Hartpury and the disappointment of not really feeling like I'd done a championships road trip this...

23 June and we headed to Leyland Court for the trailblazer second round qualifiers for the finals. It was a new venue for us. I like it...

April 13, pre Hartpury run through.... Jane is brilliant at Badgworth. Once again, Jane put on the Championship Tests this year a couple...

9 March This isn't an actual photo of the BD Quest competition on 9 March. It's one of Brian's from another competition I've done at...

31 January Yup, it's a glory post, but since this has NEVER EVER happened before for me in 20 years of competing on ANY of my horses (and...

They say a picture tells a thousand words.... I love this pic. I think it 100% shows how pleased I was with Freddie. The dressage...

15 July 2020 A bit late writing this because July into August was insanely busy creating and launching lots of lovely new websites for...

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...

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...