Along Came Freddie

After such a sparkly but confidence-boosting start to the show jumping season, Wednesday felt like the next little test for Fred and me. The plan was simple: go out, jump the 80cm , keep things calm and positive, and see where we landed. Fred warmed up in the warm-up arena like a total professional. Granted, we were in there on our own for quite a bit of the time, but riders were coming and going and horses were appearing and disappearing around us – and Fred took it all in h

it's taken me a bit of time this year to get underway due to the weird reactive hypoglycaemia issue discovery. November and December were a wipe out and as the iron kicked in through January and the discovery about sugar/insulin thing, it's taken a while to get my energy levels back up. I jumped in January just at home in the arena not competing and it was SOOOO exciting Fred bucked after every fence and tanked off around the arena. Which meant a few lessons and a few jumps t

4 November After catching covid at the end of July - which left me exhausted, experiencing a really slow recovery - and Freddie's blip...

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

14th April More dancing this weekend with Fred Ginger. Having qualified for Hartpury in the Elementary, I wanted to keep up with the...