Along Came Freddie

After a bit of a setback in our training following the tumble and rib damage incident back in April, I’m delighted to say we got through the second round of Trailblazers Dressage and qualified for the finals in August again. However, I think the words “got through” are perhaps a very apt description of what happened…. Having had the hottest week on record as a run up to the show meant Fred had another impromptu week off, and so our preparation for the ‘big day’ was even mor

From my last post, you might not be surprised that it's been a bit quiet on the old 'Fred front', since almost 8 weeks ago I went through a jump wing at speed. Devasting because Fred had been absolutely flying. I'd put the fences up to a really good 90/95 with wide old spreads in preparation for the Hartpury Champs. Anyhoo I had 4 weeks out of action for badly bruised ribs - but thankfully not broken! Then I was able to get back on board - tentatively. By week 6 the ribs had

A win yesterday for Freddie on 69.31% in the Elementary 1, finishing almost 5% up on the next competitor - go Fred! We also scored 66.72% in Elementary 2 — although as the only combination in the class, I’m not sure that really counts as a “win”!?! After Freddie decided to go completely feral at the start of the dressage season in January (including an Elementary test that will absolutely NEVER be seeing the light of day), yesterday he chose to show up… mostly. The warm up wa

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),

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