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...

27 April With the excitement of Arena UK's SJ Championships still in my head, I decided I couldn't wait a whole year for the next one. I...

4-5 April 2025 19 years after I was meant to be at Arena UK with Dream for the BSJA (as it was in those days) 90 Amateur Champs, I...

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...

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

29 August Today, Fred should be having his pre-Lincoln bath, getting plaited up and heading to Ros & Dave for a sleepover ready to drive...

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...

23 March You know those posts that start - wow, I haven't taken my lovely pony out for 6 months and they came home with a win?... Yeah...

20 Feb I decided since there was space in the Pontispool training to just go along for some fun. No pressure, no designs to go anywhere,...

25 January I decided to take December and January off competing. They are cold, wet, grey day kinda months and it's nice just to take a...

29 October - BEACH! With the weather being pretty torrential all month, I wasn't sure we were going to get such a lovely beach ride, but...

Super proud of my BE-E-EAU-TIFUL Freddie. He gives me so much, all of the time and today was no different. Finishing on 4 faults (4...

On 9 August, Fred and I went down to Mill Farm in Wedmore, mostly just to get the old ditch practice on. Once again, Fred flew everything...

On 12 July we headed to Mendip Plains for a spot of XC schooling. I wanted to go and see where we were at. Given that our attempt in...

Having not competed since Hartpury due to work requirements, I was delighted that Jane was putting on Combined Training at Badgworth. The...

26 Feb I decided to try competing again and as we had BSJA (or BS as it is now) at home, I thought, why not do the Clear Round before it...

Bit of a warm up ahead of the season. Popping around yesterday's Working Hunter Course. 😍