Along Came Freddie

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...

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...

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...

9 February 2025 It’s been 7 months since we did our last dressage competition! and that is the longest I’ve gone without competing Fred....

15 December 2024 Since Brent Knoll RC were running Adults Only SJ at Badgworth, I decided to take Freddie in to the 70 and 80cm for 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...

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...

It's difficult to know where to start with the champs this year! There were some good bits and there were some shocking outcomes.........

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

23rd April He is the dancing queen, ginge and sweet (?), almost thir-r-teen Yeah there's more syllables in 17, than 13  and "sweet" would...

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

31 March Hartpury qualification at Elementary - check We've blooming done it MUM!!!! And we have some GORGEOUS PHOTOS from Brian too. My...

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...

20 November When your photographer is talented and makes a bad day look like a good day..... And despite a naughty cross pony, I'm...

30 Sept and the first of the Winter League BD Quest competitions. The day was hot and humid, making for quite lethargic ponies.... And I...

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...