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