Kelly Logan

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 stopped hurting,...

Josephine and her flying machine! *SIGH* I'm not entirely sure how to start this post.... Let's go with the positives first - so having jumped a lovely 90cm round on 11 March to qualify for BOTH Cricklands and Hartpury, I started to build up the jumping at home. Making the jumps higher and wider. When our car brake caught fire on the M5 as we were on our way for Ewen's birthday celebrations at Exeter Race son 17 March, that sort of put the kibosh on Cricklands (10-12 April) but I was a grown...

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 his stride. For a...