stable tales

As some of you may have noticed Hogan is living in again and has a brand new stable door and wall . He has already been testing it out with some hearty well aimed kicks but so far both door and wall are holding firm . We found a selection of grooming items in the space between the old stable walls but sadly nothing of real value !
Many thanks to Jim Brown who built the wall and lets hope his promise that it is industructable holds true .

Fancy ribbons all round

Big smiles tonight at Saddle Club jumping - between the three of us we managed to place in each class!

Cara comes back to Welly

As most of you know Cara spent the summer relaxing, she has how returned and enjoying life over at Highfields where she has made new friends.

Amy and Rosie have been enjoying the lovely hacking at highfield.

A lazy Sunday afternoon

Well that was what we thought the unaffiliated show jumping might be yesterday , how wrong we were ! By the end of the day the rough estimate was that there has been some 120 enteries. What else does one do on a damp Sunday afternoon in November ?
Hogan and I picked up a clear round rosette as did Michelle on Charade , not sure about everyone else but did see Helen Freeman wearing a 4th place rosette won with Casper.
Many thanks to car park stewards ( ably assisted by Hudson ) and all others who found themsleves roped in to help . Be warned it the junior version next Sunday so you may want to have something else planned .
Note to all - advance enteries are a good idea.

Clara and Brighty go to Tweseldown!

On Saturday, Clara and Brighty took a trip to Tweseldown. We had a great time, and Clara found it all very exciting!

Brian and Claude's hunter trial start

Sorry Brian, but I had to return the favour.

I believe that the rest of the round was so much better. Congratulations, but you should have sent the video crew further round the course!

The Andalusian and the Llama

Geoffrey and Lindo paid a long overdue visit to Berkshire Riding Centre for more dressage clinics. For Lindo this means taking his lovely paces to the next level. For Geoffrey this means loads of fuss from his favourite person in the whole world, Martin Kattenbusch, and a polite invitation to relax and get his head out of llama position.