I’m an active member of the Horse & Hound forum. Forum members often get asked to contribute opinions and anecdotes for H&H’s sister publication HORSE Magazine. I gave them my thoughts about collecting ring etiquette for an article they were working on, and they actually put my quote in this weeks edition! Fame at last! [...]

To tidy up our SJing I am having lessons with SJer Rosie Moss and last night was our 3rd lesson. Bit wise we took out his Happy Mouth Pelham and tried Soap in a KK Ultra Universal, which is a very pricey bit! I had brought along a whole selection of other bits but typically [...]

We trecked off to Bovignton BE90 today, an event I have never done before. When we arrived I collected my number and took a quick glance at my section, lots of low 30’s dressage marks eeeke! I thought that’s either a generous judge or some stiff competition! Turns out it was the latter as despite [...]

My brilliant farrier just came out and put Soap’s shoe back on. No abscess was found, and he is 100% sound so we have put it down to a little soreness from treading on a flint. So we are Bovington bound with just 4 days of prep prior to the event. I have a SJ [...]

Typical! I plan an exciting weekend for Soap and I and he goes lame
He has a suspected abscess in his near fore. My farrier investigated for an abscess, corn or a bruise but couldn’t find anything except tenderness on the inside of the foot. We are treating it as an abscess and poulticing to [...]