Mattingley is one of my favourite events and it ALWAYS seems to be a sunny one which is a real bonus. We arrived and found ourselves a nice shady spot under a tree to park in, by the time we returned from getting my number 2 more people had decided that was a good idea [...]

I received some sad news today from my sponsor Frances at Hoplands EC when she emailed to say that sadly they have had to made the hard decision to close the center.
From the Hoplands website…
“After much consideration, we have had to take the reluctant decision to close Hoplands Equestrian Centre from 30th June 2010. Due [...]

Last week I received a text from my sponsor Frances at Hoplands Equestrian Centre asking if I was free to be a guinea pig rider for an Equestrian Coaching Committee training day. Having done a few guinea pig impressions for a similar thing with the BSJA last year I found the whole thing a really interesting [...]

The time has come to advertise Dustry and reduce the Team GHE horse power from3 to 2 so yesterday I poshed him up in readiness for his ‘advert pic photoshoot’ and walked him about the yard looking for some nice backdrops to stand him in front of. Because he’s such a cuddly affectionate little chap [...]

Almost every weekend since I started training with my new instructor Amanda Brewer I have tried to take Soap for a Saturday lesson with her. This has meant that I haven’t done as much competing as normal at the start of the season as I have redirected my ‘horsey budget’ towards instruction rather than entries [...]