THE WEATHER MAKES LIFE DIFFICULT FOR TEAM CAWOOD

Fulmart Feeds Blog – 27.03.13

 Well, the idea of this blog was to let everyone know how our first event of the year went but unfortunately I’m not able to do this! We were meant to be heading to Stafford Horse Trials last weekend but it was cancelled due to the terrible weather we have all been experiencing. I really feel for the organisers in this situation as so much work goes into the event right up until the day before so to have all of that work with no reward on the day is somewhat soul destroying (especially after all the cancellations last year).

I know it’s the same for everyone but it really is just so depressing and I’m starting to panic a little bit that we won’t get a run before Badminton. Luckily Alfie is pretty laid back and not the sort of horse who needs a lot of outings so it may just be a case of ‘winging it’!!

On a more positive note, he is going really well in training and I even managed to fit in a cross country schooling session on Monday evening which reminded me just how brilliant he is. He was fresh as a daisy and loved every minute of, jumping up and down banks, over ditches etc (we didn’t do any water jump training but I think he’s seen enough water over the past 12 months!)

Herbie is also going well although I haven’t been able to do as much with him as I would have liked to (due to the weather!), my aim is for his first affiliated event to be Bishop Burton at the end of May so I really need to get cracking. We have a packed Easter weekend planned with dressage and showjumping competitions so let’s hope both boys are on their best behaviour!

Little Maple isn’t quite so little anymore (well, as far as Jack Russells go!) but is as cute as ever! She still thinks Alfie is a giant play mate for her and we have some heart stopping moments when she runs underneath him or tries to nibble his hooves but she’s got to learn somehow!

It’s scary to think that my next blog will be just before the big trip down to Badminton but very exciting at the same time, for now it’s a big HAPPY EASTER from everyone at ‘Team Cawood’!

 

LUCINDA CAWOOD - INTRODUCING TEAM CAWOOD

Fulmart Feeds – March Blog

Hi all, my name is Lucinda Cawood and I am thrilled to now be sponsored by Fulmart Feeds, I will be blogging regularly over the next few months to give people an idea of the life of a busy amateur event rider juggling full time work with the highs and lows of the fabulous sport of eventing.

First I will start by introducing ‘Team Cawood’......

 ‘Team Cawood’

My name is Lucinda Cawood, I am a 25 years old amateur event rider from East Yorkshire and with my mum we own Alfie, a 7 year old event horse and Herbie, a 5 year old (potential!) event horse. I have ridden all my life and having progressed through the Middleton Pony Club I went off to uni before deciding to focus on eventing. I work full time in marketing as a product manager and with my mum we own 2 horses, Alfie and Herbie.

Alfie really is the love of my life, having bought him as a just broken 4 year old nearly 3 years ago he really has exceeded all expectations. We have achieved numerous top 5 placings at BE90 and BE100 classes and at the end of 2012 we won the BE90 regional final meaning we are now ‘Badminton Bound’ for the 2013 Grassroots Championships at the beginning of May. We also ended 2012 by buying a lovely 4 year old horse called Herbie whom I aim to event this year.

Next I should definitely introduce my mum, Sharon, who is the glue pulling this all together. As I work full time, Mum is the one who hacks the horses out, meets me at training venues after work, mucks out and does all of the other jobs which mean we can go off and compete all Summer! She is also Herbie’s main rider and does most of the flat work training which she is fab at!

Last but not least is Maple, my 5 month old Jack Russell puppy, I got her just before Christmas and am hoping to take her along to events this Summer providing she can behave herself!! She’s a little bundle of energy and is just so adorable (well I think so anyway!)

Fulmart Feed’s part in ‘Team Cawood’

I have fed Fulmart feeds to my horses for some time now as I tend to need a non-heating product which will build my horses’ condition and offer the stamina needed to compete at affiliated eventing. It has proved perfect for this, especially as Alfie is far too clever for his own good and can become like a hyper teenager on Red Bull if I feed him anything with a cereal grain base!

I am incredibly proud and excited to be associated with Fulmart Feeds going forward and will be blogging regularly to update on my build up to Badminton with Alfie and my progress towards Herbie’s first affiliated event.

It is all systems go in the countdown to Badminton with lots of sessions with Zoe Rymer (my fantastic trainer), Alfie feels fab and I can’t wait to get out to our first event which is Staffordshire Horse Trials on the 23^rd March. Everything feels pretty hectic at the moment especially as I got engaged last week to my lovely boyfriend (or should I say Fiance), Jim!

I’m going to say ‘over and out’ until next time and wish everyone starting their season the best of luck, hopefully we’ll see people out and about over the sunny Summer months!

LUCINDA CAWOOD JOINS THE FULMART TEAM

We are delighted to welcome @lucindacawood to the Fulmart team as our guest blogger.

Lucinda will be writing a blog for us as she prepares for the Badminton Grass Roots Championship in May this year.

Keep up to date with her progress right here on the Fulmart blog.