Fulmart Feeds Blog – 17.04.13
The first big bit of news is....we’ve been out eventing! We
finally managed to get a run out at Breckenbrough Horse Trials (near Thirsk)
where we were in the BE100. I was so relieved to get in as I was starting to
worry that we wouldn’t get a run before Badminton.
It was a very windy day but Alfie performed really well for
his first event of the season, just before we went in to do our dressage the
steward called over to Nicola Wilson (Olympic Silver Medallist!) and shouted ‘You
follow this lady on the coloured horse’, talk about pressure! Amazingly though,
we ended up scoring the exact same dressage score and both went on to produce a
double clear inside the time. Nicola ended up beating me as she was closer to
the optimum time across country than I was....but I’ll take that!
We ended up 7th in a very competitive section and
I was thrilled that Alfie had come out as keen as he was at the end of last
season. It was a great prep run for Badminton and has definitely put my mind at
ease.
Herbie (our 5yo) is going really well, Mum has been doing
some dressage on him and I have taken him cross country schooling a couple of
times. He has really taken to this and seems happy tackling ditches, banks,
drops and water. I just need to nail the show jumping and we’ll be away!
We have finally managed to put a new surface down in our
arena which is really exciting, we took the old one up a year ago as it was
past the point of repair and we were just waiting for a dry week or so to put
the new one down...this took over a year! The new surface is now down, thanks
to my very supportive dad who has done the whole lot himself so mum and I are
both very grateful!!
Finally, I had a phone call from the Yorkshire Post asking
if they could do an interview (this was actually through Fulmart Feeds giving
them a ‘heads up’ on what we’re doing, so I’m very grateful for that!) The
piece was great and we even had a photographer round to take photos of the
horses and me. Alfie loved it; he’s such a poser and loved the attention!
It’s just 1 week until we go to Badminton so I’m starting to
get really excited now, preparation is going well so I just want to go down,
try my best and ultimately enjoy the whole experience!
Best Wishes,
Lucinda (and team!!)
