September 2014
A lot has happened since my last Fulmart Feeds blog, most
notably, we have sold Alfie. I still can’t believe it. I have spent the past 4
years saying ‘we will never sell him’ and referring to him as ‘Alfie the Wonder
Horse’! It was such a heart breaking decision and one that mum and I did not
take lightly. We bought him as a very green 4 year old and in that time have
progressed through BE90s, BE100s and up to Novice level with some fabulous
results along the way. These include winning the BE 90 Regional Final and
ending up 11th at the Badminton Grassroots Championships and
numerous other wins and placings. He really is a true amateur’s fun horse so we
made the decision to let him go and have lots of fun being a super star for someone
else! A friend said to me that sometimes in life the right decisions aren’t
necessarily the easy ones and I think they were right!
For now this means I can concentrate on Herbie who I believe
has lots of potential and hasn't always had the training he needs as I have been
splitting my time between both horses whilst also juggling my job. Herbie’s first outing since Alfie’s departure was last
weekend where he did the BE100+ at Frickley Hall. This means novice level
dressage, novice level showjumping and BE100 level cross country. It’s a good
opportunity for horses to be stretched in the first two phases but then have an
easier cross country round before moving up to Novice properly. Herbie
performed really well with a fab dressage of 29.5, 2 down showjumping and clear
cross country inside the time. Although he had 2 fences down in the showjumping
I was pleased with him as he is still developing in this phase and with the
fences considerably bigger than BE100 I felt he coped really well.
Next stop is my last regional final on Herbie (at Aske) and
then probably one more event before finishing the season. I also have a cross
country lesson with Nicola Wilson on Monday at Allerton Park which I’m really
looking forward to and will give me the chance to test Herbie out over a bigger
track.
Finally, our brood mare was at the Stud this week for her
final scan before Winter which all went well, we were told her foal is
currently the size of a cat which makes me very excited indeed!!
Best wishes,
Lucie
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