July 2015
It’s been another busy month both on and off the horses!
I really love early summer as harvest hasn’t quite kicked in
yet so I can enjoy the plethora of great agricultural shows with my husband
before he gets too busy! This year we’ve managed the Yorkshire Show, Driffield
Show and Bishop Wilton Show (although my Victoria Sponge wasn’t worthy of entry
into the WI tent at Bishop Wilton – I think I need to channel my inner Mary
Berry!).
On the horsey front, Herbie has had a few outings since my
last blog, completing Skipton and Buckminster horse trials, both in the Novice,
and has proven he is certainly up for the challenge. At both events he
performed a lovely dressage test and fantastic clears cross country – we just
need a bit more work on the showjumping! He’s quite rangey and expressive in
his movement which is really helpful in both the dressage and cross country
phases but this makes the showjumping poles slightly more difficult to leave
up!. This said, he is coming on well in training and I am still confident he
will make the improvements we need. We now have our CIC1* qualification so I’m
aiming on two more novice runs before hopefully heading to Aske for the CIC1*
in September….fingers crossed!
I have also recently finished my full time job in marketing
and have decided to go ‘freelance’ for a while. This is currently working out
really well and meaning I can fit my riding around my work a little more easily
(and fit in visits to the Yorkshire Show!!). I have also been riding some
lovely 4 year olds for a local eventing yard which is not only really enjoyable
but also invaluable experience at the same time.
Our cheeky little foal, Ginny Rumber is entered in the
futurity grading at Richmond in August which will no doubt be fun and games, if
it doesn’t get a mention in my next blog then it probably means we encountered
carnage and I’d rather not talk about it – mum and I are quite inexperienced on
this front so it’s a case of ‘having a go’!! The broodmare, Umber, has also
scanned in foal to Up With The Lark so it’s all systems go with our little
breeding venture!!
Lots to work on and lots to look forward to so I’m now going
to put my lap top down in exchange for a fork and wheelbarrow and get the
horses mucked out….!
Lucie
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