Hello everyone.
Firstly I would like to wish everyone Happy New Year and I hope you all had a wonderful time over the holidays.
Straight after writing my last blog post we jetted off
for our first family holiday in Cyprus, It was lovely. We had 10 days of glorious
sunshine and enjoyed the time to chill out and relax with Charlie. With the
batteries re charged I came home raring to go. All my youngsters had new hair
cuts and and we hit the road. The first few shows were what you would
definitely call entertaining with the babies preferring to show off their stunt
skills over their actual ability to do the job. After a couple of weeks they
all calmed down and we made progress. The older horses were on flying form
after their mini break and seemed to be picking up wins and prizes in every
class we entered so the plan was made that we would do two more shows before
Christmas and we would all have a month off to focus on family, friends and
having a really good time.
Unfortunately disaster struck.... at my last show in my final class of the day, I managed to plop off in the collecting ring and smash my ankle, it was
the most pathetic fall ever resulting in an incredible amount of damage. After a week in
hospital and two operations I now have a metal ankle and another winter
out of the saddle. So far I have done six weeks of my box rest, I am back at
the hospital next week for further X-rays and to decide the structure of my
rehabilitation. I have everything crossed that as long as I take my time and we
make a clear plan that I stick to that I can be fit and back in the saddle in
time to be competitive at Badminton on Dayton. Thankfully, the rest of the summer
plans we had made can continue; I have some very very exciting rides for the
2016 season and I am determined to be back at my best.
Bye for now
Sam x
