Looking foward to Bramham, one of my favourite events of the year.

Well its definitely back to all stations go on the yard right now. This month started off slightly slower than planned when our first event of the season at Richmond was cancelled because of the awful weather. A quick change of plan and we went showjumping. All the horses have been on fine form and have been jumping lots of double clears and bringing home plenty prizes.

We did our first Burghley Young Event Horse qualifier at Chatsworth.  It was a relatively slow day for us with only taking Cornets Steal and Ginacolada so it was nice to wonder round and enjoy the show from the spectator angle and also catch up with friends.  Neither of the mares were in the placings this time but they were both fabulous especially Gina who was having her first real show who she ended up finishing 12th.  It was a really nice day out, Charlie enjoyed seeing everyone and Millie always loves a day at a show bathing in the sunshine.  After this event Cornets Steal will have a short break.  I think it's important to recognise when you have a nice baby and nurture them through the levels.

 Last weekend we had our first Event of the year at Bishop Burton.  Dayton was brilliant scoring 31 dressage and jumping double clear but my eye for speed is definitely out as we collected 6 time faults which left us in 10th, not a bad result and a kick on for me to practice going faster! It was then off to Shelford to give new ride Scylla and Ginacolada their first ever event runs.  The girls were great but green xc errors left them out of the placings, however, they gave us plenty to look forward to this season. I also welcomed back Jack Jones aka Bobbys Swop, finishing with a superb 4th place on our first outing.  He is such a lovely horse and for a 6y/o he is something pretty special.  

We have just returned home from a very busy weekend at Waterford Equestrian.  Dipinahoe picked up her ticket to the Discovery final with a fabulous triple clear and 3rd place in the regional.  She did exceptionally well considering there was only 9 clears from over 50 starters! Cornets Steal and Ebolensky were unlucky to role a pole but there is always another one and they both jumped smashing!  Ebolensky jumped her first ever foxhunter and was double clear and the new girl on the block Carlensky showed us exactly why we find her so exciting jumping and awesome double clear in her class. It was nice to hear news from home that Tracey Clarkson and Eleta had a good show at Bishop Burton, jumping double clear in the British novice and in their first Discovery, winning a prize in both -  it must be my training skills! My old faithful Grace and her new owner Sally Granger have been competing in dressage and coming home with a rosette every time and it was great to see Sally had polished up her jumping boots.

I am going to have a couple of days chilling now, I have bought myself a nice little project to work on for the summer and I will introduce her in my next blog post.  It's an interesting venture for me that I've wanted to do for a while now. This month promises to be an interesting one, planning for Bramham is the main priority right now.  I'm taking Cornets Steal and Ginacolada and there may be a catch ride as well.  Bramham is one of my favourite shows so we will be making a weekend of it and I hope to get a few moments to enjoy doing the spectator and family thing as well.  If the sun shines, even better!

Hope to see everyone there!!

Sam