Laura and Arkendale
Well it’s March and we are all geared up for the season and ready to go! The youngsters have headed out for final cross country training after a winter of dressage and show jumping. The two big boys have also been out and about on the run up to the first Young Rider [...]
Happy New Year everyone, 2012 is finally here and the eventing season is just around the corner!
I had a lovely Christmas with family arriving from all over the place- a horsey aunty from East Sussex and an uncle from USA (who thinks he’s a cowboy!). New Year was celebrated at work in the local pub [...]
Hello again!
While everybody else is having a nice break, my yard is busy as ever! Having spent the season with Nicola Wilson, all my younger horses have had a nice peaceful summer with the odd hack from mum! They are all feeling well and are coming into shape nicely; I’m excited already for next season!
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Well after a mixed few weeks, the end of the season is here! With a new arrival on the yard and a trip abroad with Arkendale we have had a pretty exciting time.
Allerton OI was Arkendale’s last run to prepare for heading to Boekelo 3*. That week my new ride ‘Forged Colonel Rodzianko’ owned by [...]
Wow what a week Blair was!
We arrived at Blair on the Monday afternoon to set up camp and settle Charlie (Arkendale) down after his long journey (although not quite as long as some!). He loves being away at events- especially big ones where he thinks everyone is looking at him! Melanie Parker was his groom [...]
Well, 1 day to go until we hit the road on our long journey up to Blair. Very excited now!
Team training went well; dressage lessons with Gill and Emma were so much help as was using the video camera to record our tests and analyse them before re-riding. We show jumped the horses on [...]
Well, since I last blogged lots of training has been taking place. We are getting ever closer to Blair and tomorrow we head down to Addington for our final squad training. Mum has arrived here from North Wales to drive us early tomorrow for 4 days training, where Gill Watson and Emma Fisher will fine tune [...]
