I had another good day at Aston and the weather was not the 33degrees of Friday.    The Intermediate course was a very nice mixed inviting track and Boysie found everything quite straight forward.  He did a very good dressage to score 27, was very unlucky to role a pole as he had jumped a very good round. But on second thoughts I was quite grateful as I didn’t then have...

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We have had a very enjoyable day at Aston, and it was jolly warm which is quite a shock to the system.  It is hard to believe that Nigel had to put water on the course and underneath it was drying rapidly through the day despite the UK’s mental rainfall this year.   Latest Edition was in his second day at Novice level and had another very satisfactory ne.  Very decent test a...

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You will remember Yes I Can who was the horse I rode up to 4* and was owned by the Fox-Pitt Partnership, and after his rehab time off has gone back to my mother.     The great news is that he is so far sound and my niece is enjoying him.  Olivia has quite formed quite a strong partnership already and rode him around Tweseldown pre-Novice with a double clear, and tod...

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 The team had a very good day at Upton yesterday.  Upton event has really taken a big position in the Eventing calendar running three days, and Jess Waley Cowen and her team deserve so much credit for putting on such a lovely event.  The courses were spot-on, educational and inviting, and the going could not have been more perfect.     I had Hannah Martin's 6yo...

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Unbelievably it is already the second half of the 2024 event season and things are as busy as ever.   Grafennacht has gone to Harry Meade after no joy with the embryo transfer attempts, and she is settling in very well.   My young horse team has expanded with the inclusion of Vicky Brake’s duo, and as I have not done very well on the selling front I am looking like having quite...

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