Yard roundup   2024 has come to a close.  It has been a very big year for Fox-Pitt Eventing but in a transitional way rather than celebrating results. My career has come to an end which was very emotional yet normal, and things have progressed very happily.  I have enjoyed riding at lower levels jumping smaller jumps, had and have still some horses to sell.  I have got one t...

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Awards   We have just had the Horse & Hounds awards and how fantastic it was for Jackie and I to come home with something.     I had organised to go to the Ball to support Jackie in her Leading Groom nomination, I knew she was in with a good chance but there was stiff competition. Also Team Japan had been nominated and I was very optimistic that they could have w...

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I am sorry it is a bit out of date now but we had a lot of fun at Chard.  I was riding Vicky’s two six year olds, only in the 90, probably we felt the main thing was it was good to get them out.  Both went very nicely, finishing second and fourth and will have benefited from a nice easy outing.   It was fun that day to have my daughter and niece also competing, Olivia was co...

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So today we had a totally stupid glance off on the cross country.  Boysie was having a very comfortable and easy round. He was going really confidently and nicely, and we just floated hopelessly past the house in the water.  Don't really know why, did he see something? a very annoying 20 which doesn't really matter but is frustrating.

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I rode two of Vicky's horses, Lucky and Hardy today in the 100, and I had very pleasing first outings on them both.  Both did super tests; Lucky did 27, Harry 26.  Both a bit green at times in the show jumping but I was very pleased with their rounds.  They both had one fence down, and actually they both could have jumped clear rounds but they were still quite green. ...

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