Yes that’s right, me and Penny are now able to compete at Olympic level. OK, well maybe not quite yet but she was a star last night.
The flatwork went much much better and we got both walk and trot with her head stretched out and low. She was really swinging through her back and relaxing [...]
July 24, 2008
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Well obviously I don’t hate her but as the last post was saying how great she is it was quite ironic that she was a pain in the arse last night!!
The weather wasn’t great and it was raining a bit but we went in the school (Penny looking like a proper warmblood showjumper now with her [...]
July 22, 2008
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My Pen is a complete super star and I love her. Could just leave the post there but should probably explain a bit more.
Today was jumping day. Tess kindly came up to the yard as well to help me with jumps so I went out to the school first to put jumps up before I [...]
July 17, 2008
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Penny had developed a small flat bump on her jawline and I’ve no idea what it is. I don’t think its a sarcoid or a wart and it doesn’t effect her in any way shape or form so I’m really not worried. But I’ve never seen anything like it before so if anybody has any [...]
July 16, 2008
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Been quite a quiet couple of weeks. I was off work for last week as my lovely boyfriend gave me his very nasty cold which completely knocked me out. I really don’t do ill very well and am very pathetic. Bas was a star and looked after me while I was hardly able to talk [...]
July 16, 2008
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As the title may suggest I have finally found somewhere to do some fast work with Penny and boy does she need it. I was hacking out the other day around my normal 40 minute block and decided to explore a little and found a new way to get home which cuts out even more roads [...]
July 2, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: fitness work, galloping, horses, over-reach boots . Author: Kate Best . Comments: Leave a Comment
Just a very quick post purely because of the novelty factor. I am at work… and posting!
Started my new job today and so far it all seems to be going very well. Really nice people and a really nice office bu starting to wilt slightly. Not so used to working actual real people hours after [...]
July 1, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: work . Author: Kate Best . Comments: 2 Comments