Its been a privilege to have competed at 2 such wonderful horse trials over these last couple of weeks…but my results haven’t been as good as I had hoped! (more…)

At last the ground conditions are improving and the event season has got underway. We had a great time at Burnham Market Horse Trials in Norfolk.
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What a rubbish start to the season, with Tweseldown so muddy and Aldon and Somerley having to abandon. I feel so sorry for the organisers of theses events (more…)

I received my MBE at an Investiture at Buckingham Palace on March 12th, what a proud moment! The Princess Royal presented the awards and my (more…)

The start of the season is only a couple of weeks away, I hope we have some dry weather soon. All the horses are well and are enjoying going out in the lorry indoor jumping and dressage training. They have started their faster work (more…)

Well January is flying by, and all the horses are gradually getting fitter…gosh I am lucky to have such steep Devon hills around me making the fittening work so much easier. (more…)

What an honour to receive the MBE!! I had secretly hoped, for many years, that one day I would get one, so when the letter arrived a month ago asking if I wo (more…)

Dear All,

This is a quick pre Christmas update. The horses are still on holiday, and are doing very well despite all the wet weather. I am sure they will be happy (more…)

Equitana in Melbourne Australia was a fun trip. I was asked to do 3 educational masterclasses, and a lecture/demo in the main arena. I had to be on a pane (more…)

Dear All,

What an amazing year of ups and downs. So much of the season was dogged with bad weather resulting in many events being cancelled. (more…)