
Paddle Power!
Before I worked for top riders I had loads of preconceptions about what top event horses were like - to ride, to look after, to be around.
It didn’t take long to realise I’d been wrong on all counts …

Get Set Go
I’d planned a slow start to our BE season this year….
Reality instead saw us anything other than slow in every direction!

Bedtime Adventures
Our Bed’Oscar awards (Best for Sensitive Schnozzers, Best for Belted Budgets, Best for Minimal Muckheaps etc) go to….

Life lessons!
When I left Andrew Nicholson’s yard to ‘set up on my own’, I was ready for hard graft, excited at the prospect of making my own decisions and was champing at the bit to ride as, when and how I felt was right at any one time. It was, I thought, all about the riding – and as even Andrew had admitted I was ‘useful’ at that, what more did I need?
It turns out, quite a lot…