Henry has recovered well from Burghley. His 2010 season is over and he will have a well earned rest over the winter, with sights on Badminton 2011. I can't beleive that the 2010 season will be over in 5 weeks, where did that go?! We're off to South of England Horse Trials on Saturday with Butterfly and Leo in the CIC2* and Tino in the Intermediate, then on to Osberton with Ellie on Thurs in the CCI.  

  Thanks to Henry Bucklow of www.lazy-photography.co.uk

Henry stormed round the XC in his normal amazing manner. Unfortunately we weren't 100% happy with him on the Sunday morning so sadly decided to withdraw him from the final phase. It's always a hard blow for us as a team as we all work so hard to keep the horses fit, healthy and happy but sometimes there is only so much you can do. So Henry is home for a little break before we decide how he will finish the 2010 season which only has 7 weeks left! I have 2 horses running at West Wilts on Friday and 10 running at Pontispool on Sunday as well as an extra 2 horses that are coming in for schooling whilst their owner is on holiday. They are pictured below:

 

Henry passes the first trot up and scores 74 for current 15th place.

Well we set off yesterday for Burghley with Henry who is feeling in fine form after his placing at Gatcombe earlier on in the month. I had an unfortunate fall last week which resulted in me cracking a rib and having to withdraw from my local event Bicton and Highclere to be fit enough to ride at Burghley.
For those of you who can't make it up here to watch check out http://www.burghley.tv/?BH where you can watch the same day coverage of every individual dressage, xc and sj, available from midday on Thurs Sept 2nd.
Or why not have a look at the course http://vimeo.com/14195288 to see what Henry and I will be up against on the cross country. Wish me luck!