So tomorrow it all starts again! An early wake up for the team as we have a 9.42am dressage with Tottie in the Novice class with SJ at 10.43am and XC at 11.34am. Only one on Sat and then Allercombe Rose, a new 6 year old for this season starts her eventing career on Sunday with DR at 10.09am, SJ at 10.58am and 11.57am.
Really looking forward to seeing loads of people who seem to hibernate over the winter, and it'll be a great first event for the new team at the yard, Hattie Vanstone and Tony Mankey. Will let

So...here we are! 2012 and an Olympic year, and a home one at that!  For many top riders this years planning will start slightly different, with Greenwich in mind.
Unfortunately, whilst the Olympics is an ultimate goal of many riders, I may have to wait for my time...maybe Rio??
The Olympics aside, we are very busy on the yard this month. All the horses that have had a holiday are coming back into work, and many that have gone back to owners over the winter are returning, many not resembling the smart, fit eventers that left, but hairy wobbly beasts! It's great to see them in their natural state but I can't wait to get the clippers and scissors out! Some are feeling just too well at the moment, Wizzard in particular who deposited me on the floor the other day!
I have been busy over the winter with a handful of horses, training with Charlotte DuJardin, which has just been amazing. She is such a talanted rider and producer of horses, I am slightly in awe of her when she rides (ok massively in awe, but don't tell anyone!!). Alan Fazakerley and Justin Tuff has been helping me iron out those pre season hiccups in the show jumping and we are just raring to go now!
I have some great new horses and owners joing the existing team this year, with the main aims being Bramham U25's and chasing good results at 3* to gain 4* qualification for 2013.
I hope you all had a fab christmas and NYE (although its now a distant memory!) and look forward to sharing the highs and hopefully not so many lows of the 2012 BE season with you. Good Luck!

Gggrrrr bloody horses!
So my last update was after Tatts where Ellie and Captian produced fab results, as always what goes up must come down! Moreton produced more good results for Dantino and Wizard with a 6th and 4th respectively. Salperton was a mixed bag with four horses running and a quick turn around for two to run at Stonar with a rapid lead up to Barbary where I had two running in the 2*. Jack held his own to come 16th in a tough section, there is still alot more to come from this horse and I am looking forward to posting some good results with him in the latter part of the season. Maraca was on great form having produced a nice test and a clear sj round, leaving us in a stong position for a good placing. But as always don't count your chickens too soon as three fences from home on the XC she tripped and catapulted me into the fence...face first! Cue stitches and a cracked cheek bone and worst of all getting signed off competiting so we missed Aston and Stockland Lovell! I'm glad to report that Mac is ok, I think my face came off worst.
Mark Todd was kind enough to take two of my rides at Stockland Lovell as you can see by the picture above.
I'm now fighting fit again and have started jumping the horses myself, Alex has been fab whilst I have been out of action, keeping all the horses ticking over nicely.
Onwards and upwards