The yard is looking somewhat empty now as many of the horses have gone home for a well earned break over the winter. The handful that are left in have been aimed at the end of season events. Dantino and Butterfly are contesting Aldon International this weekend and then thats me done for the season!
I always look forward to the horses finishing the season fit and well, some have done outstandingly well and other haven't reached expectations, but thats horses for you! The winter, as always brings all the odd jobs that need to be done, and a well earned break for those on the team that have worked so hard to support me, the horses and their owners over the long eventing season.
I will spend the winter working on some of the younger and less experienced horses that will be making their debut in 2011 and also planning event programmes and aims for those horses coming back in 2011.
The yard move has definately been a positive point this season, but next year i will be limiting how many horses i have in perminantly as having all this space has encouraged me to fill all the boxes which has in turn been difficult to run all horses as planned.