I have not meant to abandon my blog but things have been a bit weird at work with threatened redundancies and shortened hours but have managed to keep the horses ticking over. I decided against going to the cross country day at Hallamshire due to the weather but went to watch some friends who ended up doing their rounds in pouring rain!
Yesterday we fetched our straw so the two straw beds are now ready for winter having already prepared Sadie's shavings bed a few weeks back. Have heard that its going to be another bad winter! Horses are still out 24/7 with the exception of Muls who has the odd night in as there are a few others on the yard that are now coming in at night. Rugs are now medium weight at night and I think before long winter will be upon us.
I have a few days off and am entered to do the combined training this weekend so thought I had better run through the dressage test this morning. It was great to be a lady of leisure and wonder around the yard without having to look at my watch once! I did a silly thing in that I learnt half the test thinking I would just get that right and then because its a fairly simple test - I stupidly assumed I knew the rest and of course it was wrong! So I am now trying to get the right bits done in my head. Tomorrow we are going to do some jumping practice - my jumping round will be 75cm and want to see if I can go a bit steadier than our working hunter round! To explain for my non-horsey family and friends - this combined training means I do a dressage test and get scored on that and then do a round of showjumping and the final result is the two added together.
Anyway off to go take Sadie and Dainty out for a hack.
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