After being on the borderline of a drought and threats of hosepipe bans (very ironic after the massive floods in November) we have had our first rain in a month this week. The air has freshened up, the dust has gone, the tourists are moaning (good old Lake District Holidays) but the grass is sprouting again! (Unfortunately so are the weeds – back to the ‘Round Up’ and Napsack sprayer then!)
After a very sleepy and not so in the mood for it 1.05m Open class Hero made a storming round in the Newcomers. Held on Wednesday at Church Farm, Ormskirk the blazing sunshine and swarms of Horse flies didn’t put Hero off getting a good round.
We have been working hard to build his confidence up to take on the fences at this higher level. It seems to be a big step from a young horse to get from Discovery classes into Newcomers but Wednesday was definitely a step in the right direction.
He made easy, rhythmical work of most of the fences jumping well clear of the poles and showing what he is made of. Unfortunately he didn’t like the look of one of the doubles so failed to make it over – just a bit of a confidence issue that will soon be rectified.
Progress is definitely being made so watch this space!
Wednesday was a momentous day for our stallion Bob he had his first clear round in the British show jumping Discovery Class. It took place early morning at Church Farm in Ormskirk a fantastic, friendly venue. He took on the jumps like a trooper and made his clear look easy jumping well above the poles.
He was well behaved and despite the baking heat and ridiculous amount of Horse Flies tormenting them did exceptionally well. The next step is to speed up and get into the rosettes!
Stay tuned for the (somewhat unfortunately amateur) video …
Thank goodness we finallly got our first egg …
How egg - citing!
… this was some time ago and we have been managing 2 a day for some time now unfortunately 3 a day seems beyond our means unless the little monkey is laying somewhere else…
We’ve had the driest Spring ever and farmer’s all over the valley have been tearing their hair out over the grass not growing. Lucky for us we had a fine crop and our first cut for haylage was dropped and picked without so much as a threatening drizzle to slow us down – PHEW!
The bales are all beautifully stacked and the horses can’t wait to get their nashers round it!
A couple of months on and the guys are still loving the horse walker. We can see a difference in their muscle tone and fitness an excellent addition to the yard. We’re not quite sure how we managed without it!
They’re in it twice a day – Big Bob in paticular just can’t get enough of it!
Have a look at the video below to see it in full swing …
Marylegs very 1st British Novice class at Warren Farm excelling herself with a double clear and a fourth place! Well done Marylegs and here’s to many more double clears.
here’s the video………..
On 27th April the horse walker was installed and up and running.
After many hours hard slog – shuttering – concreting – hard coring – digging etc. etc. the horse walker boys came in and made the erection look easy they had it up and running in a grand total of 2 days! The horses have taken to it like a dream and we are seeing the benefits already.
We’ve even done a couple of laps in it ourselves – not that funny at the time!
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