Tuesday, 29 July 2014

Toffee is growing up

A couple of weeks ago I dragged 4yo Toffee out of the paddock, clipped a load of her coat off, rugged her up and sent her away to boot camp with my great friend Louisa. Now, here she is, two weeks in and looking fab! She managed to walk a load of weight off in the first couple of days and was feeling a bit sore on her feet so is now sporting a shiny new set of front shoes but the weight is returning and the feet are feeling a lot better so it is onwards and upwards - Upwards quite literally as Toffee is just starting to learn about jumping and taking to it like a duck to water. She's such an obliging wee mare, I love her attitude. Once Louisa had popped her around the arena over a few jumps I hopped on and had a play with her myself. No jumping mind you, although I am sure she would've been excellent for me. 













 







 

 





What a good girl :)

Wednesday, 2 April 2014

The Kids and an upcoming BIG adventure

Here are the kids today. Normally I would be looking at weaning in a month/six weeks but Amy and I are going to England for six weeks at the end of April (VERY exciting!!) to attend the wedding of a best friend so weaning is going to have to wait until we get back in June. River will be happy but I suspect Hooty would quite like to get rid of her little parasite now! I'm really happy with how this foal is growing up - she's remarkably elegant with a gregarious, personable and sensible temperament. Pretty excited to see her in a few years under saddle. I hope you enjoy the photos.