Arrived at yard at 3.15am, caught horses (who were out in field for the night), gave them their breakfast, booted and bandaged them ready for trip. Luckily Lisa (Head Groom) was up tending to a sick horse and she reminded us about the shavings for the floor of the lorry. We had to forget something didn’t [...]
Getting ready for the road trip!
July 20, 2010 · 17 Comments · Uncategorized
Since Catton we have been busy writing lists and more lists. We have been getting the route planned for the lorry trip to Rome. Tim, Lorraine and the lorry driver will take Diamond and Vin, 4 carriages and all the gear, feed and equipment needed for the event from the yard, on the ferry and [...]
Catton Capers
July 13, 2010 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized
Hi Everyone, I know you will not believe this but I had heaps of trouble with uploading the blog yesterday. The same gremlins that were in the sat nav were messing about in cyberspace. Sooo…. here are some more pics from Catton that should have been on yesterday’s blog. Elizabeth was busy multi-tasking at Catton. [...]
Catton Park
July 12, 2010 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized
We set off from the yard at 10.00am. Michelle driving the lorry and the trailer. Liz and Ned in their car and me in the blue machine. Quite a convoy. We had not gone far down the road when we had a flat tyre on the trailer. Luckily we were right near the servo at [...]
More training
July 3, 2010 · 10 Comments · Uncategorized
We have been going to the yard each day. Yesterday Michelle and Diamond had hazard practise. We drove through the beautiful estate to the hazards. Boyd showed Michelle where she had to drive and gave a short demo (I was on the back and it didn’t seem to take long to get through the obstacle!!!). [...]
Training continues
June 29, 2010 · 9 Comments · Uncategorized
You might like to look at this video. http://vimeo.com/12940718 It is an arty view of Sandringham. See if you can spot Boyd and Diamond. On Monday it was business as usual at the yard with lots of horses being worked. We all went back to the yard and helped unpack the trailer and cleaned harness and [...]
Sandringham
June 28, 2010 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized
Monday June 28th We have had a busy time since I last had a spare minute to do the blog(no rest for the wicked here!). Liz worked Vin each day and you could see they were really starting to work each other out. Boyd drove Diamond as he would be driving him at Sandringham to [...]
Training continues
June 22, 2010 · 18 Comments · Uncategorized
On Saturday Michelle drove Diamond in the dressage arena. It was bitterly cold and we each had about 5 layers of clothes on. Michelle worked Diamond in the dressage arena while I videoed. I try to video each session and then we view the video back at the C of C on my computer. [...]
More training
June 18, 2010 · 7 Comments · Uncategorized
This morning we arrived at the yard to find it fairly deserted. Boyd is still at Ascot and there were two hearses out at funerals. Poor Lisa (Head Groom) had left us a note to say that there had been a drama with one of the hearses (the lorry had had a flat tyre) so [...]
Training the horses
June 17, 2010 · 10 Comments · Uncategorized
We drove Diamond today for the third time. We drove around the estate and gave him a couple of gallops up a fairly good slope to build up his fitness. Both horses worked in the dressage arena yesterday. Both Elizabeth and Michelle are working on getting to know their horses as they prepare for the [...]
