Read the answer to my latest advice column for Horse and Hound here. Q: “Assuming she passes the vetting on Friday, I will soon be the proud (and incredibly broke!) owner of a beautiful just turned five-year-old 15.3hh Oldenburg mare. She was broken last summer and then turned away over winter as the breeder had…
It’s a busy time here as although our season finished at Dauntsey, autumn is typically the time when horses are bought and sold. I have a few here to sell, including Highmead Proposition(Jake) who finished his season on a high with a super double clear and second place at Dauntsey in a very hot intermediate.…
We are now looking for another working student to start at the end of this season or as soon as possible. Beautiful indoor barn and excellent facilities including brand new onsite accommodation. See website for more info www.coralkeeneventing.co.uk Horses range from unbroken to 4*. All normal yard duties required and an ability to handle youngsters…
Team Keen were out in force at the West Wilts hunter trial yesterday with our young horses. We all had a great day. Vodka Luge (pictured) flew around and Lady Loganberry and Total Darkness were in great form too. Cascadelle ran in the open intermediate at Dauntsey park on Friday where she was super. She…
We had a great Gatcombe International, and although the results don’t look great on paper, I was delighted with all the horses. Highmead Proposition (Jake), Hayestown Clover Quin (Harley) and Cascadelle (Lola) ran in the two star while Total Belief (April) was in the one star. All four produced good accurate dressage tests with the…
It’s been a really busy few weeks and I am not entirely sure whether I am coming or going at the moment. We’ve been extending and renovating the house and I’ve been project managing it alongside running the yard and competing. I can fully understand why people end up getting really stressed out when they…
We had a great day at West Wilts on Friday where my two home-breds, Total Belief and Total Darkness, excelled themselves. Total Darkness, a spooky character by nature, tried so hard not to spook and scored 25.5 in his dressage test and then jumped a lovely double clear. He picked up a couple of time…
It was great to be able to offer advice to a Horse and Hound forum reader on how to re-instill confidence in her horse. Read the full article here http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/features/hh-question-week-give-horse-stops-jumping-confidence-588941
We had a great couple of days at Bicton Arena International where the team did a super job on the ground which meant we could take the handbrake off cross country. Our homebred Total Belief (April) finished on her dressage score of 27.5 to win her novice section by a convincing margin of more than…
Aston-Le-Walls This proved a busy competition with four horses running between 11am and 6pm so it was non-stop for a few hours! Cascadelle (Lola) lead her dressage on a score of 27.7, jumped an immaculate showjumping round, just rolling a pole, and was super cross country where I didn’t feel she needed to run…