Double clear for Highmead Proposition

Highmead Proposition did a lovely test to score 31 and jumped a steady double clear to finish seventh in a novice section at Calmsden on Saturday. Our homebred four-year-old Jake went cross country schooling at Larkhill on Sunday in preparation for his first hunter trial there. He felt really great and I am looking forward…

Lola wins at Waregem

Lola (Cascadelle) was a superstar at Waregem in Belgium where she won the CIC* from 109 starters. It was her second one star win in succession, as she also won at Gatcombe International. For a six-year-old to achieve this is quite some achievement and I am so proud of her. She has now earned herself…

That pesky Cottesmore Leap!

The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials came to an abrupt end when I parted company with Derby at the Cottesmore Leap (Horse and Hound Blog Sep 6). But the outcome has been incredible with so many emails, texts and phone calls from people commenting on how well we were going up until that point. It…

Burghley Blogs

Read my latest blog for Horse and Hound (Sep 3) here. We’ve arrived safely at Burghley and feel very privileged to be here. And here’s how I felt after the dressage! Also some images from yesterday including outside Burghley House before the cocktail party with my mum and dad, Phoebe the Guard Dog outside Derbys’ stable,…