Vets and puddles

Candy went to his new home last week - he loaded fantastically - i think he was secretly hoping he would be going racing!

Amy and Shirley sent me an email today with a Max update. He is jumping well and has won and been placed with Amy showjumping. Detective Shirley has tracked his history back to New Zealand - where he was bred and imported as a 4 year old. She also sent me a copy of old eventing results, showing Max beating Oliver Townend and Clayton Fredricks!


Cham passed her vetting on Tuesday and we are delivering her at the weekend. She is going to get lots of fuss in her new home - they have already bought her an entire wardrobe of pink rugs and accessories and we are sending her with a pink saddle cloth as part of the deal! Pink is of course the new black and Cham needs to keep with the times!

I lunged Coffee today, he was a very good boy and did a lovely elevated trot and was very calm. He has clearly benefited from time off over and is ready to start more training. I rode Finn in the field, bareback with just a headcollar and rope tied as reins. He was wary of the huge JCB parked in the yard to begin with, but after three trips past it, was great. He is so quiet for a pony of his age and didn't try and run away with me or do anything naughty (even though he could have done with only a headcollar on). I rode him right to the bottom of the field and trotted him back. He then had a good groom (and scratch!) and rolled in front of me in the field as if to say "ha ha you are an idiot for grooming me".
Naughty pony!

I schooled Laudie and then took him up the field to where a MASSIVE puddle has accumulated. We cantered through it 3 times, i thought it would be great cross country practice for water jumps. He wasn't bothered by the water (which was up to his knees!).

Melody is healing well, the vet checked her this week and we are going to start her on blood root ointment, which is homeopathic. The vet has seen sarcoids disappear within a month after this being applied. Melody is being turned out for a few hours a day and lightly hacked but is basically stabled all the time because I am trying to put weight on her. She is gobbling her way through my first supply of Eurobale haylage, which is the stuff that the Metropolitan Police (and loads of top racing yards) feed their horses. She is also being fed vast amounts of sugarbeet, weight gain mix, mollichop, carrots and rolled oats! I know most thoroughbreds would go crazy on such high energy with minimal exercise, but she is still a good girl to ride.