The trials and tribulations of eventing my gorgeous mare Lyric on a student budget...with some (a lo I flew back when I could for pony weekends!
A little under 5 years ago a certain Douglas Jones thrust an advert of the "perfect horse for Freya" at my mother at a Pony Club committee meeting. A couple of weeks later, we went to try a very green but very pretty Lyric at Caroline Kitching's yard. After not much deliberation, we decided that chances to own horses like her don't come around very often, so we took the plunge. Lyric would be my f
irst 'proper' horse having sold my superstar 14.1 a couple of years beforehand. Oh and did I mention we were living in Switzerland at the time we bought her?! We moved back to the UK in July, having bought her in February. She stayed at Caroline's yard for those few months as we thought it was fairest on her to keep her in a familiar environment. July 2014...all systems go! We had a lovely first summer learning and getting to know each other together. We did lots of pony club stuff such as camp and a few competitions. Winter 2014... the devil arrived. Lyric aged 6 1/2 to 7 1/2 /8 years old was a monster at times. An entitled, attitude ridden teenager in essence. Cue a lot of lessons, blood, sweat and tears. Summer 2016... After my IB exams had finished in May, it was time to show the world what Lyric could do. We had taken many steps back and finally moved forward with a much calmer, happier horse - down in no small part to Equifeast's fantastic Cool Calm and Collected supplement. We went on to place at 5/6 ODEs she did that season. We qualified for the MMC Regional Final in our first BE outing at Little Downham, and it all went from there really! A fantastic season. August 2016... University was looming. My parents had made it clear I would not be allowed to take Lyric with me for my first year as I had to get used to looking after myself first! We found her the most wonderful loan home with Kellie Fisher down in Suffolk where the pair had a cracking year. The season highlight for the pair was coming 4th in their first Novice at Keysoe! Lyric matured and learnt so much with Kellie and I will be forever grateful. Unfortunately a slight mishap with losing a shoe in the showjumping at Little Downham Novice really knocked Lyric's confidence so, as we knew worked with her, we moved her right back down to a nice 90 at Keysoe as the SJ was on a surface to end the season on. September 2017... after my travels around Europe, mum and I went to pick up our baby from Kellie's for her to come to uni with me at the University of Nottingham for this term. A bitter-sweet day for all. Lyric and I are now practicing away at the stables on campus in preparation for what we hope to be our best season yet next year... *touches all wood in the vicinity*
Want your business to be the top-listed Gym/sports Facility in Bedford?
