Show Riding/Competing

Photo overload but oh my goodness what an experience. My baby girl coped amazingly in the busiest of atmospheres for having such little life experience she went round the top spec ring pinging and not spooking at a thing! We had a couple baby/nervous moments and still managed an amazing 4th against some lovely and a lot older horses 🤩

If you had told me last year I’d have her at HOYs this year I’d of never believed it! Our little homebred and home produced girl did us so so proud 🥰

There are so many people who helped me get here today and came and supported me, but the biggest thank you is to my fabulous mum who does my horses Monday to Friday whilst I’m away at work, has been doing all the prep to get her coat looking so well and also pays the bills! ❤️

It’s RIHS week and I can’t believe I get to take Mirabel on her first trip down there❤️

Can’t help but feel rather emotional and nostalgic looking back on her as that gangly baby not knowing what joy she’d bring us in her life, so proud to have bred her 🥹🥰

Just some more photos to add to the collection from last weekend 🥹❤️

Great day at our local show (literally 10 minutes from home ) at Honley Agricultural Show Society. Mirabel was in the first class winning the riding horses and part bred Arabs behaving amazing and then chey made his first flat appearance in the M&M large breeds behaving foot perfect (although rather over weight) ❤️
We were a bit ambitious when planning and decided to try take Chey and Mirabel with just me and mum 🫣 big thank you being a saving grace and helping us with pony swap and supporting us 🥰

Getting a lot of fomo seeing everyone’s county show results this week so I had to grab some more photos from Sunday as we sit dreaming about hopefully claiming a HOYs ticket one day 🤞🏻🍀❤️

Bitter sweet trip out to another search for a star qualifier today chasing the dream, Mirabel taking a bit too long to settle of the go round (time to cut her feed a bit 😵‍💫) but then a beautiful show for the judge to be pulled up to 5th and told by the judge you were the class winner if you can hold it together with some other fab comments 🫣 on to the next Mirabel 🤦🏼‍♀️❤️

Another attempt on sunday at the Search for a star with Mirabel at stoneleigh. Pulled 5th after a lovely go round but unfortunately dropped out of the placing but very happy with how she’s come on since the last qualifier with no spooks and was like a different horse to ride in compare ❤️

OH MY GOODNESS MIRABELS ON THE RIHS BUS 💛🎉🍾

What an absolutely mega day at Cheshire Rookery coming 2nd in the Home produced qualifier in a great class qualifying us for the home produced class at BSHA champs but then did one better winning the amateur riding horse class and overall amateur champion! 🤩 can’t believe this little horse, completely homebred and home produced and has had so much work into her these last few months it feels amazing to finally be rewarded for it🍾💛
Thank you so so much to mum for everything you have done for us both, I hope your two homebreds have done you proud 🥰

We had another fab weekend just gone at North west champs with Buzz this time having a spin in the ridden open veterans. It was great to be back riding my best friend in the ring again and even more special to get to go in that evening performance together!
Yet again the class was full of top quality animals and I was so pleased we managed a 3rd in a class of 30! ❤️🐝

For the first time since London I got back in the ring with Buzz competing at North west champs in the veterans non M&m! An extremely strong class where we were unsure if we’d even get through to the placings but Buzz pinged to a 5th against some lovely animals and he absolutely thrived in the atmosphere, was a great spin back out with my best boy❤️