08/08/2026
At the beginning of the year I had a quiet goal that Philip might make it to one of the BD Area Festivals. Considering that just a few months ago he couldn’t arrive at a venue without considerable amounts of levitating… this was slightly ambitious!
But somehow, today we made it to Brook Farm!
He was so well behaved and tried his absolute heart out ❤️ A little more tension than we normally have, but in his defence he had to navigate a warm-up arena that to him must have felt like a game of sardines, banners, tannoys, copious flower pots AND the suspicious behaviour of several judges who had decided to park around his arena, rather than use the perfectly good car park like everybody else?! 😉
No placing this time, but in a huge class, with barely a year under saddle and this being only his 4th ever show, I think we’re going in the right direction 💙
So incredibly grateful to everyone who cheered us on, both there and from afar ❤️
And my little boys:
Alfred, officially promoted to Philip’s Chief Face Holder (the only way to keep him still 😂), and Angus, who spontaneously paused Paw Patrol to tell me, “You did good riding today, Mummy.” 🥹 might have cried, just a bit 🤏 🤫
