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Singing in the Rain

Singing in the Rain

Well surely it’s better to sing about it, than complain about it; Mother Nature can’t be persuaded after all that we’ve had enough of the wet stuff. The departing snow bought the onset of ‘The Wet’ here in we have basically just talked about mud. Walking in it, rolling in it, getting stuck in it, showjumping out of it and I’ve even had to photograph it!  “Mud, Mud; Glorious Mud” became the theme tune for the new few weeks.

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Badminton 22: The Contenders

Badminton 22: The Contenders

In the recent weeks, much has been debated over who deserves to win, who will win, who will lead after the first phase and will the dressage record be broken. But favourites aside, there are World Champions, Olympic Medalists, European Champions and 5* winners a plenty on the entry list, but who are the likely contenders for the much-coveted top spot…

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Looking to the East

Looking to the East

With January finally completed, we can all now look forward to brighter evenings, snowdrops giving us a hint of the springtime to come and finally we can say the Eventing season starts this month!

So with the impeding starting klaxon, I thought I’d share a few ramblings about what the season may have in store for us all.

Firstly, at the risk of stating the obvious, 2020 is an Olympic year – the greats of our sport will be heading east to Tokyo for the Eventing medals at the end of July. 

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