On the road to recovery... hopefully!

As my last blog post was at Christmas (which seems so, so long ago - even though it was only a month!), I thought I'd just pop in to say a quick hello and update on my mardy mare.

Happy Christmas - and a post-vet update!

So I just thought I would pop on here to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas - hope you have all had a wonderful day. I had quite a quiet Christmas this year as it was a bit of a strange one for us for various reasons, but onwards and upwards - hoping for a happy and successful 2016! I mostly asked for money this year so that I could get my own DSLR instead of stealing my Mum's all the time, so that's been ordered and I'm very excited for it to arrive!

In my last update I mentioned that I was getting the vet out for Emmie. I did, and the conclusion was that she needed further tests to determine the cause for her aggressiveness. We took her over to the vets on the 22nd, where she had to be starved for the night to prepare her for a gastroscope. She had her ovaries scanned first, which didn't reveal anything (aside from that they are very active!) so they then moved onto the scope.

I AM still alive...

It has been a rather long time since my last blog post, but life has been insane recently! I thought I would just give you all a little update on me and my crazy mare.

Competition Report - Shelford (2)

I went to the second competition at Shelford on Thursday. It was great that they ran a midweek event, as it meant I didn't need to use up any holiday on it - it was already on my day off! 

My superstar pony was back. We had a fabulous day! 

Competition Report - Skipton (2)

Last Sunday we went back up to Skipton for their second horse trials of the season. I really like the XC at skipton, but their dressage arena placement is not for us (right next to the XC warm up/start), and the journey there is outright horrible - both this and last time we ended up going through the middle of Bradford! We found a different route on the way back but the journeys have just been quite stressful.

I had late times, so at least that was nice - she stayed out the night before and I had time to plait up in the morning before setting off. I was slightly dissapointed walking the XC as I was hoping for a little bit of a change on the course - nope. It was pretty much exactly the same as last time! At other events where I have attended multiple ones at the same venue, they usually change things up a bit. I think there was one fence that they had turned into a combination and the rest was the same.

Competition Report - Frickley

Frickley is a really local event for me, and I placed 5th here in the 90 last year which automatically means you have slightly higher expectations. But neither of us were on our A game and I left feeling a bit "blah" about it all!

I managed to get over and walk the cross country the day before, and was feeling pretty good about that part. A friend was competing in the 80 so I watched her SJ, and one thing a lot of people were saying was that the arena was very uneven, which it was.

So I went home and got Emmie all ready, and bravely turned her back out in the field (she's much happier out) ready for an early start.

Product Review - Prolite Girth

So a lot of people (including myself) have been waiting in anticipation for the new Prolite girth to come out. I've had mine for a couple of weeks now and have been using it on both my saddles since. 

The new girth is the only real copy of the Fairfax girth, which we have already heard a lot about. So in theory it is the same girth (but synthetic) at a fraction of the price, which is why I was eager to try it.