So, show day rolled around for Bob, and the weather had been very nice to us – it was dry and not windy! Bob behaved well on seeing the horsebox come out and, after a few hesitations, was on board in no time. He was a bit vocal when I left him to jump in the driver’s seat but settled down when he heard me chattering to him. A quick drive up the road and we were there.
Autumn brings the official Shetland Pony Auctions. There are three in total, one in Worcester, one in Aberdeen and one in Lerwick on Shetland. Many ponies are sold through these auctions from the most renowned studs, in particular at the Lerwick and Aberdeen sales.
I decided, with one week’s notice, to enter the 2023 American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) UK Championship Show.
As the summer draws to a close, the East Anglian Shetland Pony Group hold their performance show at World Horse Welfare in Norfolk.
I’m pleased to say Aria is continuing to be a lot more mobile in the field, and although I can see she is more cautious when it’s wet, she’s happily wandering round the field and her sass is coming back – hmmm, is that a good or bad thing I wonder?
We've had a bit of an expensive and eventful time in the last week, but we have gotten to the bottom of Aria's lameness issues as she still didn’t seem right to me and wasn’t making the recovery I would have expected.
Recently, we have seen a couple of new equines join us at the yard. Bunty, a beautiful white grey Arab x Connemara, has been here a little while.
We managed to get out to the Fillongley Agricultural Society Show thanks to my farrier being able to squeeze us in for a new pair of shoes for Autumn – yay!
I have always wanted to attend a blessing of the animals or pet blessing as they are often called, so when a village local to the yard announced one, I was keen to take Diva and Flora.