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It has been brought to my attention that Mabel has not been mentioned in the blog for quite some time, so I thought I had better rectify that. She is Diva’s best friend and as such does put up with a lot from the bossy little black Shetland.

I have owned Mabel for almost twenty years now, and in all that time I have never seen her bite or kick another horse despite some provocation from them. She is so gentle and kind – with people and horses and ponies.

We did it - we got Bob the big wimp out to his first pole clinic on grass and to make it even better, I stayed aboard!

So now the day has dawned. It’s showtime! We got up nice and early and took Flora for a walk before heading over with our bridles and grooming kit to get the ponies ready for the ring.

Lord Ben and I managed to qualify for ROR Novice Dressage Championships at Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials, and I am not sure if someone thought it would be hilarious to have two days of retrained racehorse on grass arenas. I guess it will prove how well we have all retrained our racehorses!

Through glassy eyes, and lots of back space on the keyboard and a few months later it has felt like the right time to talk about losing Travis.

With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, I felt compelled to write something pertaining to Her Majesty.

On hearing the sad news, I wanted to pay my respects by laying flowers at the gates of Sandringham.

Following Bob's adventure to the local show the other week, I have decided to book him into a pole clinic hosted at the same place as the show but run by my instructor, eek!

I am so happy and relieved that we finally got the big lad out to a show (and came home uninjured - result!) The perseverance of practising loading him worked. We made sure we did it at least three times in the week leading up to the show and took him for a short drive on the Saturday so that he was used to it.

The next day, Wednesday, was the day before the show and we donned our hi-vis again when in the showground. The ponies were mucked out and had their hay and waters replenished and next on the list, was a walk around the showground to get our bearings as the classes were early the next day.