Plans for 2025
I hope you all enjoyed the festive season! I was hoping to share what I had been up to at the start of 2025, but unfortunately the snow has put a halt to any plans! The horses have been fairly wild, as they’ve only been able to go on the walker – it’s just too risky to do anything more with the snow and ice. While I don’t like to disrupt their routine too much, sometimes it’s necessary and thankfully feed wise they are on fabulous fibre diets so I haven’t had to change that aspect of their routine while the snow keeps us grounded. I’m hoping that things will return to normal soon, and luckily the horses were all in full work before Christmas, so they’re not missing out on too much fitness work!
Before Christmas, all of the horses were competing at British Dressage and British Show Jumping, and I’m thrilled to share that Snip even won his first-ever PSG dressage test! There’s still plenty to work on, but it’s super exciting to be back at that level!
Once I get back in the saddle, my plan is to continue competing at BD and BS with the horses. I’m keeping an eye on the weather for the start of the eventing season. If we have a dry spring, I’ll aim to get started in April. However, if it’s wet, I’ll likely wait until May. Fortunately, the horses are all good jumpers and can deliver a solid test, so they’ll be competing at BD and BS regardless of when our eventing season starts – it’s not the end of the world.
This year, I’ll be competing with a small team of four horses:
- Snip: now at PSG at BD, jumping 1.20m and eventing up to 3 star.
- Gino: competing at Elementary level at BD, jumping 100 both BS and eventing.
- Heidi: competing at Novice BD and jumping 100, with plans to move up to Novice later this year
- Hans: competing at Novice BD, with plans to start competing in some 90s and then move up!
We also have three young horses turning 2 this year, and Candy is due to have a foal in the summer!
I’m really looking forward to getting out and about again as soon as possible and can’t wait for everyone to see how fantastic the horses look on their Dengie diets!