Whilst the cancellation of Badminton followed by Chatsworth has been hugely frustrating, Harry has been making the most of the rainy days and has continued to work with Laura Bechtolsheimer on his dressage as well as helping her with her jumping.  Lily did not want to miss out on the fun and thought it best to start as you mean to go on.  She had her first ride, not on ...

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The cancellation of Badminton Horse Trials 2012 has come as a huge disappointment to everyone involved.  Harry and his team have been gearing every day for the past seven months towards having Wild Lone in prime condition, form and fitness ready ...

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Harry's young horses were in the ribbons on Good Friday in the BE100 at Larkhill.  Both Away Cruising and Zebedee jumped double clears to complete on their lovely dressage scores of 28.5 and 29 to finish in 2nd and 6th places.

Photograph: Zebedee

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We had a good trip to Belton last weekend with Wild Lone competing in the Grantham Cup CIC*** and Tinkas Time and Tall Story in the OI and Intermediate. The horses went well but the outstanding memory of the weekend was being told, with a lot of glum faces, that Wild Lone had not been accepted at the trot up on Sunday morning, before the ground jury shouted &lsquo...

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It has been a busy week with  two days at Gatcombe and a trip to Somerley Park Horse Trials with top ten placings for horses at both events.   Both Easter Fable and Tall Story produced nice, but not sensational, dressage tests in the IN.  They each had one unlucky fence down in the show jumping and jumped lovely clear rounds across country, finishing in 6th an 10th...

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Harry and his horses have made a solid start to the 2012 season. Wild Lone has put in good performances in all three phases at his first two events in preparation for Badminton in six weeks time. He did a super test and jumped another double clear in the AI at Aldon this weekend amongst a competitive Badminton bound field. Tinkas Time was pleased to be out for his first event and after an excel...

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In January we had a two day dressage training camp at the Unicorn Trust, Stow-on-the-Wold. The first day focused on the real basics, such as our position and mobility, with detailed analysis of the movement of each rider's pelvis, stablity in the saddle and symmetry.

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We are delighted to announce the birth of Lily Florence Meade! She was born on 9th January  weighing 8lb 1oz.  She is now safely at home and she and her mum are getting on well. She is looking forward to getting out eventing in the spring when the weather gets nice and making some friends!

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2011 has been a great year. By June almost every horse on the yard had won at their respective levels.

The early highlight of the season was that Charlotte Opperman's 10 year old, Wild Lone, having been placed at both Bramham and Blenheim last season, made is debut 4* appearance at Bami...

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I had the most wonderful day yesterday riding Midnight Dazzler around a 22 fence cross country course at Kilmington where he was bred and where he has retired to.  His owner, Carolyn Lissack, kindly invited me to lead a cross country ride around their farm which was the site of a 2* event.  I hadn't ridden him for 18 months and he will be 22 next week, but...

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December kicked off with our End of Season / Christmas Party held in a beautiful barn at Stowell Park for our fantastic support team including owners, sponsors, trainers, grooms, vets, farriers and supporters. Rosie cooked a delicious dinner for nearly 50 people, which she produced apparently effortlessly, despite being 8.5 months pregnant! Pretty much eve...

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Harry had a very busy six weeks during October and November with his Hunting Courses.  They were a great success and as in previous years were a sell-out. This year we had takers from all over the country, largely thanks to Catherine Austen's feature in Horse and Hound (see Press Cuttings).

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A fantastic result for Tinkas Time who finished 3rd in the very exciting final of Express Eventing 2011 at the Horse of the Year Show! He performed an immaculate dressage test to music in the very atmospheric arena at the NEC's LG Arena and received huge cheers from the crowd as he came down the centre line for his final halt!

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Harry and his horses made a great start at Ballindenisk International Horse Trials.  A Modern Duchess was first to go and did her best test to date scoring an outstanding 40.2 and leading the CCI* from the start.   This was followed by a (mostly) lovely test from Tinkas Time in the CCI***.   He made a couple of costly mistakes in reinback and a flying...

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Another good win for Easter Fable in the IN at Pontispool made the busy day worthwhile!   It was an early start today getting the horses going to Ballindenisk ridden before heading to Pontispool.  Both Easter Fable and Tall Story did lovely dressage tests scoring 25 and 28.6 and both jumped nice show jumping rounds.  A run out on the Intermediate cros...

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Visit Intelligent Worming in “The World of the Horse” at Blenheim International Horse Trials this weekend.

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We had a very busy few days at Burghley despite Wild Lone sadly not running due to having a little time off over the summer. Having taken a number of groups of HSBC guests around the course I felt very jealous not to be riding!  It was a good, big, attacking course that would have really suited Wild Lone and it provided great sport and a fantastic competition. ...

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If you are at Burghley Horse Trials this week, look out for the big brown Cordings flags in the shopping village and take time to visit their fantastic stand.  You can stock up on all of the stylish country gear you need to keep you going through the winter.

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We had a great trip out to Luhmuhlen for the HSBC FEI European Championships and it was a really interesting weekend.  Sadly after nine successive team golds for team GB the Germans won it this time in impressive style.   Our team did a fantastic job to keep themselves in the medals after William sat tight for two very hairy ...

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We had a good day at Burnham Beeches yesterday with four Novice/Pre-Novice horses.  It was a lovely event and had a great feel.  I’m off to Ireland tomorrow for the day to look at young horses so fingers crossed for some success.  Then we are heading out to Luhmuhlen with HSBC for the European Champion...

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We had a great day out at Aston le Walls with all three horses yesterday.  Maybee IV and Tall Story both finished 5th in competitive OI and Intermediate sections, and jumped fantastic double clears.  Tinkas Time did a lovely dressage test after which he was lying 2nd but after a very unlucky pole down in the show jumping we decided to give him a quiet run ...

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