Haras du Pin

The trip out to France was fun and we arrived to find the venue bathed in sun shine – toping up the tan was the order of the day – happy days
Obos Cooley was absolutely AMAZING during the week – he took the step up all in his stride. A great test was followed by a fab xc.... Clear inside the time! He felt like a pro on the xc and will be very flash soon. A brilliant clear show jumping saw us finish 3rd in a really competitive class

We decided not to run Brookfield Cult King xc as he was not in a competitive position and the ground was firm enough!

Steve was very excited in his dressage and the tension resulted in a moderate score! The xc was huge and sadly Super Steve was too onward bound at the water and we had an annoying run out – he was amazing apart from that and I am so cross with myself.   He jumped a super clear round in the show jumping - magic.

We dashed home as fast as we could -  I am off to Wellington today - by all reports it is a great new addition to the event season.

It is weird not having a horse for Burghley this year but I wish all those going a great round! I will be at Goring over the weekend – winning points and prizes I hope!

Sadly Henry has sustained a minor injury during the training for Blenheim and I have withdrawn him – it is only a minor injury and we hope he will be back in top form for Badminton next year – we will miss him this autumn but his long term future is important

Until next week

Laura

Purston

Purston


Just for a change we set off to an event in the rain!

Controe has been a star in his second novice He did a 32.5 dressage and double clear in the mud... Such a dude for a 5yo!

Noble Skyboy did a nice test for 31.5 in the novice and one rail, didn't run xc as ground too deep....

Brookfield Cult King lovely 26 dressage in his first intermediate test but withdrew before jumping due to deep going

This week we head to Aston le Walls – again – lets hope it is dry

I am glued to the TV trying to keep up with our gold rush at the Olympics!

Laura