From the Horse's Mouth

What Mary Has to Say! – May 2021

Dear all, Here is my monthly update: Well some events just don’t go according to plan, and Bovington Horse Trials was one of those for me! Starting off picking up 3 extra horses on the way who were in a broken down lorry. In fact it was friends of ours who had bought my old […]

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What Mary Has to Say! – April 2021

Dear all, Here is an update: Well it has been great to start eventing again. The sun shone at Tweseldown, the going was perfect, and my horses were very well behaved!! Both Seamus and Cyrus jumped double clears finishing 6th and 7th respectively. Portman was a different story with my lorry registering -4 degrees as […]

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What Mary Has to Say! – March 2021

Hi everyone, I hope you are keeping well. Here is an update: Yippeee!…I’ve just done my first batch of entries for 2021 :). Even after the many years of competing, I still get a real buzz when the season is approaching. For me and my team of young horses there are plenty of events to […]

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What Mary Has to Say – December 2020

Dear all, Here is my final update for 2021: With the horses in the last throws of their winter holiday, during which they have been turned out 24/7, with Bucas rugs on and having a daily feed of Baileys conditioning cubes and balancer, and Marksway HorseHage – I am counting down the days until they […]

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What Mary Has to Say –

Dear all, I hope you are coping with this 2nd lockdown..tough times for so many. Here is an update: I enjoyed the last 2 events of the season with Cyrus and Seamus successfully completing 2 more novice events at Bovington and Bicton. I would only occasionally run 5 yr olds at novice level, and would […]

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What Mary Has to Say – Feb 2020

Only a couple of weeks away until the start of the 2020 event season! But what a ridiculous amount of rain we have had..it will be interesting to see which early events manage to run. My 4 horses for this season have been gradually getting fitter..except dear Tilly who cut the front of her fetlock […]

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At Home with Janne Friederike Meyer-Zimmermann Part 1

Janne Friederike Meyer-Zimmermann was born in the German region of Schleswig-Holstein and has always felt most comfortable on the back of a horse. Even as a little girl she knew she wanted to ride, but she couldn’t have imagined that one day she would grow up to be one of the most successful showjump riders […]

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What Mary Has to Say! – Sept 2019

The 2019 event season has come to an end for me and my horses. Tilly continued successfully through her autumn events jumping lovely double clears at her last 3 events. Although she qualified for the 5yr old National Champs, I decided that she had learnt plenty for a 5yr old this year, and I didn’t […]

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What Mary has to say! – April 2019

The start of the season has gone smoothly, and luckily my planned events, except for poor Pontispool, have all managed to run with excellent going. Bobby – Belton Bobby has progressed successfully to 4 star level having had a great weekend at Belton Horse Trials where he felt brave and confident. His next event was […]

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What Mary has to say! – March 2019

January and February went by in a flash, helped by amazingly mild weather (and a lovely 4 day ski holiday with family and friends!). The horses did mainly roadwork through Jan, and introduced schooling and jumping towards the end of the month. I started their fast work early Feb, which I do every 3rd day, […]

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