What Mary has to Say – May 2024
Dear all, Whoopee!!…Dobby (King Louis) and I won a N section at Calmsden HTs! 🥇💪👏 It was my first win for ages.. (as I’m not very good at going fast these days 😂). But I had no excuse at Calmsden – the ground was perfect and dear Dobby is confident, is a super jumper and […]
What Mary Has to Say – November 2023
Dear all, Bicton International, my local event (of which I am very proud!), was a fabulous way to end the 2023 season. Areas of the UK were under water – but luckily, except for the first trot-up day, the rest of the week stayed relatively dry and the wonderfully prepared ground, despite being a bit […]
What Mary Has to Say – July 2023
What Mary Has to Say – July 2023 My ‘autumn’ (saw my first ripe blackberry today 🤦♀️) event season begins this Sunday at Moreton HTs. The horses had a well-deserved holiday during the few weeks in June while I was away. I’ve since picked up their work, increasing their fitness and went jumping at Bicton […]
What Mary Has to Say – May 2023
Dear all, What a strange spring season it has been with so many cancelled events due to the wet conditions. Very heartbreaking for the organisers after all their huge amount of work, and obviously frustrating for us riders! But I’ve managed to get to 6 out of the 9 events I entered…so not […]
What Mary Has to Say – July 2022
Dear all, Just a quick update on my healing! I’ve just been for my 5 week X-rays. My bones are all healing well and staying in line…BUT with my broken C3 – neck, I have to wear my collar (and not drive or ride) for 6 more weeks until follow up X-rays. 🙄🙄🙄. I’ve decided […]
What Mary Has to Say – June 2022
Dear all, Firstly, thank you very much for all the kind messages from those of you who have heard about my fall. I am quite broken, but very lucky to be not in much pain, and for all my fractures to have stayed stable – so no operations so far! Dear Emily dropped everything and came down […]
What Mary Has to Say – May 2022
Hi everyone, I hope you are all enjoying the great spring weather. Although the warmth has been lovely we could do with some proper steady heavy rain for a few days, as the ground is getting pretty firm. It has been great to get out eventing, and my young horses are progressing smoothly…with […]
What Mary Has to Say – April 2022
Dear all, Having been away in March it’s great to be back eventing again! I haven’t got off to the best of starts though – King Louis has been a bit lame (better now) so is missing the first couple of events, I was ill with Covid, and Bovington Horse Trials next weekend has been […]
What Mary Has to Say – Christmas Edition!
Happy Christmas! This is my final update of 2021: With Christmas around the corner, and British Eventing releasing the 2022 fixtures list imminently, we can start to dream about next years plans and aims. My horses have done well during their winter’s break – the mild weather, with the grass continuing to grow, has been lovely […]
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 […]