Dawn was turned out for most of the time and came in just before Christmas fat and very woolly.
Week 1
Finally some good news about
Tanya's arm this week.
The X-ray she had on Tuesday showed some bone growth, - although not completely
healed there is a big improvement on the last year.
The consultants orders where for Tanya to
have another 6 weeks without using the arm, for anything more strenuous than
holding a drink, and then hopefully she will be ready to start physio &
riding.
Although we were hopeful (especially Mark, who is busy complaining of having a
sore bottom from riding all the horses.) that Tanya could start riding
immediately, we knew that it would be unlikely.
If anyone said last April when Tanya first broke her arm that it would take 2
operations and a year off for a broken arm to heal, we would have found it
difficult to believe.
Lets hope this is the last hurdle.
Thursday, Mark headed off To Markfield
Equestrian Center for our first show of 2003.
Markfield run an affiliated show on Thursday afternoons.
This works out conveniently for us at the moment as Mark can ride some horses
before he has to leave - we are working him hard!!
| This was Abalone & Dawn's first outing
since the Festival of jumping last September. Dawn was turned out for most of the time and came in just before Christmas fat and very woolly. |
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After a few weeks in the field the
weather turned nasty and Abalone decided her field break was over she jumped out
and returned to the yard!
So she spent the rest of her break in the stable, just going on the walker for a
couple of hours a day.
They both jumped very well. Abalone
placing 2nd in the 1.20m Open.
Cleo & Gypsy both enjoyed there outing, Cleo was rather full of herself. (See
Results)
Because they were jumping right up until
Christmas, then spent the last month ticking over with the girls whist we were
away, they are both pretty fit.
Gypsy placed in the 1.05M and the Newcomers.
Cleo finished 5th in the 1.15M.
Unfortunately there were a lot of people at the show.
Along well as the normal jumper riders a
lot of event riders had their event horses out practising for the start of
the season.
Mark did not arrive home until after 10pm.
The joke around the yard was; how was
poor Abalone who is guided by he stomach going to cope for all that time without
her normal add lib diet ??!!
Tanya did not go the show on Thursday.
Before we had decided to defiantly go jumping we had booked a few lessons.
So Tanya stayed home and taught. (I think that was the better choice.-
In the house by 7pm or a damp Markfield till late. - no comparison!)
Although Mark did manage to stop at McDonalds on the way home surprise
surprise!!
We were out jumping both days over the
weekend.
Saturday at The College EC in Keysoe and Sunday back at Markfield.
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Mark rode the same horses he had out on
Thursday, and Amy took Barry. The horses jumped well both days. |
The college was more productive in
rosettes.
Abalone was 5th and Cleo 2nd in the 1.15M.
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Gypsy won the Newcomers, and placed 2nd
in the 2.05m. |
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At Markfield despite the horses jumping
well the only 2 rosettes were for Amy & Barry who came 7th in the
1.05M. and Abalone who finished 3rd in the 1.20M.
It was another late night home from Markfield - luckily we are well covered by
the local McDonalds, which was to be our tea on Saturday and Sunday nights.
Mark read in the paper this week that a
Big Mac has less calories than most sandwiches.
Tanya is not convinced at the heath implications of living on McDonalds.
If anyone has any good practical substitutions to McDonalds we would be happy to hear - well Tanya would !!!
