Last weekend we hosted our Annual Weiti Show (postponed twice due to crap weather) it was a fun filled day though had to be trimmed a little as we were experiencing what was recorded our hottest day this summer (Ironic?) However despite the heat we had about 30 riders enjoying the beautiful day. Unfortunately we didn’t have a photographer this year which is terrible and there were many moments we would love to have captured, like Eros jumping 1.40m in the high jump with a tiny 12 year old on board or amazing Colombian trick rider Wan doing high speed acrobatics on one of our 4yr olds Yam who had never even been ridden bareback!

This weekend we have been jumping at our last competition before HOY, Woodhill 3* show. The team went really well, for Auby and Possum it was their final start for the season and they both jumped beautiful C rounds, Possum I feel is custom made for me, if I had to invent my own horse my imagination would not wander beyond her!! I finally discovered how to really ride sticky Eros while part way through a spooky round in the 7yr old class, and it was awesome! Little Ruby Tuesday is ready to win win win at HOY, she jumped fantastic both days.

Ngahiwi Possum, Love it

Young Levi warming up Eros for me while I walk the coarse

Ruby Tuesday racing around

We were given one of our friend Vicki’s beautiful Welsh section A ponies last year as she was suffering from horrendous Taupo Itch.. Poppy who was due to foal in March has popped already, the cutest little grey filly by Valentine (Imp Aus) called Adorable You can see how premature she is but very gorgeous!

Kiss from Mum

We had Waitemata 1* show at Woodhill this weekend, the team went well, Little ruby placed in all her classes and despite sustaining a minor concussion on Saturday (I can’t remember how but apparently it was spectacular!) it was a good show! Looking soooo forward to HOY.

We had Tauranga Showjumping this past weekend and it was so good to get back out in the ring again after the break after Taupo.  The weather was glorious (thank the lord after our last two slip slide shows)  and  the team were great. Ruby was a little orange grasshopper all weekend, winning the 1.10m and jumping beautifully  in the 1.20m and 1.15m champ. Archy was a good boy right up until the last fence we had to jump for the show! Awesome in the 1.20m and 1.30m the first two days, though we had the last rail in the 1.30m thanks to a close distance from me. But in the 1.30m on Sunday I was taking the term ’speed class’  a bit to seriously and ended up in the last oxer hehe, 8.30 was obviously a bit early for Archie to accept a longy! Eros jumped well, though the long break has not done his spookiness much good! he jumped out of his skin in all his classes and showed his scope in the 1.30m jumping above the stands. Little 5yr old possum was gorgeous, she adored being away, I came back from a class to find three little kids in her box smooching, they wanted to know every detail about her, she was in heaven! She is showing HUGE potential in every class she does, placed in the 1.05m champ on Sunday. Craig and David were both riding, Lillie is improving all the time for David and stepped up to her first 1.15m on Sunday with just a green rail so David was wrapped.

Waitemata 1* this weekend.

The foals are growing into a marvelous crop, Orphan Danny is doing really well with his surrogate mother Bambi who does all but feed him and appears to love him considerably more than her own colt! He has three hardfeeds a day and hangs out in the yard as the riding horses come and go.

We were to busy to get photos at Tauranga but here are some updated baby pictures mum took while we were away.

Pegaso hanging out with his adopted brother Danny

Grand old Butterfly and her gorgeous filly Starlet

Fat Gabbys beautiful colt Westminster