Badminton on TV (red button) was very exciting. There were a few tired horses which was not so good to watch. Andrew Bennie was shadowing the ground jury at Badminton, he said the high humidity at Badminton mid afternoon caused some horses to get very weary. Luckily they had a fantastic veterinary team to look after them. My friend Louise Skelton had a real bit of bad luck at the second last. Pickle was flying full of running at the road crossing, it had sand on the road but grass on the take off, Pickle thought the grass in front of the fence was part of the jump and took off a whole stride early. Poor Pickle and Louise crashed down hard and both were pretty bruised. I have spoken to Louise's mum today and both are well, Pickle was out grazing in the field and Louise was out teaching. Louise has 6 advanced horses all of whom she has taken up the levels entirley herself, several are homebred, she is amazing as she is tiny at only 7 stone!
I am praying for rain, Top Gun is entered for Solihull BE100 and Icon Withington Advanced but I will only run them if the ground looks kind to their legs. The other 2 five year olds John Wayne and Milo are ready to be entered BE but need a XC schooling session first so all on hold until it rains.
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