It was a productive trip to Redleaf today, moving Cascade across after being confined to the stables at Copabella recovering from a paddock injury. The youngsters as well as the mares are all in very good if dirty and shaggy shape, as attested by a few new photos in the Broodmeares and Babies...

We could not have asked for better weather for our dressage day yesterday, especially after the preceding week of strong winds and threatening weather forecasts. The only one who had to rug up a bit was pencillor Rona von Stein, whose position at C was shaded and slightly draughty. (Talk about...

Late news, and Georgie Harvey's Valentino Rossi finished 4th in the Mini Prix on the final day at Toowoomba.Kirstie Ansell has also reported in with news that young Volcanic (aka Rocky) jumped double-clear in both the 80cm and 1m classes. Not only that but he recently won his first Preliminary...

With a few of our usual dresage competitors out with vague, unnamed winter viruses at present, we were pleased to get to SIEC for Hawkesbury Dressage today at all. And after all the rain, conditions certainly weren't ideal. But stable rider Anna Dalton managed to ride Lesley Saxton's young Visage...

Julia's team has continued to jump well throughout this series of shows up north. Georgie Harvey's Valentino Rossi has placed 2nd and 5th in the 1.30m series, while Vedor has jumped clean and slow while recovering from a sore back.Gamelan and Tattiana have looked great in the D Grade series, with...

Big apologies for the tardiness of this update, but the riders have been pretty hopeless - read exhausted - and only gotten back to me with results today. First SIEC, where Chris appears to have pretty much cleaned up big time. In the 3-Star, he finished 2nd on Alex Townsend's Calypso, and 3rd on...

We've had another relaxed jump training day at Copabella, which has included introducing a few of the young horses to new equipment, as well as grid work. Everyone rode well and the horses took everything in their stride, although Verdi was perhaps a little too exuberant over a few jumps...

Toddy's final foal is finally under saddle and looking outstanding after just a few days of work. She is a powerful, beautifully put together filly, and full sister to Vertigo and Vigil, both of whom are proving themselves to be seriously talented youngsters. Venice has the same intelligent,...

Copabella clearly needs a new camera - or photographer - to cope with indoor coverage. A few halfway decent ones have been salvaged and added to the news items, and the only other is this one of Gamelan (aka Gus) getting ready to start in the 6-Year-Old class. Scraping the bottom of the barrel, I...

While Suzie and I spent a long day returning to Sydney after a successful show in Tamworth, other members of the team were busy at SSJC. Interestingly, the order of the day was 3rd places, just as it was in Tamworth on the first day of competition.The most exciting 3rd went to our young Chin Chin...