A rosette for Diego at Horse Events Elmwood - his first ever! He is starting to get the hang of this competition business with an obedient test and a great clear round. Sunshine and lovely ground too, thank you Horse Events. The horses are having an easy week next week before coming in and then we will be busy getting the babies out and about over the winter. The older horses will just be kept ticking over, with some dressage training for Orange.

 Amazing end to the season for Basil and Orange at Little Downham Horse Trials. Baz needed a nice confident run to end his season after his Irish adventures. He jumped a lovely double clear in a competitive OI section to finish 3rd.

Orange was very excited to be out at a party, and bounced around to win the advanced and a bottle of vintage Veuve. Thank you to Tina Ure and her team for a fantastic day as always 

 Made the trip to Ballindenisk with Baz in the CIC***. He has not had luck on his side in any of his 3 star attempts, having been ill at Killguilkey. No more successful this time around. The weather was atrocious making for very wet, muddy extreme conditions. Baz hated it and we did not run him XC.

Jason is back from Nigel and Karen Ridouts, and they have done a lovely job with him. He has a good school report and will now go back out with our other 3 year old, Teddy, until the spring

 Good day in the sunshine at West Wilts with Heidi and Diego. Diego managed a clear round in the show jumping only to get himself into a muddle at a double xc and pick up an annoying 20 penalties. Heidi did a stunning test for a 22, despite deciding that she had an insect in her ear in the free walk and trying to remove it with her hind foot! She jumped beautifully to finish 5th in a super competitive 5yo class, so just missed out on an Osberton qualification.

 Fantastic trip to Camphire Horse Trials in County Cork. Never been before and what a lovely, friendly and well run event in a stunning setting in the Blackwater Valley.

Orange had a few days to settle in before his dressage, and produced another improved test to score 40.5. There is still more to come, which is very exciting, and he was very relaxed and obedient.

Showjumping was late on Saturday, and caused its fair share of problems but Orange jumped a lovely clear. He then ran cross county in torrential rain on Sunday, but skipped around with one time penalty to finish 3rd in the CIC*** with Team Taylor also claiming first and second spots. A huge achievement and an amazing result, all 3 horses jumping double clear. 

The Golden Wonder enjoyed his outing to Aston le Walls advanced very much today. He was .3 off the lead in the dressage then jumped a beautiful double clear to win by over 12 penalties!! Thank you Team Taylor.

 Another good run for Heidi at one of our local events, Upton House Horse Trials. Heidi thinks she is now quite a professional at this eventing lark, this being her 5th event. She finished on her dressage score of 28, in 5th place in a very close run section. She is very pleased with herself

Very early start, and a good outing for Heidi in the 5 year old class at Tweseldown. First in for dressage and the horn beeped before she had even trotted around the arena, but a good test to score 30. One down show jumping and a lovely clear xc to finish 10th

Brilliant few days in the sunshine at beautiful Barbury Castle International Horse Trials with Zippi and Stan contesting the Retraining of Racehorses Championships.

Both did good tests for a score of 29. Zippi had one down showjumping, and Stan two after being rather dramatic about the water tray. They stormed round the cross country inside the time to finish first and third. 

The top ten had to come back on Saturday to jump a second round of showjumping. I was a bit concerned how well they would cope, having run the day before on firm ground.The boys (and Izzy obviously) were total legends jumping in the electric atmosphere of the main arena. They both jumped beautiful rounds, with Zippi taking the win and Stan finishing 3rd. Izzy looked a little concerned when Brioney and I both cried

Very proud of how far these two have come - for those who don't know the story, Zippi cost 500 guineas from Ascot Sales. Stan was bought locally from David and Lucy Bridgewater and has been a superstar from day one

What a fantastic event Kilguilkey House Mallow International Horse Trials is! Such a friendly and helpful team, beautifully designed and presented courses and amazing ground.

We had a bit of a nightmare trip out after the horses weren't allowed to sail due to high winds which made for a very long journey. 

Baz led the dressage on 37.5 with a stunning test but was not himself jumping or xc and Izzy pulled him up half way around. Very disappointing after a great start but much more important to have them both home safe.

This was Izzy's 3rd event with Orange and it's still a learning curve getting to know each other but we were delighted with a 43.7 dressage and clear sj.

The XC track was plenty serious enough and Izzy took advantage of the fantastic ground to storm around and win with the second fastest time of the day. Could not be more pleased.Awesome result for such a new partnership. Thank you #izzytayloreventing

Farley Hall today for the BE100 with Heidi. Really pleased with her dressage and a very grown up Sj round. She picked up an annoying 20 pens xc which cost her 3rd place, but she hasn't been xc since Keysoe and was just a bit surprised by the ditch. Diego was balloted so has to wait for their next outing to Tweseldown

 Very good boys today in the advanced at Little Downham. Basil excelled himself in the dressage for a 23 - it was a beautiful, fluent test. There was some Basil over enthusiasm in the show jumping warm up but he jumped a good clear and flew around the XC to finish on a score of 27 and a winner! Very proud of the Baz!

Orange and Izzy understand each other a bit better after our Houghton outing and he produced some lovely work in his test to score 25 with just a few small mistakes. Orange also jumped a super double clear, although had a steadier run around than Basil to finish 3rd.

Huge thanks to Tina Ure and her team for a fantastic event with amazing courses and perfect going as always