Lovely day in the sunshine at Great Witchingham with the two ex racehorses, both much improved from their outing at Lincoln. Stan  was a little tense in the dressage but jumped a beautiful double clear to finish 4th. Zippi did a lovely test for a 28, one down show jumping and clear XC for 7th place. Thrilled with both of them. A great weekends work for Team Taylor - 10 horses, 9 prizes and one just outside the top 10. #topjockey

Pretty good start to the season at a very smart and very sunny Tweseldown for Basil. He was super excited to be out eventing and could barely contain his enthusiasm in the dressage. It was slightly the same story in the show jumping with the second part of the double down, but he was thrilled to be out on the cross country and skipped around for a tidy 8th place in a star studded OI section. 

Zippi and Stan had an educational novice outing  at Lincoln. They finished happy and confident, if not with prizes and will be better for the run. Adopted Team Orange member Hayley Hankey jumped a lovely double clear for 7th place. Perfect going and well built tracks made the early start worthwhile. Next outing Great Witchingham

 All the horses have been very busy getting ready for the start of the season. Heidi and Diego have had their first xc schooling sessions and shown great promise, while the experienced horses were pleased to be out and about. 

We are full to capacity at the yard, so OJ has gone back to Nigel and Karen Ridouts to start work and has had a good school report so far.

First events next week at Aston and Tweseldown

Another new team member, we are thinking of him as a Christmas present!! We are slightly over run with horses at the moment. Jason is a 2014 Anglo European gelding by a young jumping sire, Don't Touch it M, whose Grandsire is Hors la Loi. His dam was full thoroughbred, so he carries a high percentage of blood and is an exciting prospect for the future.

 A super confidence building run for OJ at Whitfield. Best dressage on a fantastic score of 20. Two rails showjumping but a much improved round followed by a lovely clear xc to finish 5th