During
the summer when the horses are turned out for their break, we invariably manage
to catch up with past horses we used to train and so it was lovely to visit
‘It’s Molly’ and meet her 3 week old foal by Franklin’s Gardens. It’s Molly is at East Lynch Stud in the
Porlock Vale on the edge of Exmoor, not far
from Minehead, and the home of Derrick & Rosie Scott www.eastlynchstud.co.uk . It is the
most beautiful place with one of the best views you will ever see. The stud is on a hill where all the horses
are turned out and I couldn’t help but think how good it would be for the
youngsters to be regularly walking up and down that hill!
We
became very fond of It’s Molly when she was here for starting and then for
training, and it was pleasing to see that she has produced such a wonderful,
strong and correct foal. It certainly starts you dreaming of things to
come. It was good to see around the stud
and was interesting that all the foals by Franklin’s
Gardens were so bold and friendly with great temperaments. It certainly counts
for a lot.
The purpose of our visit was to
pick up our 2 yr old by Sakhee who had been down there since weaning. He is going to be a big horse and will need
time but he is now here, on the horse walker and being handled and no doubt
we’ll do another blog on him separately soon.
