Autumn mornings

    A wonderful way to start the day up on the grass gallops. Superb Autumnal morning, just beautiful overlooking Salisbury Plain in one direction and the Wylye Valley in the other.  Both rider and horses enjoying their work!

Sunrise at the top of the grass gallops

'George'

                We have a smart 4yr old gelding by Stowaway in the yard at the moment – nicknamed ‘George’.  It is wonderful that he has returned to us as I broke him in last year.  He has been here for a month or so and has started cantering away.  I really enjoy having the young horses back that I’ve broken in and it is great to see them again on their journey into racing.  We have started grid work with him and he has taken to jumping like a duck to water. 

                The stallion Stowaway, George’s sire, sadly died last year but was a fine source of national hunt jumpers and sired the likes of top class horses Champagne Fever, Hidden Cyclone and Outlander, to name a few.  Stowaway was the son of the Derby winner Slip Anchor.  We are very fortunate to have George back in the yard and hope he goes on to great things.  Below are some photographs of him doing grid work and also on the grass gallops (for the first time).

George jumping for the first time

George on the grass gallops for the first time