Well as I sit here on the cold wet evening I thought i'd write about my very horsey weekend.
Early start Saturday for The Thurlow meet at Tattersalls. (Tattersalls being Newmarkets Horse Auction House) where the Thurlow hosts its Newmarket meet.
The horses were absolutely filthy when we got them in so all systems go to get Millie look more like a Shetland Pony and less like a hippopotamus!
We plaited both horses and get them looking good and loaded up.
Quick drive up the A11 to Newmarket. The meet was absolutely awesome! I've never actually been at Tattersalls for anything so to see it full of beautifully turned out horses was awesome!
The weather was sunny but warm (which it totally better than rain) so there was a lot of people! Saw some old friends and made some new ones!
We took Millie for Francesca to ride, although she's a little young for a drag hunt yet!
And boy did she get lot's of new fans. Georgie has bought a gorgeous navy jacket from Sandon Saddlery before it closed down and Frankie borrowed my new velvet hat cover and she looked just a like a mini Georgie!
Beanie loved it and was really wel behaved. We met up with Jo and Katy on the ponies Tadpole and Thistle!
After a quick glass of port (well not me, can't drink and lead rein haha) and a sausage role and mini mars bar or two at 12 noon the Masters blew their horn and the pack and followers set off!
Up the high street, onto the gallops and away!
Me and MIllie trotted up the hill but to avoid Millie getting too excited and strong we elected to keep at the back of the pack and only go a short way!
Millie and Frankie were so wel behaved and absolutely no trouble what so ever.
A lovely lady from Tattersalls ran after us to tell Frankie and I that were the 1 hundredth rider! How cool is that!
With the feidl rounding off at 105! What a great turn out!
Georgie had her headcam on so look out for the edited footage when I get hold of the raw files from G later this week!
So with the pack gone we walked back to the box and loaded Millie in the trailer for the short drive down to Six Mile Bottom to meet up with the pack later.
Francesca was absolutely bubbling over to get back on so we unloaded and got straight back out there!
We walked up a huge hill to watch the huge pack on the horizon. And slowly but surely everyone made their way up the hill to where we were to go into the woods and jump a big post and rails out! What a cool experience that was watching so many lovely horses leap out from a gorgeous wood!
We finally we were all back together and walked back down the hill to the boxes to draw the end to a really cool day!
I had an absolutely amazing time and really enjoyed ourselves!
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