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Monkey moves to Scotland to be owned and ridden by good friend Stuart Ashton, who rode my first show cob Epic for me a million years ago!!! We wish Stu all the best with Monkey for the coming season and look forward to results and photo's for the website!!!

It was with great excitement that Basil won his HW Class and then went on to stand Champion ( I never thought we'd be there again after Smartie!!) one better than last year - Well done Robert. it was great to see both Val and Robert in action as I missed it last year due to the arrival of Harry!!!

Apologies for not updating the news section earlier, toddlers horses dogs builders etc all seemed to be at the front of the queue!!

I cann't quite believe next week is HOYS where has the year gone? and to boot Harry turns One on Wednesday, always going to be a busy week for us not great timing!. I am very much looking forward to HOYS, with both Monkey and Basil in the same class, it will be a bit of a nail bitting time, but all good fun! Monkey leaves us after HOYS to head to his new home in Scotland, we wish Stuart all the very best. Basil comes home for some hunting to have a change of scene. I have seen the new book about HOYS called "Under the Spotlight" it's a great read, featuring some of the great and the good of the cob world, one for the coffee table! We will have a busy winter with the new recruites for next season, no rest for the wicked!. I wish you all well for HOYS, who knows what will be...................

Appologies for the photo, I will repost it when I have the orginal.

We were very pleased with our three year old cob Mr Thomas Pink, who won several classes and went Champion at both the National Championships and CHAPS. The Judge at the National Championships remarked that "he reminded him of his  cob Grandstand" a great accolade and big shoes to get near!. We look forward to having him out under saddle next year as a novice.