Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to everyone. I hope all of you who own horses have stocked up on hay to feed your horses through the summer. With the current drought, feed for horses has become very expensive and quite hard to get.

Spider went to his first show on the weekend. It was the Palomino Horse Breeders State championships. I was very pleased with the way he behaved himself. Going out for the whole day is a big deal for such a young horse but he took it all in his stride.

Cruise also went to his first show a couple of weeks ago and was very well behaved. He even managed to win a few ribbons, which he deserved as he’s a wonderful pony who is always trying to please his rider, who, in this case, was my son.

All the horses will get to have a break over Christmas but Cruise will be going to more shows over Summer. I’m looking forward to doing lots of riding with my daughter now that she is on school holidays