Nicola Latham updates us on the latest news from the Windsorwood Show Horse Team

February has seen marginally better weather for us in North Lincolnshire and some schooling work has started. We are still wondering if we will ever be ready for the first shows in March but we are keeping everything crossed.

Kingswood (Alf) is ready for some serious work. He seems to be getting a bit bored now and regularly trashes his stable overnight including digging out all his banks. He does like to dig though and has also dug a pit, the size of a welsh mountain pony, in the gate entrance to his field!
Suzanne has started to ease Alf into a work routine and he is looking fantastic. This horse absolutely floats across the arena and turns heads everywhere he goes. He is the type of horse everybody wants to sit on. I have sat on him once or twice and you know you are on something special. This season, Suzanne has promised me that I can get on him more often. There is method in this madness, she told me it was because some ride judges are not as strong in the leg as her and Alf needs to get used to different styles of riders and still produce the goods. Whatever the reason, I am looking forward to this opportunity very much.

Beconsall Pickpocket (Munch) had an emergency vet call out this month due to him getting choke. He had to be tubed and had a sore throat for about 24 hours but is now right as rain. He now has a brick in his feed trough to try and slow him down. Alistair reports that workwise he is going very well indeed. We should be paying him a visit in the not too distant future to witness this first hand.

Lanson (Eric) This season Eric will be ridden and produced by Danielle Heath. Eric is a small hunter and Paul Mortimer (owner) is very excited at his prospects for this season. This little horse ticks all the right boxes. Eric is the newest member of the Windsorwood Show Horse Team.