Chloe Chubb is a busy little bee!

Well where do I start, this season has got off to a very busy start with lots of ponies to compete and school ready for the shows. The jobs to do with the horses seem never ending!

The team has had a great start to the season with the Connemara stallion Spud winning the amateur rider championship at the PUK winter champs as well as the Concours D'Elegance class where I was made to go side saddle for the first time in 15 years! Thankfully Spud was very laid back about it and gave me a nice ride around the indoor arena.

Spud and Jacob my section C have been out competing in RIHS qualifiers and started off with some good results. Jacob managed to get his ticket the other week at South of England Spring Show which was great, as it means he does not have to do anymore qualifiers now for this and it is such a lovely show to qualify for. Spud has had some near misses and I am really hoping he will have his ticket soon to. It would be great to go to the RIHS this year with a couple of ponies qualified.

The baby ponies have had their up and downs or should I say I have after my little Dartmoor brought me back down to earth with a bump the other week (literally)! He has however redeemed himself by going to his first ever show to look around where he behaved impeccably showing some of the older ones we had there how to do it! He is continuing his education at home at the moment as I am in no rush to get him into the ring. I have just brought my young section B back into work after he got a kicked in the field so hopefully we will now begin to crack on and I am aiming to get to some shows in June sometime.

My baby hack Toby has had a few limited outings and has so far touch wood been a very well behaved little horse. He has managed to qualify for the Cherif final in October already which I am thrilled with as this is one of the main things I wanted to qualify him for this year. He also went to the Ponies UK Winter champs were he handled everything we threw at him with a smile on his face. He went in and out the evening performance so many times and had some great results for a youngster.

Now the sun is shining I feel like the show season has well and truly got underway. It is great to be back out there seeing all my friends and the new ponies they have for the year. Well that's my update for now, next time I will have contested my first HOYS qualifier - fingers crossed for a good placing.