Tarma's Blog - Friday! A glorious day in the Sunshine!!!

I am sat here with a well-deserved glass of wine and a scrummy milk chocolate Lindt bunny (courtesy of Sharron!!) recalling the days events.

What better way to start the day than with a class on the fabulous advanced schoolmaster Rossi, practising our pirhouettes and tempi changes amongst other things.

The highlight of the lesson however had to be when ever-generous and glorious "Ross Man" saw fit to give me pretty much as many one-time changes as he could fit in along the diagonal and even stepped in when I got it wrong - how humble do I feel!!!



Then I rode the new boy in who has not been sat until since August of last year and arrived with me a couple of days ago. Even though he has a super morpholgical CV and has been trained to an advanced level, his owners time requirements have not allowed her to work him for a very long time so he has come to us to be sold.

Again, a humbling experience. After approximately two and a half minutes on the lunge, I mounted and he was as good as gold, as if he had not had a day off, let alone several months - what a star!! Please keep an eye on the website for details of this chap - we think he will make someone a very happy person!

These glorious animals never cease to amaze me and I am happy to say that, even after all these years, I am still ever so slightly in awe of them. Horses like this should never be taken for granted!

Which brings me to my next point. A big congratulations to Sue Harcombe and her super boy Faisan who she purchased from us last year. This stunning couple have just won their first rosette in their maiden outing - we are sure it will be the first of many!!!

Also to Sarah and Kate Newell who own the gorgeous mare Deseada. We received a lovely email from them yesterday saying that she is giving them both so much fun and pleasure and is really coming on. She is either ridden, schooled or lunged everyday and they are amazed how much time they spend at the yard and their social life and housework are really suffering, but know what they would rather be doing anyday!

Sarah is taking part in dressage etc and Kate has joined Offas Dyke Endurance UK Group. Yesterday they completed their first endurance ride of 26K and Deseada was brilliant! Sarah has also taken her hunting and she looked as if she had been doing it all her life!



Do keep us updated everyone - it is so lovely to get feedback!

Please do keep reading to see how our new boy gets on and to hear about the arrival of Botinero next week as he is rather stunning aswell! Also, we will be bringing Chilena in to be backed very soon so that should make for some light entertainment!!!

Now, I shall leave you all and get back to my bunny, who is in danger of melting.

Take care everyone, one of us will be back to you soon!!

Tarmas' blog - two days away!

Just back from two days of teaching in Surrey where my girls were all flying! Verity is producing her young Spanish man beautifully, preparing him for the pirhouettes and getting some fabulous trot work and Emily is teaching her lovely boy Toby, (who had pretty much been a riding school plod up until two years ago!) to passage at the grand old age of 19!!

Last night I met up with a breeder friend of mine for dinner who I havent seen for ages and it was so lovely to catch up with her and meet all of her boys and girls! She has the most adorable little dun filly for sale and some lovely part breds aswell, a dun colt and two fillies , in my opinion there are some real bargains to be had there so please do check out the site!





I also saw her dun stallion who is such a striking colour and will be standing at stud next year!

I am looking forward to tomorrow though when I get to "practice what I preach" - am having a session with MY trainer on Rossi and the little Armas boy and then I get to be the boss again, as Caroline will be having a session on her Centuri before she goes off next week.

Not long now until the new boys come home either, we are all keen to meet them......

Sharrons Blog - Wednesday

Taking advantage of yesterdays sunshine the horses all enjoyed lovely, long hacks.
All i can say is roll on spring, though it usually flatters to decieve, i am ever the
optimist!

As Tarma (poor Tarma who it appears i work too hard, boo hoo) is away teaching,
i am lucky enough to be spending time with her two young ladies!
Horses and children have got to be a sure fix for getting a good nights sleep!

I think it is safe to say that Centuri's new mum enjoyed the time she spent with him
today very much, she was beaming when i left the yard and can not wait to get him
home!

A tired Sharron is signing off now, night all!

Cold Monday Mornings.....Tarma's Post

Well, if I am to be honest, today hasn't been one of the most productive days at the yard at all. Starting off with temperatures of -9 this morning meant that the arena was frozen and was pretty much impossible to work on and, as the horses had a pretty tough weekend, it was a unanimous decision to give them a well earned day off today.

All of them that is except, of course, Centuri, whose new mummy just cant seem to keep her hands off him - no matter how cold those hands are!! Those two seem to be falling in love and it is actually quite amazing watching how quickly the bond forms when these boys get their very special someone - we are not always lucky enough to see what happens after they have found their new mummies and daddies!

So, I was thinking that I would have a lovely day, playing at home, maybe a little siesta and a quiet afternoon.......

Take note everyone and NEVER employ a Sharron if you want these dreams realised! Yes, I can dream, but it would appear that I can do no more than that. The slave driver Sharron has decided that, if the horses can't work, it doesn't mean that I cant! I have been sat in front of my computer with not even a packet of biscuits and told to update the website!

To be fair, there are a lot of new and very interesting horses to be uploaded so it is overdue, although my mind wanders back to the time when I saw each and every one - where we were, who was with me, what was said etc etc. I thought I would share a couple of links with you of some of the boys while I am having a break from Photoshop!





If anyone has any helpful comments to add for the descriptions on the website, please feel free to email them over - my brain is slightly mushy these days!

Sharrons Blog - Friday!

Arriving at the yard wearing more layers than an onion (nothing new there!), I was greeted by the site of a rather guilty (but equally very pleased with himself!) Rossi!

Definately NOT in his stable and most definately trying to steal hay from a fellow four-legged pal on the yards' haynet (a Irish type who loves his grub I hasten to add!).

It would appear that our lovely Rossi mastered kicking his door until the kickbolt became dislodged and proceeded to open his door, taking himself for a nice little stroll!!

It serves me right for leaving his clip off and trusting him to be a good boy - they never stop teaching us and I hope we never stop learning!

Congratulations to Sarah who I know will have a sleepless night in anticipation of collecting her new man in the morning - our gorgeous Petrel!

Good night all and speak to you soon!

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Another successful clinic in Spain!

Spanish Horses UK have just come back from another successful clinic in Spain!



We all had such a lovely time, Libby rode her first canter pirhouette, Hannah her first half pass and change (which turned into several!!!) and Sally her first Spanish Walk and passage! I of course put Libbys expertise down to the lessons she has been having with me on my advanced schoolmaster!



Sue Stokes (aka the riding demon!!) as always though made me proud, riding the GP schoolmaster Quiebro who is just teaching her so much and showing us all how those high school movements should be ridden!



We also saw some stunning new Spanish horses for sale including a PSG schoolmaster and a gorgeous GP schoolmaster who was half brother to Invasor ridden at the olympics by Rafael Soto! He had competed internationally with Ignacio Rambla and was branded Domecq! I was also lucky enough to film a superb 3 year old son of "Evento" out of a stunning Calificado branded Guardiola mare - she was absolutely incredible and I, as always, just felt so lucky to be viewing such stunning animals!

I managed to get everyone to Barcelona airport safely and on-time and on top of that, managed to finish my book!

Back at the yard and real life, all the babies are growing beautifully, Caroline has found her new Spanish boy in our gorgeous grey gelding "Centuri" and Sarah called me excitedly to say that she will be collecting her new horse "Petrel" on Saturday. Sarah caught the bug from her mum , the local dressage judge Sue Harcombe, who purchased the lovely PRE "Faisan" from us last year. These two lovely bay boys should soon become best buddies!

The babies are growing well and are getting more and more inquisitive by the day, the lovely little girl by the Calificado Velasco stallion "Habanero" is fighting for supremecy with Christines' little "Fuego" who is by her GP Candau stallion "Uranio" and the gorgeous pearl carrier from Senorio de la Bariain "Vega X".



Sharron as always is doing a fabulous job of lookng after them all although I know she is waiting for the Spring with open arms! I am keeping her spirits up though, with the promise of new boys arriving soon......