Chocolate Feet

Not wishing to make everyone envious but sleeping in till 11AM on a Monday morning definitely has a lot going for it (although I would not recommend the 7.45AM - 8.45AM interlude where you have to get up and feed a screaming baby boy).

I never sleep in late, but I was very grateful this morning because I was up at 4.30AM yesterday to go off riding horses all day. Overall a good day was had by all, except for my favourite horse Mambo de Chiouleben. In the "big" event of the day he lost a shoe and as a result managed to injure himself - it was a sorry sight to see him limping back to the truck afterwards. His somewhat frustrated owner lamented the fact that there was always something going wrong with him at the minute, and that he had "chocolate feet". (Note for any Belgians reading - given the tension in the air at the time, I did not ask whether this was dark, milk or white chocolate).

The rather better news was the emergence of a little grey horse called Quolchique St Aubin. She's only 6 and hasn't really done much at all, but we were all clear in the 1m and only had 1 bar down in the 1.10 test. We really did much better than anyone had predicted or could have hoped for. Her owner was very cautious afterwards and he refused to give me a price for her....I think he sees what I felt as she glided over the fences.