H&C blog

"This year didn't quite get off to the best start..."

victorias — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:42:20 +0000

"I had a very good feeling about 2012 at the start of the year, but the first couple of weeks of the New Year proved me very wrong. Unfortunately, we lost our older dog, Scrappy, very unexpectedly. He slipped a disc and deteriorated very quickly so in the space of two days he went from running around the yard to us having to make the awful decision.

Stallions, eventers and Olympic hopefuls

Jenny Rudall — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:29:23 +0000

“It has been a busy weekend for the H&C team, and in our quest to bring you the best footage for our show Rudall’s Round-up, we have been out and about on location.

What's the French for Stallion?

First stop, the was the Stallion event at Hartpury, run by the British Bred Sports Horse (BBSH) association. The day was a real spectacle with interviews and demos from Bernard Le Courtois, Mark Todd, Oliver Townend and Michael Eilberg, plus 65 top stallions from the UK and Europe.

"One Olympic rider after another"

Jenny Rudall — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:03:36 +0000

"It is not every week you get to meet two Olympic athletes, but then it's not every year that you have the Olympics in your own country. And it is certainly not every year that we actually might win some medals!

With Olympic fever at the forefront of everyone’s minds at the moment, I have the task of travelling round the country to attend yard days organised by the British Equestrain Federation (BEF) to meet our Olympic hopefuls. A tough job, but someone has to do it!

"My whip ban put a dampener on a very special win"

victorias — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:38:17 +0000

Hello everybody. Right! We are well into the new year now so I hope you all have been keeping to your new year's resolutions. Or maybe you're like me - "You don't make them, so then you can't break them!"

"So much for it being the quiet season!"

victorias — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:43:55 +0000

"This is meant to be our quiet time... Not a bit of it! Since having a few days away from the yard over Christmas, January has been packed with busy days. I have had my most enjoyable season hunting for years and this has added to the yard being busy as there is a days work to catch up on from being out of action for the day. My very special horse King, who is now for sale on HorseQuest, has made this winter lots of fun. The children have hunted like demons and made me very proud - jumping places that I could scarcely believe.

"Meeting William Fox-Pitt - and his horses"

victorias — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:20:36 +0000

When H&C was invited to go to William Fox-Pitt's yard in Dorset yesterday, we jumped at the chance. Not only would we get to explore his amazing yard, watch the multiple Olympian train at home, but we also got to have a bit of a cuddle with his top horses!

Don't miss the William Fox-Pitt yard visit on Rudall's Round Up, on Monday 13 February at 8.30pm. In the meantime, enjoy some of the photos from the day.

"Lorries like pig styes and horses as fat as seals"

victorias — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:35:52 +0000

"I'm pleased to say I survived Christmas with the family (there is a reason you move away from home!), but since New Year we had three days of the worst storms in years battering West Sussex. Two days without either electricty or phone - both my mobile and my landline were down - was totally unbearable, and if one of you says we never had all these mod cons years ago I will actually scream. We live in the present, and life today revolves around communications and the ability to boil a kettle without first chopping wood.

"A new year means new horses"

Jenny Rudall — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:19:16 +0000

“Happy New Year everyone - hope all people and ponies had a good festive season. So despite the winter supposedly being the “off season”, December has been very busy.

"Olympia was so much fun, but we came down to earth with a thud afterwards!

victorias — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:59:50 +0000

"Hey guys, Happy New Year! Are you ready for the next ‘Jay’s world’ blog? Here goes...

"A brilliant Boxing Day, awesome Kauto Star, and new determination for a new year"

victorias — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:27:01 +0000

"Hello everyone, I hope you all have had wonderful Christmases and I'd like to wish you all a very Happy New year, l hope it's a good one for all of you.