Preparing for 2007 Season.

The team looking forward to breakfast and some time out in the carts.

Denise with Martin, looking as pleased as Punch after his drive with Marmite. Martin helps in the yard four days a week, so a drive out is a treat.

Denise with Alexa who's getting more confident each day.

Some kinder weather this week has enabled us to do some driving every day this week so far. The ground is still very wet in places so we have to be careful where we go off road because the narrow wheels sink in and, besides making heavy going for the horses, we can't afford to cut up the fields and tracks leaving tramlines that will become a hazard when the ground bakes in the summer. Wally assures me that it is no joke trying to replace a rubber rim that gets torn off when you try to pull out of a tramline!
Jenny, Becky and Claudia are some junior helpers who were a very welcome help on Saturday.

Weather permitting, the season should be starting in early March, so we have quite a lot of ground to make up in getting the horses fit. We are praying for a good spell of dry weather now so that we can build on the momentum of regular exercise that we have going now. We also have to get at least two of us tested and qualified as AB Whips to accompany disabled drivers so we need to get in plenty of driving experience. At present Wally is the only one qualified.