Team France – Bronze at European Eventing Championships
Team France – Bronze at European Eventing Championships
Cross Country video of Astier and Ben in “Galleries” section of website. A quote from comenetators “the only problem is that hes not British”.
NAF Int Hartpury Horse Trials – a very busy & successful Dressage day – Quicky & Ben ready for jumping tomorrow!
NAF Int Hartpury Horse Trials – a very busy & successful Dressage day – Quicky & Ben ready for jumping tomorrow!
Today was an extremely busy day for myself, Astier & the horses – but both horses performed wonderful tests! Quicky was a little ‘hot’ during the Dressage so as you can see from the pictures (gallery) she enjoyed a massage at the end of the day to relax and hopefully relieve some of that tightness for SJ & XC tomorrow.
Massage after competition for both horse and rider, particularly before the next day of competition can help reduce DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness) which horses suffer from the same as humans. Typically ‘hot’ horses/ponies can also gain by simply relaxing them…
I shall blog the final scores tomorrow…
Astier 9th at Badminton 2013 – 8th in rider rankings…
Astier 9th at Badminton 2013 – 8th in rider rankings…
Astier and Piaf de B’Neville (Ben) have had incredible success this season, with the highlight being 9th at Badminton, at what many would say the most competitve year to date! Keep an eye out for them during the rest of the season along with Astiers other rides.
Jhakti du Janlie (Jack), Astiers previous 4* horse was officially retired today – he was a real gentleman and means a great deal to Astier. So my first post on my website goes to Jack – Have a very happy retirement!