Introducing Chanie and Banjo
Today I had the pleasure of meeting the first of my sponsored Riders.
Chanie and Banjo
Banjo is super handsome and very chilled. A perfect all-rounder who is enjoyed by all of the family.
Chanie usually competes Banjo Carriage Driving and has done really well since starting out with him. They won the Young Driver Championship in 2018 at Smiths Lawn where they went on to meet the Queen and Duke.
Today they had the day off competing with the carriage so it was her sister Charlotte doing the ridden classes and mum Karen doing the In-Hand classes.
Although Banjo was little tired he came out with a 2nd in the ridden, and 5th in the inhand.
I’m looking forward to seeing Chanie in action next week.
The Wilsmann Design Team
Today I had the pleasure of attending the May Day festival at Schloss Neuhaus where the Wilsmann Design Team had put on a show including Minipony stud, Lusitanos, Knabstruppern, Frisians, PRE's under the historic ladies saddle and of course my favourite the super handsome Tinker (Irish Cob / Vanner) Stallion ❤️
Wilsmann Design actually make Historic Riding costumes as well as todays riding gear and much more.
https://www.wilsmann-design.de/
All of the images can be found here - p495886030
Madi And Rocky - Bad Lippspringe 2019
What a pleasure it was to spend the afternoon with Madi and Rocky at Bad Lippspringe Show.
In complete contrast to the snow we had the weekend before, this weekend was glorious! 28 Degrees in April. I will miss the strange weather of Germany when I go home.
Madi and Rocky were competing in the KI.L* Class which in England would be the Elementary Level.
I must admit im not always a fan of watching the warm ups for dressage, I get a little frustrated with continuously seeing horses pulled into the bit so far they can hardly see where they are going and nosebands / flashes so tight im surprised they can get air. I know that's a controversial subject but its just my personal pet hate.
Now watching Madi is a completely different story, I love the fact she comes into the warm up and just walks around on a nice long rein with Rocky stretching down and relaxed.
She does not rush him and as she continues with the warm up the reins are taken up very gently and softly, a littler bit at a time, and of course when she does ask for any contact, Rocky obliges like a true gentleman.
What I also love about them is they clearly have a super bond and friendship which goes a long way to helping them work together as a Team.
It was quite a big class with 37 entries so I think made and Rocky did exceptionally well coming in 6th place.
Well Done to you both :-) XXXX
And here is a picture of us all together!
You can see all of the photos here - p516117483
High Speed Fine Art shoot
This week I Photographed Madi and Rocky using high speed flash on a cloudy day.
I have never done this kind of Photoshoot with both horse and rider before and was quite pleased with the results. As always Rocky was a super star and posed beautifully for the camera.
Here are some of the results, I hope you like them.
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Diese Woche fotografierte ich madi und Rocky mit High speed Flash an einem wolkbaren Tag.
Ich habe diese Art von fotoshooting noch nie mit Pferd und Reiter gemacht, bevor ich mit den Ergebnissen zufrieden war. Wie immer Rocky war ein super Star und hat wunderschön für die Kamera gepolt.
Hier sind einige der Ergebnisse, ich hoffe, sie mögen sie.
