2008 Meet the horses

Meet the Ponies and Horses

We have been out and about looking for some fun addtions to the yard including working liveries for ponies and larger horses. We are looking out for experienced school masters in dressage and jumping so watch this space. We have had four new arrivals at the yard who are settling in well, and more recently two more!

Photograph thanks to Pinpoint images	Louis is a high speed games pony who trialled for the England team with a previous owner and played Polocrosse with the Bedford PC before returning to the Burghley area and being lent to the Burghley team to compete next to Dino his yard mate at the Pony Club Championships Polocrosse tournament. Once Louis had the ball no-one could catch him and when it came to defending his speed and agility made Dino's life really easy! We are hoping to develop a Bulby Polocrosse team for 2009 and are wondering if there will be a Bulby rider on Louis in 2011. Louis is the grey in the middle.
Photograph thanks to Pinpoint images	Dino is a fantastic hunting and jumping pony who loves polocrosse. He went with the Burghly team to the Pony Club Championships competing in the junior class with ponies up to 14.2 hh. His nimbleness and speed supported by his yard fellow Louis (who is even speedier) and Roan Rocket Pete who defends so well meant that the team won their final match 8-0 so they are looking forward to going to the Pony Club Championships next year.
	Shadow is the latest arrival and is settling in well. Sam brought him over with brother Jo and friend Claudia. He loves jumping with Sam and we hope he will continue getting out and about here. He's checked out the hay and haylage, so far so good and Bulby's Saddle Club members have given him the thumbs up too. He has settled in well has joined the lessons and is a great favourite. Chosen to do the PC Championship below.
	Co-co is a new arrival at the yard. He has enjoyed competitions with his previous owner. We are waiting to see what he enjoys most. He travelled well with another new arrival and companion Freckles. He is such a sweetie. He goes forward when asked but does not rush!
	Freckles is a kind sweet gentle allrounder who has just arrived. She has settled in and enjoying life with the riders at Bulby. She travelled well with Co-co. Her tack is sorted and she is up and going well. She is quite forward going and fun to ride.
	Mary Mary is a new addition to the yard and is big hit with the older riders. She is beautifully mannered and enjoys dressage. The taller and more advanced riders love her. She pops a small jump and will enjoy her trips out to Laughton Manor, hacking out, and going to Grimsthorpe. We hope that she will be part of the Pony Club Centre team in 2010...she was in 2008 and 2009 (she went clear this year). She is beginning to jump well. (With King of Diamonds in her ancestry we hope so!) Thank you Allyson for letting her come to the yard. She continues munching haylage in the stable looking out over the Lincolnshire countryside.
Photograph by Gordon Wilson	Threekingham show 2008, Mary's first jumping outing, she went double clear with Emily who also rode clear with her at the Pony Club Championships Centre competition....we were so excited we forgot to take photographs there! This is Mary's first year of jumping have spent time concentrating on dressage with her previous owner.
	Buster He is a real fun pony. He schools, jumps and hacks. He was a real star when some of the clients took him to a show, jumping lots of clear rounds and doing very well in the gymkhana games. He has been a fabulous pony at the school and plans to get out and about with riders from the yard locally and with his owner at Pony Club Activities and events as well as joining in Pony Club Centre activities. He is enjoying being back in lessons, has had his back sorted out and has had a lovely saddle fitted. He just loves the fuss and the hacks and will take part in the Grimsthorpe sponsored ride next year.
	Hewy He is an adorable pony who loves his gymkhana games. He is wonderful on or off the lead rein. We are going to try to get him out and about going to competitions.
	Crispin Crispin is a Queensdale pony and is very elegant. He loves to school and is very obediant to walk, trot and canter. He needs to get out and about to broaden his experience and we plan to take him out to Laughton Manor on Fridays and to other events to continue his education.
	Emma Emma is a really nice middleweight cob. She is wonderful to take out on hacks. Emma likes to pop a little jump. She is a really safe little mare without being 'boring'. Emma is going to get out and about too. She has not been to the beach yet but.....
	Wizz has returned Wizz started life as a show pony and was shocked when left to his and his rider's own devices at first. He came on beautifully and just gets better and better. He leads well with the occasional kiss on the nose and loved his trip to the seaside, overcoming his fear of water to let the waves wash over his hooves. He is such a handsome dun and has a sweet nature. He is now leased and with us on working livery, adoring the attention of his borrower who gets up to muck him out every morning with her mum and sees and rides him most evenings. He thinks he has landed in heaven.
	Molly (Moo) Molly is a wonderful safe mare who is very easy to lead and useful for beginners. When she first came to the yard she was wonderfully light off the leg. Now that she has returned we hope to get the balance right for her. She has such a lovely nature and remains calm in the most suprising situations. Now that she has had a break hacking out in the countryside we hope that she will be refreshed.
	Penny Much to the delight of many at the riding school Penny returned from stud for a while returned to finish the hunting season and then was put in foal. What lovely suprise for her to have a foal quite late in life. After winning the Chase me Charlie jumping competition suprisingly beating even the best of the riding school horses there was concern that she might have arthritis and would be too old to breed from. She took her intrepid rider to the opening meet of the Quorn in 2007 hunting for four hours. He was glad he followed advice to use her recommended hunting bit! The next day she delighted her jockey taking him over 4' at the Pony Club rally. She rode out both days without any need for medication (apart from the oats the riders grandmother fed Penny).What a relief! She continued hunting with the Quorn over the Christmas holidays, returned to Bulby then returned to stud and finally produced a colt foal in august 2009....photo's to come. He is a bright bay with three white socks...hope he ends up being as good a jumper as his mum.
	Jasper is doing fine! Jasper is a lively pony who loves jumping and has returned to the yard from loan. He looked fab when he came out for the first meet of the Cottesmore in the 2007/8 season. He enjoyed his trip out out with Charlotte doing crosscountry. He was training to do pony club games but has been outgrown by Charlotte so lets see if those skills develop here. It would be great if the Pony Club Centre Championships eventually include games. We shall check out his progress and report back, hoping that he makes the pony club centre team.

Bulby Equestrian Centre

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Bulby Hall Livery Stables, Bulby, Nr Bourne, South Lincolnshire, PE10 0RU.