We were down in Cheshire this weekend competing at Equithon, a 26 mile charity ride, run by the Cheshire Endurance group. Sebastian had organised a team comprising of all South American horses, so the team was Isabelle on Fatima, Adam on Upa, Mark on Charua and myself on Pitufa.
Of course we were taking the whole event very seriously and our pre-ride evening consisted of lots of alcohol and a few hours sleep...
Well as always the ponies were superb and we left as a team and came home as a team some three and a half hours later and won the "Equithon Open Team Challenge" - really couldn't fault the ponies especially Pitufa and Upa who came home with heart rates in the low forties.
The second team from the yard was doing the half equithon (13 miles) and also won, so a good showing from Edleston Academy!!
We drove home today and had a good run up until about four miles away where upon there was a loud bang, a nasty rattling sound and a plume of grey smoke. We limped the wagon to the nearest lay-by and I unloaded Pitufa and rode her home (2-day ride?!) while Mark stayed for the recovery truck. Unfortunately the recovery truck winch decided to be tricky... but not until both trucks were blocking the road, for several hours... Oh happy Days.
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Fantastic you must be chuffed...Criollos rule eh?!
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