http://www.lodestareventing.co.uk Mon, 07 May 2007 09:03:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.lodestareventing.co.uk/2007/05/05/icare-dauzay-1996-2007/ Sing-along-a-Glenn As we wrote back in October Jad qualified for the Winter Dressage to Music Regionals. Most of winter was then spent travelling up and down the M6 on my behalf as I took my own horse hunting. Jad loved a winter of Rest & Relaxation, and Kirsty was bringing him back into ... http://www.lodestareventing.co.uk/2007/03/07/dressage-to-music-winter-regionals/ We were rather flattered to be told recently that one of our photos had been taken from flickr and used to illustrate a weekly newsletter for horsemen. We were rather less flattered that the use had been without our permission and was in clear breach of the Commercial Commons licence attached ... http://www.lodestareventing.co.uk/2007/02/27/from-flattery-to-dismay/ Disclaimer: this post was written under the influence of a hefty amount of white wine. Please excuse all spelling and grammatical errors. Since the Regional Finals Jad has been on holiday, out at grass all summer getting flabby and lazy. Kirsty decided after the Regional Finals that she should do some dressage ... http://www.lodestareventing.co.uk/2006/10/07/glenn-bloody-miller/ We’ve been hit by increasing numbers of spam comments lately. We have found from experience on other websites that you can’t beat a combination of akismet and Spam Karma for reducing the burden of filtering through the garbage to find genuine comments. This has allowed us to turn off comment moderation. So ... http://www.lodestareventing.co.uk/2006/09/03/site-protection/ It was all aboard the new wagon at the weekend as Kirsty and Jad had qualified for the North-West Regional Dressage Finals at Somerford Park. Eager to bask in the reflected glory we had a full complement of hangers-on and ne-er do wells who managed to make the 7 a.m. ... http://www.lodestareventing.co.uk/2006/08/06/north-west-regional-dressage-finals/ Have you any idea what a complete nightmare it is trying to find music to suit your horse? All I can say is thank god for iTunes! I have spent HOURS with a video of Jad playing bits of music against it to see if it fits his ... http://www.lodestareventing.co.uk/2006/05/27/paces-paces-paces/ It’s raining again. What am I talking about? It’s still raining. I am getting a little bit naffed off with the news going on about this terrible water shortage we’re having. We’re not having it at all, London is. We’ve got tonnes of the stuff. ... http://www.lodestareventing.co.uk/2006/05/27/raining-again/ I have decided to have a go at dressage to music. I’ve never done this before and I don’t actually know anyone who has, but I’ve watched the local winter regional final and read up on it and I’m going to have a go. Unfortunately they are all ... http://www.lodestareventing.co.uk/2006/05/21/dressage-to-music/ We decided to have some fun with the girls on Saturday. We joined the newly created Myerscough Riding Club and entered the 75cms jumping. This was great, except that I left Nick’s jacket hanging up outside Jad’s stable and Andrea had to do an emergency dash to deliver ... http://www.lodestareventing.co.uk/2006/05/20/jump/