Well, New Years Eve  has slipped by  and we would like to wish all our wonderful friends and loyal clients all the best for 2011 with great success and happiness !!!!
It seems to be one of the hottest summers I can remember at the moment here in NZ , or am I just imagining it ? Hearing reports of snow and crappy weather in UK and USA . Meanwhile we just hanging out here in the heat. 

At beginning of December , we welcomed Emma Salt to our team .  Emma worked for us 5 years ago so it is great she is able to come back and help as she knows how it all works and is experienced and mature. She is loving the riding and has got back into jumping much to her delight . 

Some sad news at the farm  , we had to put our grand old Brilliant Invader mare " Billie" to sleep  because was beginning to suffer .   She had reached the  ripe old age of 23 and had 12  beautiful babies so she did super well .  R.I.P.  Billie, you will always  be  a legend !!!!

We were graced with Mark Todd's presence for a week or so prior to Xmas . He had to get back here to renew his UK visa as the UK immigration officials were starting to get a bit difficult everytime he arrived back at Heathrow.  Poor Mark was a tad nervous about it all but all sorted now and he is "very officially " allowed to stay on in UK  thank goodness and get on with the job of winning NZ some more medals !!!

We took  our team out SJing at end of Jan ( rider a bit rusty I might add )  and have couple of shows to attend in February then off eventing again  in March . 
The Horse Trials Autumn season  started 29th Jan , and the SJing circuit has been in full swing all summer . It is always exciting when a new season is under way,  as we are  constantly searching for new talent  for our clients and  they just keep popping up !!!!

We have had  some super  sales recently . Congratulations to the lucky  new owners !!!
   -      Izzy McLauchlin from Adelaide ,  Australia is totally thrilled with her new boy "George" ( aka "Matariki " ex Kate Lambie ).  Going superbly  and very excited about season ahead.  I hear  on grapevine someone want to steal him off you Izzy ??
 -        Greta Potter  ( resident  both UK and NZ ) is loving her new horse " Hoki " ( aka "Valuation " ex Kate Wood ). He has  already been on clinics and  giving Greta  great confidence . She is living the dream with Hoki, she cannot believe how perfect he is for her .
-         Julie and Belinda Isbister from Perth Australia ,  purchased an extremely  talented young  TB off the track  and named  him Scottie ( Scott Free ). He has  arrived in Perth  two weeks ago , looking a tad  travel weary  but is picking up and  Bel can hardly wait to get stuck into his schooling and begin his new career.