Well , it was great to see the Brits take  the double Gold medals at the European Eventing Champs last week.   It  was special for  Kristina Cook on her world class  thorougbred " Miners Frolic " to clean up the individuals.  The event was  certainly  a great test ,  notably  3 of the German team were eliminated xc and the superbly performed  Flint Curtis   had the misfortune to  have  a couple of run offs xc .   Lets fact it,  this result  is extremelly refreshing  with  the xc  having such an important influence on the final results at the higher levels of eventing as it should  be  !!!
 
Last week was a busy one for QNZH's.    We spent several days dodging the rain thanks to the superb indoor  facility at Little Valley  Farm,  showing our clients from Taiwan some nice horses .   It was a great success and the 6 horses they chose  will be heading into quarantine on the 25th October. 

The competition season here in NZ is well under way now.  Everyone is hyped up and got their team on track and all the horses have their summer coats through  and looking sleek.  As always , we are  out and about "scanning " for super horses for our clients.

The only 'negative '  here right now the the dreadful cold snap that has hit us in last few days.  It is like the middle of winter and there is water everywhere .... check out the pic !!!
 Winter rugs are out in force again , very confusing for the poor horses having just had a super sunny spell  prior to this.