Life feels like a lot at the moment, but when I step back, I’m so proud of how far we’ve come this year.

I’ve got a newly confident Maple, a blossoming foal who grows braver by the day, and Winnie settling beautifully into motherhood. It’s messy, chaotic, exhausting, and sometimes overwhelming… but it’s also full of the moments that make it all worth it.

If the last few months have taught me anything, it’s this: progress doesn’t always look exciting. Sometimes it’s slow, steady and quietly happening behind the scenes. But it’s still always worth celebrating.

Feeling humble and blessed

After last month’s excitement of welcoming Etty into the world, this month’s update might seem a little less dramatic… but honestly? I still have so much to be grateful for.

WE HAVE A FOAL!!

After what has felt like the longest countdown in history, Winnie decided that Tuesday night was finally the time. At around 11pm on 12th August, just one day past her due date, she delivered a strong and healthy chrome filly.

 I’m Annie Strawson, a showjumper based just outside Newark and proud to be joining the Equiglo team as a brand ambassador. Horses have always been part of my life, and I’m excited to share my journey with you.

Hello, everyone,

Well, it seems a very long time since we were on holiday. We didn’t bring a lot of sunshine back with us, just the odd , unfortunately. 

All the horses are well, the youngsters seem to be having a growth spurt, and Dido now at five months has grown out of her first foal slip, so that’s a headcollar on the shopping list. 

I’m Lizzie Blamire – a new EquiGlo brand ambassador.  I live on our farm in Cumbria with my husband Steve and our animals, including two yearlings and a 3.5 month filly foal, a broodmare, a stallion, a 32” mini-Shetland, Jazz, who is worth her weight in gold and she’s a great companion to Anthony aka Another Touch, who previously had a successful racing career on the flat.

Hello everyone,

It's all change since my last blog!

Sadly I had to make the hard decision to say goodbye to Gwen. It wasn't an easy one to make, but with Peggy's arrival,  two youngsters that need producing and a family member’s long-term injury, there simply wasn't enough hours in day.2

Finally, after what feels like the longest winter, spring and the sunshine are finally here and we can’t wait for a busy summer ahead. All of the girls have had a winter break and been left to enjoy their horse time, even if it does mean they are currently extremely hairy and muddy.

Hi everyone,

 I hope you are all doing well with your equine partners.

Rodger and Jack have been very good boys recently. Rodger competed in the Advanced Medium Music class at the Petplan Area Festivals championships at Sheepgate in August. He really tried hard for me even though it is a fairly new level for us both, so we are still learning. We managed to pull together a +65% test to finish 3^rd, but only the top 2 go through to the finals in October. 

The last couple of months have been fairly quiet on the competition front, although I have been busy keeping all the horses exercised. 

Rodger and I attended the British Riding Clubs  Dressage To Music National Championships at Arena UK in April. We haven't done too many music classes before but we did have some new music to dance to. He was such a good boy for me, a couple of small mistakes, but nothing to worry about. We were sat in 5th for a long while in a very large class, only to be pushed to 11th at the end of the class. 

Hello everyone,

What a year it’s been and it isn’t over yet!  As you know my whole world was turned upside down back in May when I was diagnosed with cancer, since then it’s been about diagnosis, surgery, treatment, then recovery.

Hello, everyone,

You claim to have 99 problems, then you are poorly and you only have one problem. Nothing else matters!!

It feels so great at the moment with all the dry weather. The fields aren’t so muddy and the horses are shedding their winter coats, spring is definitely in the air!