Hopalong

Nothing dramatic today. Busy but routine at the yard. We may have a van and driver, but I don't want to jinx anything by saying too much! There were magnificent thunderstorms here last night (I was looking out my bedroom window at the lightning thinking 'please don't hit the horses'). Puddles/lakes everywhere today, so the going was nice and soft. It's times like this you appreciate the sandy ground. Paddy was painfully stiff at first, but loosened up after the first mile or so... Shell's beginning to suspect that he's trying it on. Bit of a catch 22 really. Rash was Rash, as usual. His trot is getting a lot more even, less of the acceleration-deceleration-acceleration.... A large puddle turned out to be the scariest thing we've seen in weeks though, he was well on his way home by the time I managed to pull him up (perhaps he saw his reflection?). The rest of the hack was quiet enough, although we may have scared a bus driver... I reckon he thought Rash was trying to rear because of his bus, the truth was he'd got distracted by the bus and inadvertently stood in a puddle! Loading onto trailer practice tomorrow... Wish us luck :-)