Enjoying the Sunshine!

I have to admit that I have been rather lazy with my blog during the past month but instead of sitting at the computer I have been out enjoying the sunshine with my four legged friend! I hope you have all been busy with your horses? Do let me know what you have been up to. Having taken some time off work I set about with my daily horse riding, reschooling my cob, and I have thoroughly enjoyed having much more relaxed time with my horse. It's great to be able to ride so much as work hours and daylight hours tend to clash during the winter! I even tried out a bit of bareback riding...(which didn't come as naturally as it used to let me tell you) but I loved every minute of it.

Having returned to work today it seems like i'm not the only one who's feeling a bit tired after ten days of intense equestrian work. Look who I found having a good old roll around in the sunshine this morning and catching 40 winks in the field. What a cutie.

Now i'm determind to keep up with my new schedule so fingers crossed the nice weather continues. I'm using my new horsey weekly planner to keep track of what we are doing on a daily basis and am looking forward to all the bank holidays this month to enjoy some more time at the yard as well as an Easter weekend trip to Badminton Horse Trials. I might even see some of you there!

Fine Feathers!

Another gorgeous weekend has passed and seeing as though I didn't win on the Grand National it's back to work today!!! However the weekend of sunshine inspired me to get B's feathers clean and here are the results.... what do you think?!

This is the first time I have grown them out so it's all a bit of a learning curve for me but I think they are looking fabulous and are really healthy! It's great now the field is drying out so i'm hoping they will stay a little cleaner than they have in previous months. I initially wet his legs with my fabulous Elico Horse Sponge which really helps you get water right into the feathers and takes half the amount of time! The sponge is also great to get the feather in a big lather! Once thoroughly rinsed with the hose I towel dried them and then used my gorgeous Mane and Tail brush and Horse Mane Comb to comb them out. Once dried they looked like i'd been using a voluming shampoo :-) !!! Last night when I went to get him in I was relieved to see he'd managed to keep them clean all day- hurrah! For daily feather brushing i'd be lost without my Mane and Tail brush which is also very handy for a thick mane and tail like his!

Cute Corn on the Cobs!!!

Here at the Horse Diva we love heavy horses and we are thrilled to now have some fun products perfect for all you cob lovers out there!!! NEW in this week we have the

Corn on the Cob Tea Towel- £5.50

and the coordinating Corn on the Cob Greetings Card- £2.00
Plus here's a little pic of the very special Cob in my life who is currently enjoying some fun in the snow!

Blog No 1!

Hi everyone! Thought i'd get my blog started with a few happy snaps of my ned!

At the moment I am trying to grow his feathers out- they look a bit muddy on the outside but are bright white underneath! I'm using some fabulous pig oil and sulphur to keep them in good condition and it's really helping. Many thanks to the lovely lady who gave me lots of advice on the horse and hound forum. If you are not registered i'd fully recommend it http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php. Off to Burghley Horse Trials over the weekend- I hope the sun will make an appearance???!!!
Katie xxx