{"id":2158853,"date":"2021-03-12T17:33:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T17:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.forelockandload.com\/?p=2158853"},"modified":"2022-09-28T14:24:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T13:24:14","slug":"spring-is-in-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/flld\/spring-is-in-the-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring is in the air!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>T-shirts today \u2013 and that\u2019s without having 6 other layers on top, yup, t-shirt&nbsp;&nbsp;weather in February!&nbsp; Admittedly our \u2018t-shirt weather\u2019, when riding the eighth horse of the day or mucking out the 10th, may not be everyone\u2019s idea of lounging hot &#8211; but the sun is out, the sky is blue, the horses are out in the field getting some sun on their backs, and there\u2019s bounce in ground which is neither frozen hard nor sodden wet!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today is definitely a day for positivity, so am I allowed to just list them, and for this month\u2019s Blog at least we\u2019ll banish all thoughts of anything other?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>BE has announced the season will open in April and has already produced a schedule of early events.&nbsp; Hurray! Competitions are what we all work for, and need, and the news that sport will soon be underway is very exciting.<\/li><li>Poo.&nbsp; Our muck trailer is now half as full at the end of each week than it was before we started using Caviera bedding. &nbsp;This is incredible!&nbsp; We\u2019ll do proper reviews and comments online as we continue to trial it, but as a kick-off effect \u2013 WOW.<\/li><li>Also on the subject of poo: our muck trailer emptying has now been taken over by Euston farms and we couldn\u2019t be more grateful.&nbsp; Chocolates on the way to them I think\u2026<\/li><li>We\u2019re looking to recruit a new bod to the team.&nbsp; This is a direct result of the number of horses we\u2019re now being asked to take in.&nbsp; It feels&nbsp;<em>hugely<\/em>&nbsp;positive to know that we are now in a position to grow the team, so thank you everyone, and here\u2019s hoping someone just our right side of mad is keen\/able to join!<\/li><li>Brilliant photo shoot with Laura Fiddaman last weekend.&nbsp; The sun shone, the breeze ruffled, the horses shone, Laura snapped away in her usual calm, patient, relaxed way.&nbsp; I dressed up in more stunning kit courtesy of Holland Cooper and Forelock &amp; Load and tried my best to look natural\u2026. &nbsp;The latter I still find tricky but it\u2019s easier when I\u2019m on a horse, and Tigga especially seriously strutted her stuff in her pristine white bandages from Forelock &amp; Load.&nbsp; She is born to perform that one, she is going to carry a tailcoat well.<\/li><li>The new arena surface arrived with a woosh.&nbsp; Literally.&nbsp; All over the driveway.&nbsp;&nbsp; Never have we been so grateful for a friendly neighbour with a tractor and scoop!&nbsp; And it was timely as well \u2013 laid and levelled just in time for the Big Freeze so riding carried on regardless.&nbsp; The youngsters made full use of the trampoline feel they got &#8211; I hadn\u2019t thought they needed help in that regard but it was good (?) to see there were even more shapes in those there rising five-year-old legs waiting to come out!&nbsp; The surface has also been christened \u2013 an important occasion in any arena &#8211; one small bottom has hit the ground thus far, and the small bottom\u2019s owner declared the Flexiride cushioning \u2018very good indeed\u2019! Thank you for taking that one for the team!<\/li><li>I\u2019m becoming acquainted with export rules to USA.&nbsp; Fingers crossed, more details next month &#8211; but for now, a big experience tick for Team Mountford Sporthorses and one I hope to make much use of in the years to come\ud83e\udd1e<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I think that\u2019s enough for now. 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