Changes….. in dressage

Hello, welcome to my page, Percy by name and perfect by nature. I have taken over the rubber reins so to speak as Blarney has been having a gap year and having failed his 1st year at uni has been put back to kindi for some re-schooling.
There have been a few changes at Silverhill over the past year so I will get you up to speed with who is here these days.
Brandy is still here, although not doing much these days and has her own pill box, she is rather like Lou Beale from Eastenders, for those who remember. We have a young Spanish lady joined us last month, pretty but curvy and has bouts of screaming obscenities in her mother tongue, at least none of us understand what she is saying. Pippa is still here, still the same although has given up pony clubbing for burlesque these days, now a well seasoned hunter she also still tries her hoof at dressage, but lets face it, she has a long medium trot to go before she catches me up, although by the way she goes on you would think she is having lessons from Tortillas himself. Remi and Kracker joined us in the summer, Kracker a lovely chap, has a war injury from his time in ‘Nam’ or so he says, although having watched Robin Williams in a film about that I cannot remember horses being there, apparently he suffered a loss from his anatomy which gave him medical reasons to be retired and sent home. I believe we call it castration here. Remi is a good egg, quiet and reserved and speaks like Pirot… He’s from Belgium. Like myself, he used to show jump, I hear he was quite good. Now he has taken up dressage and has made quite a good switch over, we have good long chats about it as he always asks me about different venues I’ve been to over here and what their facilities are like. Finn is another Irish lad, being badly influenced by Blarney, like a couple of teenagers in the field, although they are separated they still chat over the electric fence. I do hope B isn’t going to lead him astray he is not a bad chap just young and very easily influenced. He has been out already and been busy and even has had a placing at dressage. Think he is lined up for a career in eventing…. God help him! Tilly is still here although doesn’t do much these days except gossip all evening long about Tortillas and Justin Beiba, she is hoping now she has semi retired that she will be sent to stud and is hoping to go to Germany… dream on… Lotte has been with us a while now and is slowly but surely making her mark, a young mum who has got herself back onto her feet, off benefits and is now starting to map out a career for herself, currently trying her hoof at everything, but said she will draw the line at Polo, mainly because it requires a turn of speed and she likes to take her time to think about things. And then there is Blarney, back from an intense education, or so we thought, but seemed to have spent most of his time on the haylage and not paying attention, my parents have spent a packet on his education with no return…. Typical. They have now drawn the line and closed the wallet up until he can prove himself. I hear a new mistress is in line for him so lets watch this space. We have the old boys, Dinky and Fred, that spend most of their time bickering at each other and the moment they are separated screaming (and farting as they do so) at each other, age does a terrible thing to their bodily functions. They currently have sheltered accommodation at the near end of the yard with a panic button should they require emergency assistance from the house.
And me? Well, lets just say, the money that was flowing up the Blarney, has now changed course and is coming home to Papa, namely ME. Having had some time off last year from a very nasty virus, this year has been spent polishing up my dancing shoes and whilst I haven’t done much affiliated, I have been out twice at a new level of Advanced Medium… the first attempt was a bit scary and I knew I was supposed to wait for mum to tell me to change my canter lead, but I got a bit uptight and it looked like an audition for Riverdance as I changed then realised I got it wrong and then changed back and then she shifted her weight and I HAD to change… her bum shouldn’t be so big and she should learn to control it. Anyway, more work at home and I have been doing changes across the diagonal every 3 strides…. Well, sometimes its 3, sometimes 4, and when her bum is out of control I can change everystride. Its all very exciting and now I’ve been given the challenge of writing for the website my time is very busy.
Anyhow, its time to go, the girls are talking about nail extensions as the farrier is here tomorrow and Tilly is thinking of having some nail art done…. John has his work cut out with this lot…
PP x (that’s Perfect Percy)

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