AUTUMN COLOURS
Although it's seriously cold, the autumn leaves and golden light of the late afternoon always provide a spectacular backdrop for Jaguar, his colouring - passed on by Sakura Yutaka O - showing up to best effect at this time of year.

With his niggling leg problem behind him, Jaguar was back in top form, ready to race again if you'd have shown him a starting gate I reckon! Louis was smiling a lot, but reported that he was getting tired constantly trying to rein in the power. Didn't stop him going round and round the outer track at a cracking pace, though...

After Jaguar, the chance was taken to ride another Thoroughbred - Machikane Ukon, the full brother
of Hishi Amazon. 'Ukon' is an option for Louis' show-jumping debut, depending on who's riding what and when, as being an experienced campaigner, he'd give the boy a somewhat gentler introduction into his latest equine adventure. Despite the wet rather conditions, all went well - no injuries, and not even any dented pride.