A FRESH START 
Having spent every waking hour working recently, the 'big project' has finally been completed, and I can now start to enjoy horse life to the full again, including updating this blog and adding items of interest, such as jockey profiles and historical nuggets of racing information.

Louis has been working hard the last couple of days himself, busy training in a Dressage clinic with Takanori Ban - one of the masters of the sport. At the end of the day, although he wants to jump more, he still wants to continue with Dressage to a level as high as Jaguar will let him get. He's not short on passion, that's for sure, and for as long as he keeps driving the pace, I'm happy to support him.

Now this is where it gets exciting - the show-jumping clinic, supported by Chiba Prefecture, has already been booked for next year, along with the Dressage, and, having been a spectator and cameraman earlier in the week, Sophie is going to put her name down for the Dressage at the very least. After two years in the saddle, it looks like they're both getting to a good stage in their riding career. Now if I can just teach teach Sophie how to use a camera properly...