Dan has fitted into my life with the horses like he’s always been there. You wouldn’t know that he hasn’t even been near a horse his whole adult life to watch him. He went from crewing me at a 40km in Spring 2019, to crewing Kate at a European Championship at the end of summer, and he performed like a pro. I am so grateful that he takes an interest and helps me out, I know I’m lucky to have a boyfriend who’s so involved.
I bought him riding lessons at the local riding school for Christmas as he’d been riding Tissy off and on over the Autumn months, but she’s not a great teacher and a little bit short for Dan, even though he’s not too heavy for her, his legs are definitely a bit long. But with Lockdown he hasn’t been able to have his lessons so we started up on Tissy again.
I can’t believe how much he’s improved, his lower leg is so still! There’s still lots to learn and Tissy certainly takes no prisoners but for a beginner he’s doing really well, he even got an outline during the session. Maybe when Qantas and Azid are in consistent work he might get to come out for a walk on one of them as they’re much bigger than little Tissy.
Beth Endurance 