I have unfortunately had a rough couple of days with my top horse Detonator so writing this with sad news but hopefully this is just a short blip. 

Unfortunately Detonator has got an injury which I think he did messing around in the field on Friday, he has an enlarged Sesmoid ligament in his front left. He is having a month walking and resting and then a re-scan. I’m really hoping we can get him back to full comp work by the beginning of July but we will miss most of the premier leagues which I’m totally gutted about. This horse is my world and I’m really hoping we can get him back to full work asap to get our Grand Prix done by the end of the year. Jonathon Anderson is been brilliant with him at Rainbow Equine Hospital so fingers crossed!! This is such a shame as he has been working amazingly well at home and I was so excited about this weeks trip to Addington Manor to do our first Inter 2 at a premier league.

April was a quiet month for competing but we did make it to the winter Nationals with Sandonista and had a brilliant time. He qualified back in February gaining 2nd place in the Elementary music gold section.
I knew it would be a very hot class with some world class horses competing and I was just determined to enjoy myself and the fact that we had qualified to compete with them all.
Sando has not really been away to many competitions overnight so it was quite a big thing for him and he did get rather unsettled resulting in a bit of

tension but I know what a scary arena Hartpury is having struggled with Detonator in there for years. He coped so well and just went into himself a bit but the test was mistake free so I was over the moon with that.

I also had a lovely visit from the team at Millbry Hill who came to photograph me and the horses in our Millbry Hill kit and discuss plans together for this year.

So it’s now down to Sando and the lovely Tango to crack on with the competing, its full steam ahead for gaining our summer regional points, Sando at Medium and Adv medium and Tango will do his first novice test this weekend.

-Cara Shardlow

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