“It seems hard to believe that I have finished eventing three weeks ago now already. The time has flown by, and I am trying to catch up with administration work. Also, I now have time for spring cleaning my house and even cooking. I am determined to become a seriously good cook by the end of the winter! I only have six horses in work, so it’s unusual to have time to do other things. So far I have also made the most of having some social time, we have even taken part in a pub quiz (which we didn't win, too many racing questions!) and been out for lots of meals, had a night out in London and been back to Suffolk a couple of times. I am not good at just sitting down and relaxing so when I have some free time I tend to fill it very quickly!

Do you have a horse for me?

I am also looking for another horse, nothing too pricey and I’m not fussy on the age either but would like something that has done a bit ideally. However a nice horse is always welcome, any age, colour, sex, etc! Any suggestions welcome please! Email me: info@sharonhunteventing.com.

Brave Buddy

Before the snow, we were able to get out and jump a few of the XC jumps with Buddy and Flash to see how they were with them. They are both incredibly brave and jumped everything first time so delighted. We have decided that Buddy is to be sold sadly, so I shall put some videos and more pictures up of him, he is a lovely horse but we can only keep one.  We are interested in a possible syndicate with either Buddy or Flash too, so please - if anyone is interested this is a great opportunity to be involved with really good young horses that will go on and do well eventing. Please contact me via email, any ideas are welcome.

Bertie blossoms

I had lessons last week with Anna Ross Davies with Bertie who has really blossomed from his holiday and is trying so hard to please. Red has also improved dramatically and continues to do almost daily, he is also jumping really well as his flatwork improves. I had lessons on Flash and Buddy too, working on them stretching down and taking the rein more, which they both did and produced some lovely work. I also had a jump lesson with Joao Charlesworth who helped me with Flash, who was brilliant and had me working on a serpentine over fences backwards and forwards. This exercise helped me keep riding him in a good rhythm even though the turns were relatively tight and keep a softer hand at the same time, giving me new ideas to work on which is great for me this winter. 

Fancy a day with Sharon Hunt?

We had some help this week from Jillian who came all the way from Scotland for the week, she had a great time (so she told us!) and learnt so much, I still have spaces for various weeks so please contact me!

2012 details

I had a really good day at Stow discussing 2012 details last week. The day didn't start well though when the sun roof smashed on my car. I have no idea how it happened but was quite ironic that I had just cleaned the car and hovered it all out for the first time in months the day before. I’m not doing that again in a hurry! I was luckily staying at my parents so swapped cars with Dad. That was great as he has a rather beautiful sports car to drive about in, shame it's not summer! The day was incredibly informative also gave me realistic goals I need to work towards to get each horse to the necessary point. After being at Beijing, which was incredible, there is no way I’m missing out on London! 

My season

I had a good season this year, I finished 19th in the rankings and was very tight at the top apart from William and Andrew Nicholson, who are streaks ahead. Jasper finished a very credible 12th; again the top few were really close just a few points separating them. I hope next year will be better though and would like to see some of the other horses in the top 100 too.”