{"id":12808,"date":"2026-04-01T09:32:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horsesavvy.co.uk\/?p=12808"},"modified":"2026-04-30T11:35:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:35:02","slug":"bella-stormy-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsesavvy.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/bella-stormy-april-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Bella & Stormy – April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Happy April everyone \ud83d\ude09 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 What a gorgeous day today has brought (not so sure weekend is not going back to Winter but hey ho, enjoy the day while it’s here) \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Today I rode Bella and then Stormy (didn’t want Storm to feel left out) \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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We started off with our regular walk Ride the Rail, she went calmly up and down hills in walk doing this \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

She was a bit faster in walk today and so after this we trotted over all the poles put haphazardly around the main field, like a jump course without the jumps.<\/p>\n

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Mounted with Stormy waiting for his treat too \ud83d\ude09 lol<\/p>\n

After our ride Bella waits for her groom and treat \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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We started with walking over all the poles in the field, asking Stormy to pick his feet up properly and take note of where his feet actually are \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Then we went around some of the rails like Bella and up the hill a bit. He used to worry when going away from Bella for a while but we knew where she was so all was ok.<\/p>\n

After going down a small hillock he decided it was time for a canter up the other side which was lovely \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

He then trotted to the mounting block for me to get off (polite boy that he is) \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Along rails, up hills, Bella watching us all the time.<\/p>\n

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Couple of contented ponies <3<\/p>\n

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Tues 7th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Anyone for a hack out? Great day, great weather, great company \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Wed 8th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Today started strangely…Stormy took a wee spook at 5 walkers along the track outside the paddock fence while Mark was saddling him. I’m not sure why he did it, he’s not been worried by people before ;(<\/p>\n

But we saddled up and went on our way. Unfortunately the same walkers were sat on the ground and the stone wall just before their field gateway, whilst also the famer was dashing about the next field on his quad bike….Stormy, and Bella a bit, were not amused at all. Both Mark and I got off and I asked the walkers if they’d get up off the track and let us pass, which they did BUT Stormy just wasn’t happy with them at all??? weird.<\/p>\n

Maybe they had bad vibes, maybe they smelt funny to him…who knows?? Just before their field there was a dog walker and a big labradoodle, he barked a bit but we said hello, good boy etc and the walker was good to have him on a lead and backed off….eventually we managed to get them to their field and all went back to normal \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

So, even for us, things don’t always go smoothly, you never know what a horse see’s, or smells, or perceives a situation \ud83d\ude09 Just have to deal with the horse that turns up that day \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Fri 10th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A lovely day for some connection work with Mark\/Stormy and Me\/Bella. It was all at liberty today and as the area is a nice smaller size than previous years S&B stayed with us brilliantly \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Really enjoy liberty agility, it really does show the connection between us and allows for conversations of what we all did together \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Upped riding today on Storm and Bella \ud83d\ude09 They both did walk, trot and a bit of canter \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Stormy 1st: He went up and down some hills with his lovely big canter up the 2nd one.<\/p>\n

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Bella 2nd: She upped her game with walk and lots of trot today with a gorgeous canter to finish.<\/p>\n

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Really enjoyed both rides with a nice breeze in our hair blowing all the cobwebs away \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Fri 17th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Today we got back the results of the Horse Agility BARTA course competition that I entered with S&B and I could not be prouder of them both.<\/p>\n

Stormy = joint 2nd with 99% score<\/p>\n

Bella = joint 4th with 96% score<\/p>\n

How fab are these two big beauties \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Here are both their entries….<\/p>\n

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