I have some sad news. Jack has hurt his left fore and we are now faced with days and weeks of conditioning to make sure the tendon does not suffer. I think there were several factors but the over riding feeling is that it was a case of too much too soon. Fortunately I spotted the tell tail puffiness in the tendon sheath and following a scan we are now counting down the days through the routine of cold hosing, bandaging and walks in hand. We went for a lovely walk this morning to the church and gathered cow parsley for him to snack along the way. It was a real bonding session and I could have cried as he looked so fabulous. Ginty mare is even less impressed and now Sebastian is here to distract Jack we are going to try and persuade her that Arista is a friend so she will go out and have some field time without Jack. Its a little stressful if I'm honest.
Meanwhile Sebastian has moved into the hot seat as competition horse. We are just a few days away from the Inter regional team competition then we have the Trailblazers Championships to look forward to and perhaps a few other parties along the way.
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