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May I Introduce...
...Major Reuben Llewelyn Farley!I had the fortune of Major Farley's great nephew, Tom Farley (Francis Dashwood Farley's grandson), contacting me with additional information on his great uncle and...
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Off-side Jumping- Take Two
So to break up the tedium on winter, I've decided to start jumping again. Nothing high or amazing, we have no pretensions of being the next Ellen Whitaker but just to bide our time until the showing...
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New Year's Resolutions
Happy New Year Everyone! I hope everyone had a good holiday season and that they got the presents they asked for :) Santa brought me a new side saddle stirrup in the newly made size 4 3/4" which will...
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Dianas of the Chase
On February 2, 2013, the Dianas of the Chase race sponsored by Bernard Weatherill (which was the first ladies steeplechase race held since World War Two), was held in Quorn hunting territory at...
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**SOLD** FOR SALE: UK 15 1/2" (US 20") CHAMPION & WILTON SIDE SADDLE
**April 2013 update, this saddle has now SOLD**Up for sale is my 15 1/2" (US 20") Champion & Wilton side saddle dated February 20, 1897. Leather seat and pommels with linen and serge panels.A nice...
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YAY! A Great Start To the 2013 Show Season!
I know I haven't been around all winter and most of spring but am here now! :)I didn't have either of my side saddles all winter as they were at the saddler's getting tweaked. Hattie came down with...
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Change of Tack
We all know that Hattie's conformation does not do her any favors when it comes to saddle fit, both astride and aside, with her big mare barrel and her very forward girth groove (I reckon and so does...
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A Bit on the OFFSIDE Side Saddle
With more and more people taking up side saddle (women AND men), many are finding that they cannot ride on the nearside due to various physical reasons. I know even a gentle hour walking hack on my...
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Ignorance Is Bliss
Had a good showing day at the South Kilworth Riding Club show on June 16- Hattie did not disappoint and we came home with a 1st in Ridden Veteran, 2nd in Style & Appearance and a 3rd in Best Turned...
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All This Jumping Malarky...
I didn't end up going to the Blaston show which was disappointing as there was another side saddle rider competing and according to a friend who went, there was a lady with a side saddle booth set up...
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Look Ma, I'm Flying!
We schooled yesterday evening in the field as it was too hot during the day to do anything and the thought of going around in circles in the school, did not appeal to Hattie or me!Did some trotting and...
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Lazy Days of Summer
The UK is right in the middle of a wonderful heatwave! It makes a change from the cold, wind and rain we usually get every summer and the cancelled shows!We went to the South Kilworth Riding Club show...
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Something To Think About
Someone on the Sidesaddle Riders! Facebook group posted a link the other day of an article entitled "Evaluation of the force acting on the back of the horse with an English saddle and a side saddle at...
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The Open Headed Side Saddle
Often when I get side saddle riders look at my Beck saddle, they comment on the lack of safe at the cutback head and ask why don't I have anything there or why did I "have it chopped off".It is a...
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Too Much Excitement For One Week
What a week it has been, literally ups and downs!Went out for a FAST hack last Wednesday evening with my friend Paul and his daughter Harriet, with them on their polo ponies and me as usual, side...
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2013 Nationals Pictorial Review!
Well, the Nationals was a blast this year! Although I wasn't showing, I still had an amazing time meeting and chatting with everyone and helping my friend Sarah on her stand, A Bit on the Side Saddle....
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A Very Grand Old Lady
One of the first side saddles I ever saw in person, was when I was a teenager (I was 15 going on 16) when I visited a tack shop in Cape Cod, Massachusetts while on vacation with my auntie who has a...
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Meet Champy II
I had a brilliant day yesterday as Roger Philpot came out to fit a Champion & Wilton off-side side saddle that he had brought to the Nationals for me to try on Hattie. I had been riding in it a few...
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Lovely Day
The weather keeps fluctuating between cold and rainy and sunny and warm (much to the annoyance of my arthritic hand which have been swelling and de-swelling with the weather!!) so decided to get out...
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EBAY OFFSIDE SIDE SADDLE SCAM ALERT!
Trawling through Ebay as you do, looking for side saddle bargains, I came across this familiar saddle currently listed on there, an Offside side saddle by Owen of London ....You see, every now and...
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