The Horse Bit Hire Blog; latest news

The devastating loss of our beautiful Sixty Johnson.

Photos and words on our Facebook page.

Very quiet without him but the love he gave me during his lifetime will enable us to keep going .A truly beautiful horse inside and out.

Happy New Year Everyone !

2019 has got off to a busy start so far with some local appointment from extra brakes required at this time of year (HBH Woody can relate to this!) so a nice mild kind mouthpiece for a 19 year old pony and his young rider - gorgeous partnership, a 4 year old long legged TB right through to helping a local high profile competitor sort out all of the doubles for the yard for the upcoming season; I love my job.

At the yard HBH Sixty Johnson has been through it with a big infection followed by a very scary colic situation. It was all very scary and stressful but old toughie that he is managed to fight off his 40 degree temperate and racing heart rate and pull through. Phew ; not ready to be without him just yet... if ever

Exciting times ahead with the new qualification getting awarded at BETA and then even a tradestand at Badminton this year ! Onwards and upwards :-)

New lockdown starts today !

Advice line is still open and some suppliers are still supplying, so HBH will continue in a covid safe manner with trips to the post office for the mail order service.

Answerphone message changed daily to reflect the hours worked. No yard visits during these next four weeks to reflect the message of "stay at home".

In the interim, me and HBH Paddy pooch are going to make as much use as possible of the reduced working hours to catch up on yard jobs, spend more time with loved ones and get those HBH horses ridden .

:-)