Badminton Sunday
Dee was very pleased with three fences down on the final day of Badminton Horse Trials 2009
Badminton Saturday
A delighted Dee completed the cross-country clear with a few times faults
Badminton Friday
Dee was very pleased with Big El’s dressage performance and walks the cross-country for the third time.
Badminton Thursday
Dee prepares Big El for his dressage and fits in a bit of shopping at the trade stands
Packed and ready
Dee reports on her final preparations for Badminton
A week of very mixed emotions
Dee is looking forward to Badminton, but was rocked by the news of Ian Olding’s death at Belton
What to wear at the Badminton trot-up?
Big El continues to work well, while Dee Kennedy considers her footwear for the trot-up
Good day at Burnham Market
Badminton Horse Trials entrant Dee Kennedy is impressed with Big El in the three-star at Burnham Market
First advanced run of 2009
Dee Kennedy and Big El tackle the advanced course at Weston Park as part of their Badminton preparation
We are in at Badminton!
The waiting is over… entries have closed for Badminton and to our delight, Big El (“Eliot”) and I are in!
Big El does his first event
Big El was a true pleasure around the cross-country. He is so easy and he reminded me why I love him after the other two phases…
Youngsters’ first event
Friday was our first eventing outing of the year — the BE100 at Stafford — and it didn’t go entirely without problems…
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Big El is on track
On Thursday Big El had his first “away from home canter” and this was a really great sweetener as he loved it and worked very well. He went beautifully on the flat the next day, making me think I should canter him more often…
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Plans for the eventing season
Hi, I’m Dee Kennedy and I’ll be writing every week in the build-up to Badminton. I thought this week I would start my blog by introducing myself and telling you a bit about my eventing career so far…
