08/06/2026
Hi everyone,
I’ve been debating with myself about sharing what’s been going on but as we all know this industry is rife with rumours so thought better to just clarify even if it is a bit embarrassing! 😳
I had surgery last week to try and sort out an abscess and fistula in my butt area (told you, embarrassing) thought to have been caused by Chrons diesase, which I have to have further tests for confirm. I’ve been dealing with this since November last year and it definitely hasn’t been a walk in the park, but as most of us in the horse industry do we just deal with the pain and soldier on, unfortunately last week I couldn’t just do that which is probably just as well as if left untreated the abscess can become sepsis and I’m sure we all know how bad that can be ☠️.
So now unfortunately I’m laid up on the couch for an unknown amount of time to try and heal, I had big plans to be back in action this week but as I still can’t sit for long periods of time I think those plans have been quietly destroyed.
And yes I’m feeling extremely guilty about the mountain of work that isn’t being done, horses that aren’t being worked and weanlings that are halfway through their education.
I don’t have a team of staff to pick up the slack when I’m not able to, I do however have great parents and a few lovely ladies that graze their horses at my place so thanks to them Emma and Lily are still being jogged and everyone is being fed but as for the rest of the horses, feel free to send me an offer to take some off my hands 😅.
Hopefully I’ll be back out there very soon, only so much tv one can watch!
If you stuck around to read all of this then thank you, and thank you to everyone who has offered me support and help already, you know who you are!
