report and photos

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Firstly my apologies for the delay, photobucket wasn't playing yesterday.

Well everyone was so friendly, the presenter, cameraman and director were very interested in the horses and what we do with them. The horses were all stars.

Lisa and Denzel started the day, showing what kind of things are needed at the start of retraining, the emphasis on relaxed hands




then they asked Lisa to show a 'run round the field'

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Then it was Stan's turn at dressage, showing the end result - what a star this horse is!

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Commanche and Wizz then demonstrated jumping



They also did some cross country jumps but for some reason photobucket will not upload them

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and lastly Stan showed his talent in the show jumping arena





sorry the photos are not brilliant, it was pouring with rain when the girls where jumping

[jandb]

Great pics - they all look super!

LMAO at 'a run round the field' although Denzel & Lisa look well up for it!!!

[maggiemay]

wow they all look fantastic, looks like you had a brill day, all horse are soooo handsome!! well done everyone

Is the programme on just on Scottish T.V. and when will it be on T.V?

[lisah]

These are great Linda - thank you so much.

Denzel look so chilled in the photos which is so 'not' how he felt when I was on him.

The horses were all superb - looking at those photos makes me so proud.

Lisa xxxx

[lisah]

Aug 14, 2008 9:57:52 GMT 1 maggiemay said:

wow they all look fantastic, looks like you had a brill day, all horse are soooo handsome!! well done everyone

Is the programme on just on Scottish T.V. and when will it be on T.V?

Hi honey

I think it goes out on BBC Scotland only - but Alliecat informs me that anyone could go into BBCI and download it.

They are going to let me know which date ours is going out.

Lisa xxxxx

[pst]

::)You all look FAB & the pictures are great it gives us a really good idea of what all went on. Well done everyone they're a bunch of very smart horses & Denzel does look very chilled I can't wait to see you all on TV, not just because I know some of you but because it'll be very interesting & hopefully I'll pick up some tips.

[bingbong]

wowo that looks like a fab day oh gosh denzel looks like such a nice BIG chuncky chap - he looks more like a big irish lad doesnt he?

stan is beautifull karon has done well with him

and comanchie looks as stunning as always
for all it was raining and you were stressed out to the max im sure - it looks like it was a good day - well done was it nervous being under the cameras???

[chestnuttymare]

it is great to see the pics, everybody looked great. i am sure it will come across just how far these horses can go in the right hands. denzel looked really chilled, was he not? i can't wait to see it on tv.

[liberationsquare]

picsa re great. cant wiat to see the film!

[misstickle]

Absolutely fantastic. The horses all look fantastic. They're great ambassadors for exracers.

You should be able to get it on BBCiplayer online. Landward has its own webpage and video archives. www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/outdoors/programmes/landward/

[Alliecat]

Smashing piccies & so wish I could've been there, if only coz I've heard the story about the "whizz around the field". serious stuff.

If you all ask nicely enough, maybe lisaH will post about it!

[lisah]

OK - the first time we went he was fine down the first side and under the tree, we came up the fence stretch and I pushed him on to show a ''good whizz''. I started to pull up before we took out Mike with the camera, he followed us round and suddenly Denzel slammed on the brakes and span round - he'd seen a puddle . I nearly came out of the side door and the crew thought this was really great stuff.

THEN - Mike says, can you go again

So off we go and this time coming under the big tree I cut in a bit more as the ground was boggy, we came out from under the tree heading for the log pile XC fence - I am thinking Sh111111111t but the Denzel locked onto it and I started thinking shall I ? But my hesitance resulted in him scooting round the edge onto the fence line, where he promptly took a great snatch at the reins and galloped up the long stretch again.

I was wise to to the puddle and went to pull him across the field a bit more before pulling up - it was all looking good when suddenly he does a fabulous sliding stop and spin and I am nearly off again and to make matters even worse - from the angle he did it this time Mike broke my 'no bum shots' rule

I had brought my favourite old comfy jods to Karons for the filming (I went over the night before) but had not realised that i had worn a hole in the crotch so I had sewed them up that night after a bottle of red wine and was a bit unsure as to how good the sewing was - not to mention how TV puts a few inches on you and my bum is already big enough

So that is the story of the wizz round the field - like I said to the crew, it just goes to show no matter how quiet and calm your ex racehorse is, they can still surprise you every now and again.

L xxxxxxx