East Kent Hunt branch of the Pony Club Annual Show at Knowler Farm, Stelling Minnis

Would we have a thunder storm and another wash out or wouldn't we. That was the question that was hanging over us today. As it happens, we miraculously escaped the usual climate change weekend downpour and even managed some welcome sunshine for most of the day. I attempted to spread myself around the various rings throughout the day but ended up hooked on Ring 1 where there was some amazing jumping going on especially in closing rounds of the Puissance.

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Colette's Horse & Dog Shows at Bookham R.C. field near Leatherhead

What was a damp, drizzly day slooowly turned into a rather nice one with even some sunshine thrown in by the afternoon. The turnout was equally slow starting but again, by the afternoon, was almost heaving. Amy managed to sell more of her photos than I did but I did give her the best ring to cover. All in all a thoroughly enjoyable show with some great pictures to prove it.

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Quex Park Horse Show

With the early reports of bad weather, I wasn't sure how well attended this event was going to be. Judging by the number of competitors on Saturday I think many people thought the same. I played it safe and asked my colleague Gary from Essex to help out and he spent the day covering the dressage (his speciality). Unfortunately, the take up for this didn't prove to be viable and fearing a worse day for Sunday we decided that he could have the day off...
However, although it was a similarly slow start, Sunday soon proved to be quite a busy day with Amy & I being torn between taking the photos & getting the orders printed. I'm hoping that most of you took down your photo numbers from the monitors because then you can go here and order them directly. For the rest of you, I'm afraid that you will have to wait until I'm back from a short holiday before the the Featured Riders slideshow and the rest of the photos will be available to view on the website.

Updated: 1/9/08

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Colette's Horse & Dog Shows at Ingatestone Hall

Our fourth visit to Essex this year and I am still quite amazed that we are not seeing competitors on the scale that were attending last year. I know the first event of the year was a wash-out but the weather has been fairly kind for the rest of them with today's rain holding off until after the event.

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Vicky & Pete's Wedding at St Mary's Church, Dover

Although our prime wedding slots are normally fully booked over a year in advance I couldn't say no when an old friend asked me to photograph her daughter's wedding. For once James & I each had to go it alone as he covered a previous booking while I had the pleasure of recording Vicky & Pete's big day. Despite the weather turning against us at the last minute, I think everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves and I hope they will enjoy seeing their images that will remind them of their special day.

Colette's Horse & Dog Shows at Ingatestone Hall

As I was photographing a wedding back in Dover, my friend and colleague Gary Coulson from "Take My Picture" kindly agreed to cover the show for today. Now Gary doesn't normally put his photos on the website but on this occasion he has given me the images to give you all a second chance to purchase some prints. Registered users of my event's pages can just log-on as usual and select the event. New users will have to sign-up. Prices are just £1.00 for one day's viewing.

Colette's Evening Showjumping at Blue Barn

A very sultry summer's evening at Blue Barn with lots of entries. An extra class was added for those who had no home to go to. If anyone could fill-in the details of the unknown riders below, so that they can be eligible for the magazines, I would be grateful.

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Blue Barn Unaffiliated Dressage

After a last minute phone call this morning to confirm that I could cover the dressage at Blue Barn today, I was there within the hour. Although I was too late for the first few entries I managed to get them on their second test of the day. Photographs were taken in the sand school until just after midday and then in the indoor arena after that.

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Colette's Horse & Dog Shows at Barville Farm

After such a wet & windy start I was in two minds about attending myself. I'm glad I did though as I managed to grab a couple of spectacular shots. One of which is in the slide show below.

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