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Milly was bred in Cheshire, out of Yankee Flyer (by Henbit) by Le Moss. She is the eldest of three full siblings, her younger sister Saffie (Dainty Lady, right), and little brother Rock are also in domestic homes as far as I am aware. Saffie as you can see is also bay although not as brightly coloured but I am assured that Rock is a deep red chestnut. |
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With great sadness i have to announce that Saffie was put down last year after a kick from a field companion fractuered her hock. After previous injuries to her hock and almost loosing her front foot in a racing accident, her owner decided not to allow her suffering to continue. Good Night Saffie, sweet dreams. |
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Milly was conceived whilst her dam was still racing and born on March 15th 1994. She was a total flirt and had a boyfriend she was very keen on, they were named Charles and Camilla!! I have always called her Milly after seeing another horse called Lily on the same day! Milly was broken in at four and then trained over hurdles for two years. Although she was enthusiastic she was deemed to be too slow. Milly was then used to lead young horses over the hurdles and a young lad of 14yrs used to practice on her as he wanted to become a jockey. She was then sold to one of the stable girls, who had handled her from a foal. Sadly they parted possibily due to financial reasons, Milly was sold through the Melton horse sales. Purchased there in May 2001 by Mrs G. Gardner from March, Cambridgeshire who then sold her to me that September. |
I have spent the last few years schooling Milly into the riding horse she has become today. It has taken time but she is now responsive, light, powerful and can jump over 1metre without too much effort. Jumping has always been a big issue, hurdles are flexable and you don't loose if you hit them all. Showjumping and cross country competitions are a bit differant. Our worse result was 24faults with only nine fences! Our best has to be a clear round and then four faults in the jump off to win 6th place out of a class of 21. Dressage has always been a battle until recently. In the past our score sheets read "argueing" or such like! Milly always has an opinion on everything and is not ashamed of letting me know especially if i did something wrong. However, she is still very willing to please and always keen to have ago at whatever I ask for. Showing she finds tedious especially when we are at home. However, our first real outing we did come 1st in the Novice Riding Horse at Melbourn Show in 2002 and no we weren't the only ones there!!! | Since then we have progressed rapidly and due to my own injuries, cantering & jumping are not options for the presant. So far we have been placed 4th out of 10 in the No Canter dressage receiving a 9 for our walk on a loose rein. In the last show at Harolds Park Farm we came 2nd out of 15, so definatly improving, and won the Thoroughbred and Arab showing class. Milly came 6th, 4th and 1st (out of 30) in the walk/trot dressage league at Harolds Park Farm, coming 2nd overall with 20.5 points. Our future plans are to compete in the Fancy Dress Pairs in aid of St Clares Hospice Harlow, just before Christmas. Hopefully by then we will be able to jump smallish jumps and have a quiet 'play' on a cross country course sometime in the new year! |
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This is Milly showjumping at Potton one day event on the 18th of April 2004. She is actially able to make a shape over a fence now! Compare it to the other photo and you can can see how she has changed! She only knocked two fences. We have since been affliated and she didn't stop to look at any fences, even bounded over the water tray, the first we have ever seen! More recently she went clear over a large 2ft9 course to my great delight, at Gravely near Stevenage. |
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