Just ordered EE book

[Debby Riley]

I had to say although heather you have probably heard/read this lots of time, i have just ordered your book after all that i have read about it, and i am so excited to finally understand the hows and whys of true riding

[Heather]

Hi Debby,

Well, I just hope it lives up to your expectations!!

Heather

[ravenin]

Debby-
You'll love it. The only thing I don't like about it is that mine's in paperback and I'd rather have it in hardcover. :)

Heather, btw, if you read this, I love the pic of you & Butch & Shifty (sounds like a bunch of Old West outlaws with those names). Butch is giving you such a kind look and his story is so touching.

[Heather]

HI Shelley,

Yes, I love that pic too. I lost dear old Butch aged 28, three years ago this June, and still miss him dreadfully. He was one of the best horses I have ever owned and very much 'my' horse. Shifty is still with us, although he was kicked in the head by a horse five years ago and is very lucky to be alive.

Butch's registered name was 'Dawn Royal' which suited him when all done up for a competition, but his normal persona was much more suited to 'Butch' a nickname he acquired before I had him when he was an eventer. His breeder, with whom I am still in contact, called him 'Royal' to his dying day, but when you went out to get him in from the field, and saw a white horse so covered in mud that the only white bits left were the insides of his ears, with a malevolent grin on his face at the look on yours, the name 'Royal' didn't quite fit!!


Shifty got his name from an Irish character in a TV sitcom over here called 'Bread'- Shifty was the black sheep of the family. Everyone said to me when our Shifty was a very cute pup 'Fancy calling him that'. I said 'Wait till he grows up' and sure enough, the name fitted perfectly!!!

Heather

[Debby Riley]

Thank you Haether for your post, I am expecting the book to arrive in the post by Wed 5th Feb, so no doubt i will not be on the forum, while i get stuck into it.

I am sure that it will live up to my expectations, it came so highly recommended by so many people.

[lamprellsarah]

yeah i recommand it highly, i love it, and have it in hardback, me and my friend often refer to it while we are hard at work mucking out 8 horses.
then when we do get to ride, we normally school the horses, and we are always saying remember this bit???!! oh and remember that bit!!! oh and you forgot this!!! it's so funny people that haven't read it wonder what the hell we are talking about!!!