Conor took Sally Gap to a Holiday Camp at the home of John and Heather Wilson north of Whangarei in a steaming hot valley called Huruenui.

The weekend started at Tuakau Adult Riding Club grounds with Conor riding 7 yo Welsh cob X tb B. Shamrock and Steve on the full sister 6 yo B. Sally Gap.

Ballytruckle Juliet is a cute lovely filly. I snapped this photo of her as she pranced around her paddock as a yearling in the process of shedding her winter coat.

Stonedale Magician is by the deceased Welsh cob stallion Mill Creek Valiant and out of the elegant grey Thoroughbred mare Cautious Leigh who is by Cautious Style.

On 1st June 2008 Shamrock was brilliantly ridden by 15yo rider Kristy Hill to come third in a class at one of a series of Waitemata Showhunter training competitions. Rain the night before resulted

Finally we have found out that Shamrock has finished fifth in the TB Floats Challenge nationwide. We are simply thrilled as she had performed so well throughout the season.

The morning of this crucial day dawned foggy and sounds were discordant so Shamrock did not recognise the sight and sound of tractors moving in and out of the deep thick fog with their lights on as th

The combination of Ballytruckle Shamrock and Samantha Winn showed no pretest jitters and performed a lovely fault free test to finish fourth out of 22 entries.

We decided last night Sam and I would both stay in the truck on the grounds with Shammy, this has put us in a flurry of activity as we gather together all the bits and bobs to make the four days ahead

Steve rode 14.2 hh palomino welsh cob Minbarra Lord Nelson round the AWEC 10km track with Conor on 126cm welsh pony Glynmawr Image riding shotgun.