Greetings from the far north! With spring well underway, the grass growing and my first AI mare scanned in foal and our local rugby club into the Ravenhill cup final, life is good and the long evenings just make it so much better.

A few weeks ago, I went out to the farm of one of my longest clients to have a look at a six-year-old which had just recently returned from the show jumping establishment where he was being schooled. He was in great form and as he is almost 17hh, I was looking up at him most of the time!