Recent content by jonjosuperfan

and a very happy retirement to The Don from me too. I get so silly and excitable over Cheltenham week, so lovely to share the build up etc with you guys. And whooopeeeeee dooooooo, only 8 weeks to go!!!! :)

Im the straight into work camp too. If the weathers good, theyll get a bath first day too! Theres nothing to be gained by delaying handling/work expectations. Get straight to it and theyll be grateful for the clear guidelines and whats expected of them.

Hi Equi and Peregrin, thank you for the welcome. Yep indeed, over from the dark side LOL.

Hi NF, and a happy new year to you too. What is he? and whats his normal 'work' routine? You say 'sometime ago', is he ridden regularly? Im a newbie too, so nice to meet you.

Thanks Spiritedly, its been nice to be reminded why I love being around horses and horsey people in the first place. Theres no class distinction when youre face down in the mud! So Im glad to be here with the smelly people, and isnt it a wonderful smell ��. JJSF

I will just agree with the earlier poster way back who took a shoe holiday. If you can, do. Agree its all about the horse, terrain, work etc but if you can do a 3 month break every couple of years or so, it really can improve their overall strength and hoof and frog health. Just dont think its...

Newbie tonight, but been around horses for 40 years. Looking forward to meeting online, but as my name says, I am a Jonjo superfan and have had so much pleasure following him as jockey and trainer over decades. Such a lovely lovely man. Have been to WEG a couple of times, (spectator not...