Badminton Radio!

So I didn't make it to Badminton this year either.

Such a shame really as it is the absolute highlight of the eventing season. Must be more than 5 years now since the last time I went.

But you can imagine my joy when I realized that I could listen to Badminton Radio online. And to make it even greater they had Pammy Hutton and Carl Hester commentating the dressage all day.

Carl Hester is my all time favourite dressage rider and the only man to have kept his position on my nightstand for pretty much the last ten years. It's got to be said though that it is of course mainly due to the fact that he is riding my darling Laska in the picture. For obvious reasons he is not really the type to fancy, unless you are a boy of course. But truth be told I did for a little while sort of secretly hope that his former boyfriend might think better of it and decide he wanted to marry me instead. Luckily I was intelligent enough to understand that I didn't stand a hope in hell there...

Due to his brilliance in the saddle and extremely witty demeanour Carl has become somewhat of a dressage superstar in the UK. And listening to him today I remembered why.

Needless to say I decided to opt for home office today. I put the financial crisis and economic growth related issues to the side for a few hours and got a lot of other much needed stuff done whilst getting a much needed dosage of Carl's brilliance coming out of my very own computer.

Besides he and Pammy are a hilarious combination.

It was good to listen to someone like him who makes it all sound so easy. When I did my theory lecture on competing with the girls from the riding club this afternoon I felt really inspired.

Hopefully some of it rubbed off on them because they are competing this weekend, and truth be told they are in need of a bit of a miracle...