Team Hester’s blog: Fearing the emotion of Valegro retiring

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So after a great storm, comes freezing temperatures apparently! Despite the trials of the December weather, I do love this time of year. Although the -6c averages each morning may be harsh on our hands and faces (not to mention the water taps), I always think that the horses, like any livestock, look really well on it. I find it’s so much easier to keep them warm and healthy in cold, dry air as opposed to the relatively tepid, damp conditions we can so often encounter during the British winter.

With the outdoor school fairly frozen each morning over the past week or so, we have to be so grateful for the indoor to get the horses worked as normal. I know very well what it’s like to not to have such a luxury and so I appreciate how much easier it makes our lives when the cold sets in!

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Fizz Marshall took on her current role as yard manager for Carl Hester at his base near Newent, Gloucestershire in autumn 2016. Fizz has previously worked for racehorse trainer Jonjo O’Neill and was centre manager for the Equine Therapy Centre at Hartpury College in Gloucestershire for six years, specialising in exercised-based rehabilitation for horses with musculo-skeletal injuries. Born and raised in the Scottish Borders, she has ridden since childhood.