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The Horses' Page - Latest
news - 10 April
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Briefing from Boris
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Wotcha! I never saw myself as a pink sequin man, but I did have fun with the Top Twins at the Easter show. I did piaffe and even tried a spot of levade - they tell me Im a natural for Vienna. On enquiry I don't think Id like that job much, but maybe I could audition for the circus.... I like the idea of the sparkles and the spotlights... wonder whether I could be fitted up with a pair of tight glitzy tights... it quite went to my head and I legged it looking for my agent...
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'S Not all glamour though. I got a sore back again coming over that steep track where the pipeline goes. It was SO steep I came down very gingerly, but the pack just caught me behind the shoulder on the near side. Which meant Mary's ridden me a lot more since, to give it time to heal - we've had some fun. Here we are on Nukuharkari, just before it rained.
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And Before that, the Awakino river was a bit deep actually - was looking for my snorkel.
AND of course sometimes I have a different sort of job to do, taking care of our hosts... here I am with my friends at Tongarporutu - I can behave myself when I want to...
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Since then - well to be honest I'm a bit fed up. That self-opinionated friend of mine is being fed up and I'm not. Tried a sneaky foraging trip into the feed house on my own behalf, but was intercepted. Not that I go hungry, but a chap can always find space for some extra tasty morsel, and my ancestors lived through the
potato famine. You never know where you next meal may come from - have to seize the opportunity when it presents itself.
I thought I'd be clever and get a loaf of bread out of the pack before Mary
had it for breakfast one morning, but Foggy stole it from me. It was MY idea and HE ate it!!
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The fortunes of Foggarty
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Misfortunes, more like. I fell in the mud at Tongarporutu, got biffed by a lady with a handbag at Awakino - I was trying to be
friendly - and just to help my friend out, I got landed with carrying that darn pack on one of the longest days we've had. I wouldn't have minded except we came beside the river at the end and the sand was really soft . That is HARD WORK at the end of a long day, and twice as hard with 60 Kg of dead weight on your back.
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Then I had to struggle with the pack again on the slipperiest forest path you have ever seen - I just ploughed on and did my best to get out of that god-forsaken hole as soon as I could. Then I got bitten by clouds of midges and came up all itchy. And All the time I was losing weight because we didn't seem to have enough eating time...
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We got to Auckland and off we go to the Easter Show. Well, I said to myself, I know about shows, this is my chance show Boris a thing or two. And what happens? They produce a FERRIS WHEEL . I
wasn't going to hang about just waiting for it to fall down on top of me I tell you . I thought my time had come. And meanwhile, what does that vulgar little prat Boris do? Prance about with a lady in pink sequins and a yellow handbag on his back.. I ask you. Some of us have taste. Some of us don't. I leave you to decide on which category Boris belongs.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not really a grumpy person, I just seem to have drawn a few short straws. Things have looked up since though - here in Auckland
I'm getting Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Double rations at each! Coolade, barley, chaffage and my friend Jenette has introduced me to copra - a coconut derivative apparently. I don't really care where it comes from -
it's just DELICIOUS. I so look forward to my meals I buck around the paddock. Had my teeth done again, had my mane tidied and had new shoes in Hamilton. I'm about to take delivery of a smart new cover given to me by FISKENS at Pukekohe, so I will lend Borrie my wetherbeeta one which is better than his. I'm quite ready for the road again - been pointing my toes and stretching my neck on the lunge and reminding everybody that I used to do dressage
properly - none of this silly circus stuff.
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The Long Riders' Guild
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Read previous reports
from Boris and Foggy by clicking on the links below - 1 is the earliest
and it progresses from there!
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