Dear Diary,
Today I continued my horse riding. As it was warm, I put on some light jodhpurs and a white strap top. I also put my hair in a ponytail.
I fed Dansuese this morning before I put on his saddle and rode him to meet Anne. Zara wasn't here today. I practised my riding until we got onto horse safety. Eventually later today, we went onto jumping.
Now this was fun. "When you near a jump, lean forward and Dansuese shall jump over. The second his hooves get on the ground, sit straight back up" Anne instructed me. I readied Dansuese.
"Ok Dansuese. Are you ready?" I whispered to him. He neighed back at me and I patted him. "Good boy" I smiled. We galloped towards the jump and I leaned forward. We went over it cleanly and I rode on a bit until I stopped him. I heard Anne clapping. "WELL DONE!" she cheered. I rode back to where she was standing and I was then allowed to practise that.
I spent about an hour practising jumping before I walked Dansuese back to the stables and went and phoned Kate. Our conversation went a bit like this:
Key-
D- Me
K- Kate
D- Hello Kate?
K- Hey Dayna! How's the horse riding coming?
D- Oh it's doing great. I just learned jumping.
K- Well done! Not got hurt yet?
D- No not yet and I hope not any time soon
K- (laughs) yes I hope so too.
D- How's things going at the palace? How's William and George?
K- Oh their fine. George misses you a lot. Did I tell you that I was taking him swimming?
D- No I don't think so
K- He's learning at the Buckingham Palace pool. I go swimming with him.
D- That will be good for him.
K- Yes it will
D- Well I'll call you later
K- Ok then. Bye for now
D- Bye for now
Phone call ended
I hung up before I dashed back downstairs and got Dansuese. "I'm starving. You hungry too Dansuese?" I patted him. He neighed so I fetched him some food. "Oats it is then". Our conversation reminded me a bit of when Merida was with Angus, her own horse. I fetched Angus some oats before I headed inside and grabbed a green apple.
I sat in the stable with Dansuese except I sat on a bucket. Dansuese had finished his oats and I took one bit of my apple. He neighed again. "Oh alright then" I chuckled. I held him the apple and he ate it. I laughed. "I suppose I should take you for a ride" I smiled. I put on his saddle and I rode him out of the stables.
I rode him to the free area where we could go free. We rode wildly around there before we came to a stop. Dansuese took a drink from the trough that was there before we rode to the jumping paddock. We practised our jumps and once again we were successful.
Today was a good day. I guess I am turning into Jackie Kennedy. I really hope that one day I can be like her and own a horse farm. Especially in Rhode Island as that's where Hammersmith Farm was. Or in Massachusetts, near Hyannis Port.
More soon!