by michael@bea-utiful.co | Jan 30, 2017
As a very keen hunter I had known about the Drag for a long time before I first rode with it; in the mid 70’s I had a very good cross country horse who would have been quite capable but the Drag’s reputation was as a “quick way to break horses...
by michael@bea-utiful.co | Jan 30, 2017
In 2009 my brother and wife persuaded me to have a day out with the Mid Surrey Farmers Drag, I’d been concentrating on training and riding point to pointers, and my hunting had been limited to wrapping the race horses in cotton wool for tepid days at the back of...
by michael@bea-utiful.co | Jan 30, 2017
I first went out with the MSFD at the Children’s Meet at Nurstead Court in 2006. I was 9 and riding a 13hh racing pony and immediately I was hooked. After that, Dad would seek advice from the Masters as to which meets or line were suitable for me to tackle. We...
by michael@bea-utiful.co | Jan 30, 2017
I can’t deny that I was a little bit nervous before my first proper day with the MSFD which was at the Swan in 2012. Charlie and Dad had frequently come back from dragging with tales of numerous tumblers and photos of massive drop landings and impossible looking...
by michael@bea-utiful.co | Jan 30, 2017
My first encounter of the MSFD was when we hosted a tea at home after the meet at Dallington. I think I was about 5. All I remember is this loud crowd of very muddy people who laughed and drank and laughed some more. I was desperate to join in and eventually, some...
