Flossy is well known to many on the British Dressage Forum as a teller of interesting stories and perhaps the odd joke or two. We have selected a few tales for your pleasure.
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First time it happaned (posh horseboxes)
First time it happened. (Posh horse boxes)
Not many people, from the British dressage world do not know or heard about Astrid Bolton the horse dealer, over the years Astrid supplied some of the most high profiled horses on our competition scene.
Astrid is a no nonsense northern girl that if locked in a cage with Mike Tyson I know who will plead “PLEASE LET ME OUT ”
Recently the talk of the shows is Astrid’s new HORSE BOX, according to the verified rumours, it is as large as a football pitch and as “POSH” as Buckingham palace with every mod con available , for human or equine. installed in it.
The lorry is so big that Hayley Colwell Astrid’s rider has her own self-contained flat above the shower room .
The only other competitive outfit with a similar impressive mode of transport are the Lickley’s , who arrived at the high profile show with two horseboxes, one top of the range Sovereign so large you could land a Harrier jump jet on its roof (that’s without the expansion open ) and an old Bedford TK with a wooden container for the horse.
When asked, Mr L explained that his wife is so pleased with the new horsebox and wants to keep it looking clean and new FOR EVER so no horse is ever going to set a hoof in it.
I knew he was fobbing me and the truth is that by the time the lorry was fully loaded with all the essential show gear plus the complete wardrobe of Equiline clothing and the hair dryer all what was left from the 32 tons pay load was enough to carry junior Lickley’s pony.
I was instructed by the one that must be obeyed (THE Mrs Flossy) to go and see how the OTHERS travel (ALWAYS HOPEFULL SHE IS) and to go and see for myself Astrid’s Bolton horse box .
On the last day of the show before departure time I walked to the top car park and there was the said lorry at her full stretch with the side pop out over shadowing most of the other horseboxes, with Mss Bolton next to it, phone to her ear and a perplexed look on her face.
“What’s up Astrid ?” I asked.
She replied “ We want to go home but the B,,,,,Y POP OUT will not go back in “
I said “ THAT’S a little un usual isn’t it?”
Without taking her ear from the phone she said “ ABSOLUTLY I was told by the guy that made this box that his POP OUT will always go in, worst case scenario to use my hands but it’s much too BIG”
Not many people, from the British dressage world do not know or heard about Astrid Bolton the horse dealer, over the years Astrid supplied some of the most high profiled horses on our competition scene.
Astrid is a no nonsense northern girl that if locked in a cage with Mike Tyson I know who will plead “PLEASE LET ME OUT ”
Recently the talk of the shows is Astrid’s new HORSE BOX, according to the verified rumours, it is as large as a football pitch and as “POSH” as Buckingham palace with every mod con available , for human or equine. installed in it.
The lorry is so big that Hayley Colwell Astrid’s rider has her own self-contained flat above the shower room .
The only other competitive outfit with a similar impressive mode of transport are the Lickley’s , who arrived at the high profile show with two horseboxes, one top of the range Sovereign so large you could land a Harrier jump jet on its roof (that’s without the expansion open ) and an old Bedford TK with a wooden container for the horse.
When asked, Mr L explained that his wife is so pleased with the new horsebox and wants to keep it looking clean and new FOR EVER so no horse is ever going to set a hoof in it.
I knew he was fobbing me and the truth is that by the time the lorry was fully loaded with all the essential show gear plus the complete wardrobe of Equiline clothing and the hair dryer all what was left from the 32 tons pay load was enough to carry junior Lickley’s pony.
I was instructed by the one that must be obeyed (THE Mrs Flossy) to go and see how the OTHERS travel (ALWAYS HOPEFULL SHE IS) and to go and see for myself Astrid’s Bolton horse box .
On the last day of the show before departure time I walked to the top car park and there was the said lorry at her full stretch with the side pop out over shadowing most of the other horseboxes, with Mss Bolton next to it, phone to her ear and a perplexed look on her face.
“What’s up Astrid ?” I asked.
She replied “ We want to go home but the B,,,,,Y POP OUT will not go back in “
I said “ THAT’S a little un usual isn’t it?”
Without taking her ear from the phone she said “ ABSOLUTLY I was told by the guy that made this box that his POP OUT will always go in, worst case scenario to use my hands but it’s much too BIG”