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.

Discipline

Believe it or not but Bluey the cob was selected on to the BEF " sure to be a star "program, against all predictions this charming welshie managed to do what Toto look alike and thousands Ks horses only dream about , Not only that he was selected on to the program he did it not with a top trainer not even with the help of junior trainer but with his plump middle aged owner. It must have been his last score for the walk and halt test he performed at the Aberkenfig riding club show , it was a stunner he entered in a measured walk halted at X and untill sunset no one could move him out of the arena, no coaxing with food clicking of the tongue or even low flying RAF jets on dive bomb training ,nothing, he stayed imobile Anky eat your heart out . At the bottom of the sheet the judge wrote with admiration the length of time this partnership stood still without even swishing a tail, 97.5 minutes. Somehow the scorer corrected it to 97.5% as we dont judge in minutes , from here the road to stardom was sure,
The computer at the BEF is programmed to identify future stars , but this one caused a system crash 97.% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and by currier invitation was sent.

On the first day of the clinic it was made clear to all participants that in order to be a top competitor it takes DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE AND MORE DISCIPLINE the top German trainer taking the clinic emphasized.
"Vhen I say ztart 7,30 it is 7,30 not 7,35 vhen I say left hand we all vork on the left hand when I zay all on the right it is ALL ON THE RIGHT vith out discipline no meddlias"
As most participants on the course were TTTs Olympians seasoned GP riders it was second nature to them to work to orders .
But Mrs. plump and Blue they were from Wales . the only thing they obey is a call of nature . The top German trainer was out of his wits every so many days she will be late ,right or left made no difference what the command ,she will do what she did. Every one had to admit that they performed the movements superbly but never on the rein prescribed.
Until one day Her Schimberg called her in and bagged on hands and knees to explain why she is often late and what make her decides to work on the left or right hand.

She looked at all the other team members and said


"When I got married after college, I discovered my husband always sleeps in the nude. From then on, I developed a silly habit.
Right before I leave in the morning for practice, I would pull the covers off him. If his you-know-what was pointing to the right, I would start right-handed;
if it was pointed to the left, I would start left-handed."


The guys on the team thought this was hysterical. Astonished at this bizarre information, one of the guys shot back, "But what if it's pointing straight up?"


"Then, I'm fifteen minutes late." She said