After years of competing in Dressage in the UK, I've had the pleasure of seeing my own and Jeddien's name in print in Horse & Hound, yes, the magazine for which Hugh Grant's character quickly claims to be a reporter in the 1999 British movie Notting Hill.

Our successful scores have been listed in the "Results" section of H&H several times.   On a few occasions, after wins, I was interviewed by a reporter!   Seeing our names in articles a couple weeks later has always been a big thrill!

Two years ago, one article was acccompanied by a closeup photo of Jeddien with her head sticking out the window of the posh Whittaker horsebox I owned at the time.   The article explained how I had made a very last minute entry into the competition, and that my boss, who is based in California, did not yet know that I had taken the day off as vacation.   "Playing Hookey" was the tagline used in the article.   My boss enjoyed the article and has that issue of Horse & Hound hanging up on the team bulletin board in the Sun Menlo Park office!

But for years, I've waited for a photo of me and Jeddien together.   Out of all of the successful horse & rider combinations in the UK, would we ever be one of the selected 3 or 4 to get a photo published in an issue of H&H?   Odds were against us....

Today, AMAZINGLY!!! and much to my surprise, my photo finally appeared in Horse & Hound.   Not once, not twice, but three times!

First, there's a photo of Jeddien and I which accompanies the article about our recent double win at Merrist Wood and qualification for the regional championships.   The photo itself, taken by professional photographer Kevin Sparrow, is over a year old, but looks nice.   H&H must have had it on file!   I'm sure Kevin is pleased to see it get used, but not nearly as pleased and surprised as myself!

Next, and this is the one I was expecting to see today, is a photo in the adverts section showing me riding a Grand Prix horse who is for sale.   But, comically enough and only due to a processing mistake, another photo of me on the GP horse is attached to an advert for a showjumping pony!

In England, there's an expression "it's like busses"...   You can wait ages for 1 bus, and then suddenly 3 arrive!

Getting our photo in Horse & Hound...     it's like busses.