February Update

Hello All!

What a wonderful month we have had a La Fiaba....thank you to all our great guests this month =)

Don't forget that you have just 3 more days to take advantage of our Free Flights & Transfers Offer. All 7 night holidays booked before the 28th February benefit from this offer, so get your booking in quick!

Slow Joy Enjoying the Sunset over Soiano on Valentines Day

An Abondoned Farm House Passed on a Ride Out

The best thing about this month though has to have been the change in the weather, it is definitely getting wamer and the days getting longer, summer is on it's way....am I being too optimistic? It's funny that all winter I seem to be waiting for the summer sun to finally arrive, yet when it does I spend all summer praying for a drop of rain, some of us are never satisfied eh?

One thing I really wanted to mention today is our collaboration with Angel Holidays, the charity that provides free holidays to families affected by cancer. Ruth who organises this huge project is a truly amazing woman, with great energy and a genuine love for horses, we enjoyed a nice ride out together a couple of weeks ago with Looby and our new arrival Slow Joy.

Slow Joy in the Paddock

Slow is a horse I really rate, we have only known each other a month but I can see great things ahead for this mare. She is very much the baby, and quite wibbly wobbly, but such a sweetheart and always wanting to please. Her name also suits her very well, as she certainly likes to take her time over everything! It's nice to ride a quality horse like her, with such comfortable paces, but who is so happy in her work and so trusting of her rider and above all who 'thinks before she spooks'. I can see she already has such a great head on her young shoulders and I am very excited about her future. The plan for Slow is to get her nice and fit and just hacking out for this year. After the season she will get the winter off to relax and then this time next year we will pick up with her schooling and start to ask a little bit more. But for now her ony job is to spend all day trekking around the Tuscan countryside (not to dissimilar to my job!) so it can't be bad, eh?

Slow Joy and Rider Katy

For anyone who is interested Slow Joy is by Cavalier Jump for Joy, and if she is anything to go by I will certainly be looking at more Irish Sports Horses by this stallion.

Right I'm off to make the most of this good weather, and Looby is putting on a bit of weight so it's time for some work, a presto! Sharon

Looby is on a Strict Diet & Exercise Regime!

New Arrivals

Hello all! Long time no post, things here have been busy busy busy, but so much the better!

Today I wanted to introduce a couple of out new arrivals from Ireland, the first a rather special lady who is the great-great-great-great grand-daughter of Northern Dancer! Her name is Blue Jay and we are expecting great things of this girl. She has already been out competing in young horse classes in Ireland, and she has a wonderful movement on the flat. Her schooling will begin in earnest soon, for now we are just taking it easy and settling her in to her new home, but so far she is very promising. Blue Jay will be a lovely ride for experienced people, especially riders who would like to try our new cross country course!

'Make sure you get my best side!'

Bue Jay

Next up is another girl with exceptional breeding, introducing Slow Joy by Cavalier Jump for Joy - a stunning Irish stallion who needs no introduction. Slow Joy has inherited her fathers great looks and trainable temperament, so we are really looking forward to working with her. So far we have not popped her over a jump, when we do you will be the first to know how it goes! Hacking out she is wonderful, forward going, obedient to the aids and super comfortable. She's still a baby so still a bit green but with her wonderful temperament we have so far only seen great things from this mare.

Slow Joy

'Let's Go!'

Our new arrivals, as well as our old favourites, are all waiting to take you on your fairytale horse riding experience here at La Fiaba in Tuscany =)

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Festive Fun

Some Christmas and New Year photos from La Fiaba!

New Year, New Offer!

Ciao a tutti! Hope you all had a brilliant Christmas and new year. We had a fantastic time, thank you to all our guests and hope to see you again soon!

As a special 'January sale' we're offering everybody who books with us before the end of February FREE flights and transfers! See our special offers for the full details of this offer.

Also, due to the success of our 'Champagne and Sunrise' ride outs, we will be continuing them and offering them to all our guests in 2011, great for the early birds among you =)

That's all for now, don't forget to take advantage of our FREE FLIGHTS and transfers offer before the end of February!