On Saturday we put up the Christmas decorations which made me look forward to going home I'm a couple of weeks, the racing school reception and common room is now looking very festive for the courses that's are her for Christmas.
Throughout week 11 me and my lovely roommate Lauren Smith cycled to trainer Roger Varian's to do evening stables Monday - Friday. It was a great experience working with the racehorses in training and gave us an insight into what we will be going into in few weeks.
Week 12 was a very busy week here at the Racing School, for the second time I achieved the Black Hat Silk as apparently my riding has improved alot and I'm doing well up the gallops. On Wednesday the British Racing School students went to Tattersalls to go carol singing, it was nice to get out and to see the Christmas donkeys!!
On Thursday we had our NVQ2 exam in racehorse care, thankfully I passed with 88% and everyone else passed on my course too.
Friday 2nd lot we went for a hack on Newmarket Heath - I rode Look Away Now and everyone had a fantastic ride, I especially enjoyed it as I'd never been on the Heath before.
On Saturday we had our dreaded final fitness assessment being it a freezing cold morning not even over 3 degrees no one was in the mood to do a mile run, press ups and sit ups. Overwhelmingly we all passed our assessment! Everyone improved their sit up and press up scores and everyone ran faster in their run!
In all it's been a lovely couple of weeks and we are all exited to be going home Friday ! We are now enjoying our last days here at the Racing School on the straights and can't wait for our last rides and to graduate on the 19th. I can't believe how quickly it has gone here but also can't wait to be home in time for Christmas and to see everyone.
I will update my final BRS blog entry after my graduation and last ride on Friday.
