Screen Siren

Oh what a week I've had! I am now officially a star and will be applying for my equity card any minute. Let me tell you all about it.

Like LouLou I've been having a bridle fitted and have been lunging every day. Now Tom says that at the moment I'm growing and I'm 'up behind' so I found it a little more difficult than Louise but I've got the hang of it now. Anyway, this week we had visitors from At The Races who decided to do a feature on the yard. So Tom selected MEEEEEEEEE to be filmed having something called a roller fitted for the first time. Was I phased - not a bit of it - even when the camera man held the camera a couple of feet away from me! I was just serene and took it all in my rather large stride.

Up to the lunging ring we went - with camera man and interviewer in tow - and I went round a couple of times before Tom called me into the centre where I stood absolutely still, just as I've been taught. Then he fitted the roller round me - now this is just really just a big girth (I heard him telling the interviewer all this) and he did it loosely at first so I didn't really know that it was there. Then he tightened it a little and sent me off round the ring - now I did feel it and had a bit of a buck and a rear - which is apparently expected - and then once I had gotten used to it just settled down and trotted round good as gold. Tom called me in again and then sent me around the other way and off I went. I heard him say that I might have a buck and a rear again as I went off the other way, but I thought to myself ,'I'll show them what a star I can be' and just set off quietly. Tom told me I had been VERY good and I must say being filmed was really rather nice. I think I like being in the limelight.

Now this little film is going out on national television - yes me - being beamed into homes all over the place - can you imagine it - me a little girl from Ireland - whatever next. I shall have to retire to my dressing room to think about it.

Love Thelma