03-05-07: Another of Merlin's first crop arrived today, at around 1.30am. A beautiful colt, Fraser, out of a Florestan x Flemmingh x Ahorn mare. Both mare and foal are doing extremely well.

03-04-07: Today was Merlin's (MFSS Raubritter) debut BSJA outing. He got a double clear in the British Novice class, and a clear and 4 faults in the Discovery class. He turned a lot of heads, displaying his bold careful jump. We are sure that once he has gained some more experience he will regularly be in the money!

03-04-07: Another new arrival this morning - Merlin's (MFSS Raubritter) first foal (Bella) out of a Havel x Rubenstein mare. It was a very easy birth, both mare and foal are doing well - pictures to follow shortly.

28-03-07: We took Merlin (MFSS Raubritter) to Summerhouse EC to try two of the more advanced elementary tests, which included leg yielding and rein-back. He won both classes. Although there were lots of withdrawls, he certainly deserved his first win with 65.5%.

23-03-07: We took Merlin (MFSS Raubritter) to the Sports Horse Breeding of Great Britain (SHB GB) stallion grading, which was held at Addington. Merlin performed beautifully throughout, showing off his fabulous trot and conformation in trot-up, he jumped well under saddle, and in the loose jumping section, and showed off three excellent paces. Merlin graded comfortably, and was one of only seven stallions that did out of the 23 that were entered. Well done to Merlin, Mat & Jo: Merlin is now graded for life with the SHB.

25-02-07: At about 10pm Strawberry gave birth to a beautiful filly foal that we've named Dottie - to see some pictures of Dottie, click here

05-02-07: We took Merlin to Hartpury today, and he won both the novice class, and his debut elementary class, both with excellent scores.

13-01-07: Mat & Merlin (MFSS Raubritter) continued their successful streak today at Hartpury College. They convincingly won both of the large novice classes, again gaining over 70%.

07-01-07: Mat & Merlin (MFSS Raubritter) had a great outing at Abbey today, gaining 1st place and qualification for the Summer Regionals with 74.8%. Mat reaped the benefits of working hard on Merlin's walk, gaining a 9 for his free walk in the test.

06-01-07: Boss arrived today from Holland, and is settling in nicely.

17-12-06: Mat and Rupert had a successful end to the year with a 2nd place in the Advanced Medium 86 at Summerhouse Equestrian Centre.

04-12-06: Mat and Merlin had an excellent day at Hartpury College EC on 2nd December. They came 1st in a large novice class with 70%.. Then in their first ever freestyle music class they acheived 68% coming third in the class and qualifying for the winter regionals gaining 9's for Merlin's medium trot.

24-11-06: Mat was invited to be taught Conrad Schumacher, the Sydney Olympics British Dressage Team coach, and one of the great trainers of our era. He had two sessions on Merlin (MFS Raubritter). They were extremely positive, and Conrad was very complimentary, not only about Merlin, but also about Mat's riding, and his training of young horses.

20-10-06: Atmosphere Equestrian would like to welcome Helen as our new part-time yard supervisor.

Also, Mat has had a really positive string of results on Merlin (MFS Raubritter) recently with several wins in Novice and Prelim tests.

22-09-06: Earlier this week, Atmosphere Equestrian and Mote Farm Stud were invited as VIPs to the Nationale Veulenveiling Prinsjesdag - a record breaking national foal auction in Holland. After viewing all 68 of the foals in the presentation section, we took a particular interest in the youngest colt, Boss SR (Numero Uno x Aldato).