Today I head to the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials with Derby. I’ll be providing daily blogs for Horse and Hound online which I hope will give an interesting insight into preparing for and riding at a 4* event. Here’s my latest blog http://po.st/HandHAugust26 I would just like to say a huge thank you to all…
We had a super result at Hartpury International where Derby finished 12th in the CIC3*. He did a good dressage test, with room for improvement, before doing a beautiful clear showjumping and then he cruised around the cross country to pick up just 2.4 time penalties. It’s the perfect preparation for Land Rover Burghley in…
Highmead Proposition (Jake) continues to impress me with another great result at Wilton. It was his first run in a novice after his fourth place at Dauntsey in a BE100, and he produced a beautiful double clear to finishing on his dressage score of 29.50. Total Belief (Lola) earned herself another top five placing at…
Whether you have an arena or a field, its very useful to place two poles at a random distance apart form each other and alter the strides between in canter. For example, you might ride 15 strides and then 10 strides. It teaches the horse to adjust and it keeps your eye in. If you get…
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It’s really useful to use the centre line to see if your transitions are straight. I do a lot of transitions on the centre line and very often I will bring the horse back as if to prepare for a halt transition and then ride forwards and out so that they don’t start to predict you.…
Dauntsey Park on Wednesday was another great day with April, Lola and Jake all jumping double clears in their section and finishing with top ten placings. The horses have all been on super form and I’m thrilled with them all.
During the warm up, or the first session, have the horse soft and loose and in front of your leg. Then let him have a stretch so that the oxygen can go round to his muscles The warm up will depend on the time of year, whether your horse has been stood in the field…
Cascadelle’s (Lola) third at Purston Manor has qualified her for the Novice Championships at Gatcombe next month which I am delighted about.
Our home bred Total Belief (April) qualified her for the 5yo championships at Osberton, October 1st – 5th finishing on her dressage score of 23.5. She finds it all so easy and after contesting her first four events, where she finished 1st, 4th, 2nd and 1st respectively, I really had to take a pull at her next…