Kelsall Hill Intro
The thing about horses is that they are great levellers. Just when you think that you have got it cracked, they go and do something that blows it all out of the water.
It was our first event last weekend and pre-competition nerves were high, but all was going well. That in [...]
I’ve decided to try and new tactic. We always seem to do much better in our first test than in our second. I think that by the time of the second test that Jad feels he’s done enough work thank you very much and wants to go home for his lunch. So, [...]
Our first ODE is approaching more rapidly than I am ready for, so with a nice long Easter weekend requiring to be filled, I hired the cross country and gallops at Crow Wood in Lancashire. This is a fantastic facility right next to the M65. It has a 1 mile all-weather gallops with [...]
I’ve some catching up to do on my postings, as so far this year we have done 4 dressage competitions:
Myerscough College
Arkenfield EC
Warren Farm
Arkenfield EC (again)
Myerscough college and was a complete wash-out… literally! It poured with rain, and the warm-up arena was outdoors. We were all soaked to the skin, and by the [...]
Winter is a time for sorting out my schooling. At the yard at 6, on a horse by 6.30, off by 7.30 before clambering onto another one. Home just before 8.30, breakfast, coffee, shower and at work by 9.30. Colleagues occasionally look at their watches and make smart comments about what time [...]