Ashley Jenkins Dressage

20/11/2024

Wishing hanoverian mare Fabiola her best days in Sweden 🇸🇪

Ola condition improved with Animals First Pavo slobber mash

20/11/2024

We first met Ashley Jenkins about 7-8months ago through Assouline Dressage. Ashley looks after & rides their Touch Down. Ashley & Mette witnessed a huge improvement when they moved him to Hartogs Digest with Van Gorp’s Gastro Activecare. It was so distinct Ashley moved all his yard to our brands. Working together we improved all Ashley’s horse.

Our working relationship grow and Ashley being an exceptional rider took horses such as Game On to win the Somerford 5yr old 2024.

We are proud to announce Ashley has joined our ever growing family as an Ambassador, welcome Ashley!

01/11/2024

Touch Down feeling great in training 💫
Looking forward to showing him at the national convention in a few weeks time.
Forest is fed on Hartog & van gorp gastro active care Animals First
Owned bye Assouline dressage

16/10/2024

🐴Looking for a new part time groom🐴

We’re looking for a new part time member to join our team!
Private dressage yard moreton in marsh GL56
5 mornings and 2 afternoons per week flexible to suit you.
Normal yard duties with plenty of opportunities to groom at shows.
Ability to plait/clip a bonus.
Must be competent and comfortable handling young, fit competition horses.
Riding (hacking/exercising) possible dependant on ability.
The right candidate would be able to work as part of our current team and also be able to work alone when needed.
If you’re interested in joining our enthusiastic & dedicated team get in touch on 07794261653 to discuss!

21/09/2024

Touch Down showing us his amazing potential over his 4 days at the national championships
This lovely horse is owned bye Assouline Dressage

Mette Lubker AssoulineMichel Assouline

Tuschinski x Londonderry

Thank you Animals First

21/09/2024

Game On 🧡

Governor x Sir Donnerhall x Brentano 11

12/09/2024

Game on feeling on good form for the weekend ✨🤞

The 2024 LeMieux National Dressage Championships kick off tomorrow. H&H dressage editor Oscar Williams picks out his future stars to watch

Read more via link below

01/09/2024

Loved this horse 🖤🖤
Looking forward to riding his brother (MsL LouiV) at this years nationals. Salsa was Margert Lister first home bred & Loui is the last 🥰. Both horses are sired bye her Stallion Samba Hit 111

Katy Holder-Vale

31/08/2024

Busy tonight 😂 But love this …

Working with young horses is tough.

And not just in the "hold on and hope you stay in the saddle" kind of way.

No one warns you how challenging it truly is. How often you'll doubt yourself, wondering: Am I doing this right? Am I moving too fast? Too slow? Is this too much? Not enough? You'll constantly be questioning your approach, trying to figure out the best way forward while tuning out the opinions of the trainer down the road or the livery next door, who throws judgmental glances every time you do groundwork.

No one tells you how, on some days, you'll feel like you're failing. You'll question if this horse would be better off with someone else, convincing yourself you're either wasting their potential or outright ruining them. After all, there are four-year-olds excelling in young horse classes while yours is still struggling to trot in a straight line.

No one tells you how attached you'll become. This horse is your baby, maybe one you helped bring into the world. Every setback feels personal, like a wound to your heart. You care so deeply about their well-being that it physically hurts when things go wrong. You’ll also become fiercely protective—God help anyone who dares to criticize your horse.

No one tells you how humbling, even brutal, these horses can be. They'll expose every weakness you have and practically shout it from the rooftops. While they are forgiving, they have a way of knocking you down a peg, reminding you there's always more work to be done.

No one tells you how these horses will change you. They'll force you to look inwards, to question everything you thought you knew. If you thought you had everything figured out, this horse will quickly show you that you don't. But they'll also ignite in you a fierce determination to prove everyone wrong and show them what you saw in this horse from the very beginning.

No one quite tells you how difficult young horses can be, but anyone who's been through it knows...

As tough as they are, they’re absolutely worth it.

31/08/2024

👋
From October I am able to offer training at my base near Moreton in Marsh. All shapes and sizes welcome.
Drop me a message for bookings 📔

28/07/2024

24/07/2024

Ok I am sticking my neck out and opening a can of worms by saying what I feel strongly that needs to be said.

We are living at a time where there is no privacy and everything that happens behind closed doors is spoken about and shown in public. Some of this is good and some is not.

I feel very strongly about horse welfare because we as riders and trainers have the power over horses wellbeing as well as over the misuse of horses. It is our obligation to look after them and care for them.

Saying that, we as humans learn to do the right things by often making mistakes first. When I look back on my career as a rider and a coach there have been many times that I would now say I have done the wrong thing by my standards today.
I have done the wrong thing by horses in my past, riding and training in a way that I would NOT accept today, because today I know better.

I have many times looked back at horses in my past and apologised to them, feeling bad about my actions, knowing that they came from a lack of knowledge, pressure, frustration and my own ego at the time wanting to prove myself.

All these experiences have made me the rider, coach and person I am today. I have learned, grown and have become more knowledgable and compassionate as a result of my past.

What is the point of my confession and this post?

The point is that we have a current situation where a rider/trainer is punished and dragged through social media which might threaten her career not to mention the personal trauma inflicted on Charlotte herself.

We have a whistle blower who is crucified and haunted by supporters and fans, I can not imagine how he/she must be feeling right now.

We have a horse who is no better off.

All of what is happening right now, with the time that has passed has no benefit for anyone. It is only causing pain. I beg you to put yourself in the shoes of both people involved. How terrible must they feel right now.

But we can learn from mistakes so lets learn.

Riders, if you are in a lesson where something happens that you are not comfortable with, that you feel is doing wrong by you or your horse, speak up! You can only help your horse if you speak up there and then.

Parents, friends, families, if you are witnessing a lesson where the rider is not able to speak up, support them and speak for them! Stop the lesson, pay and walk away.

I know how hard it can be, I have been there myself as a rider and as a parent where I felt I had to speak up and end a lesson. Not because the horse was abused, but because I felt it was not the right way to train. Why did I know that and why could I speak up for the horse?? Because I have learned from my mistakes in the past.

Coaches and trainers, I know how hard it is to combine your love and passion for horses with the need to create an income to be able to have a sustainable business that pays the bills.
I know how difficult it can be to fulfil riders expectations and help them to achieve the sometimes unachievable.
Be courageous enough to be honest to your riders and make them understand the importance of time! It is the shortcuts that harm our horses and they are taken because we don't allow the time it takes.
Horses are in no hurry, it is us who have to learn to be patient.

I don't know the details of what has happened but I wish that we can find a way back to having conversations. Speaking to each other even if we disagree. Taking videos, slandering each other on social media and suing people who we once admired is not who we are as a horse community. Lets do better.

Lets, learn to say YES when you mean yes and learn to say NO when you mean no. Lets have discussions, disagreements and even arguments but behind closed doors and in small circles.
This is something that we all can do better so that we protect our horses at the time when they need our protection, not years later.

21/07/2024

Today this goofball was double regional champion 💥💥🥇🥇(Noerremoellehoej’s Touch down) owned bye Michel Assouline

Thank you Parwood Equestrian Centre for a lovely friendly show. Definitely worth the drive 😅🌟
As always thank you to my home team &
Mette & Serena for always pushing us to be better 🥰

Julie Masters
Animals First
Neue Schule Ltd
Burford Equine Vets