Bishop Burton
I recently shared Dancers first BE100….. well this is his first BE90 at Bishop Burton. He went clear with just a few time penalties.
The Dream job. The Dream Team
Pony of the day number 2.
Polly Pockets 💞
Well after blasting Dancer at last weekends Hunter trial I didn’t want to have undone all my hard
Work an effort keeping him nice and steady. Fortunately it didn’t. Nice little school round this afternoon.
We had a blip at the ditch and I fell off. Which isn’t like him and it totally caught me off guard. But I am
actually happy because if I had sat up it wouldn’t of happened. so it has made me up my game and learn from casual approach.
WHat a great place to school.
This is just a snippet of the open. Wow he was on fire.
Our first hack together. She’s just brilliant.
Body language….. means everything.
Windy and raining. Completely new arena…. Dancer and polly were brilliant.
This young lady has progressed massively in the very few months We have worked together. Ella has been riding less than a year.
When we first started ella had navigation problems. Her pony napped, spun round, shot of across the arena. Reared. Wouldn’t accept a bit. He was a little bit of a nightmare for her. Ella had lost confidence.
We have worked hard together over the last few months. We have helped Her pony understand how fun work really is. We have built his confidence as well as Ella’s. And in such a short space of time we have successfully conquered confidence with a 10/10. Below is a video of Ella riding with no saddle or stirrups in terrible weather. Walk trot and canter.
Ella has a fantastic seat with brilliant balance.
They have even jumped up to 65cm. Albeit her pony jumps them all over 85. No scope no hope.
It’s so rewarding to see riders at their very worst. Upset with no confidence…. And then to see them smiling from ear to ear with such an understanding of their horse.. the partnership and trust that has formed ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Today we have worked without saddles.
We have used todays sessions to improve rider strength in the core and leg muscles, also to help the riders balance without using their stirrups.
Riding without a saddle keeping within your own personal capabilities is also very good for confidence, which I am really proud to say that all my riders today have massively progressed with confidence and rode fearlessly today. Well done everyone.
This is just a short clip of Eloise. We had lots of canter work too. It wasn’t that long ago when Eloise had lost her confidence and her pony had too. We have turned a corner and have never looked back. Well done guys ###xx
Abbey 🙌
Super happy with abbey yesterday. She recently came from Ireland. 8 years old, unbroken and very nervous. We soon gained her trust and backed her quite easily at her new home. However she proved very nervous and reacted quite dangerously to traffic. For weeks we have done loads of ground work and really taken our time and patience working abbey to build her confidence. And yesterday we achieved this!!!! Wagons, trailers, buses etc. that’s it no stopping her now.
I am one very proud mummy!!!!
This happened today. Coopers first ever trot!!!!
He’s not doing bad for a 2 year old!!