Cheryl Davis Horsing Around

14/02/2024

Yikes this kind of how it feels coming to an end of another winter 😂💩.... Roll on warmer drier days and live the dream again 😂

23/01/2024

03/01/2024

Happy New Year fellow horsey friends 🎉 🏇
1st ride of 2024... good girly straight on after a couple of weeks off.
She cracks me up though, we were bucking in the stable beforehand 😂... but I always feel 100% safe hopping on 🧡 Ginger diva.
Lovely trot and canter rhythm through the woods.

04/12/2023

Annual dentist visit for these guys 🦷

27/11/2023

😝🌧️... What a start to the week.
Had a super polewok lunge session this morning and popped a jump!
Now she's pleading to come back in 😂🙈

17/11/2023

This is absolutely brilliant 🤣... had to share it from a friends fb page ❤️

12/11/2023

Just seen this... so me and Anya when I think shes zoomie.... 😂

12/11/2023

💜❤️🤍 Remember our minute silence

12/11/2023

I've been abit quiet recently... winters here and I feel i've been on a wind down for christmas.
But today I had a lovely day schooling Josh in the sunshine.... super boy... spirals and yielding with lots of long and low.
Josh has recently had the physio and its made a huge difference to his way of going, change of temperament and physical
well-being. Sometimes we do a silly in the field 🙈 Happy boy now ❤️🤗
Captured a super hindleg engagement in these photos 🤩📷

06/11/2023

Love this drama ❤️...
This exact injury happened to a horse locally, sadly a few years ago during fireworks night.
Unfortunately he had to be put to sleep. 😢

04/11/2023

Im really excited to tell you about a new way to help your horse it’s called………..THE INTERACTIVE WELL-BEING PACKAGE ❤️

The INTERACTIVE WELL-BEING PACKAGE will show you how you can help your horse with a personal plan created just for your horse, ideal to help you through the colder, wetter months.
And included is -
🐎Full horse assessment (in walk and trot)
🐎A massage treatment with therapist techniques for you to practice.
Designed for your horses problem areas and to suit their lifestyle
🐎A kinesiology taping for you to learn
🐎Mobilisation - learn how to leg stretch safely & correctly
🐎Exercises and stretches demonstrated suited for your horse.

Im super excited about this package and I’m offering a special introductory offer so please get in touch if you’d like to know more.

01/11/2023

The only time we'll be smiling with this much rain is when it gives us the opportunity to have a splish splash 💦😊
Quinn you are such a good pony 💙💦
You give my friends so much pleasure...
Good Boy

27/10/2023

26/10/2023

Clipping kind of day...
Omg this lot came off a 12.2hh pony 😱
Just a low chaser! Already now for a half term hack.
No photo of the so called smart pony as she was far too desperate to get out in field than pose for me. 😂🤳
This evidence of a good clip was alot easier to snap. ☑️📸😜

15/10/2023

Did you know that kinesiology tape can help re train your horse to use its body differently?
When horses are injured they can become locked in to compensatory patterns even when the injury has healed. It’s not as if we can say to them ‘ you’re all healed now so you don’t need to move like that anymore’ This is where k tape works its magic by improving the proprioceptive feedback between the brain and the effected area. Tape for proprioception can be anywhere on the body that will benefit.

14/10/2023

Interesting read 😂 🤔...
I think our horses throw things at us to help us learn to cope with stressful situations in our lives.
Our four legged friends make you think and observe 🤔... to break things down and tackle individually.
Having a plan and moving forward in a positive manner however negative you maybe feeling.

Happy training 😄🦕

09/10/2023

Gorgeous autumnal morning 🍁🍂🎃

02/10/2023

02/10/2023

Full body massage for the special one this morning. Putting my course into practise.
Thank you Sussex Equine Massage Therapy

01/10/2023

Busy weekend 🏇😅
Saturday Ashdown Forest Pleasure ride... Stunning scenery, great company and many giggles... 😂... We didn't see Winnie the Poo or Christoper Robin 🐻🍯🤔🍁🏇
But we did see some free roaming cattle... well thats another story... put it this way we went super fast past them 😅🤣

Sunday RVRC Hunter Trail at Bonfleur Linton.
Class 80cm individual
Our 1st competition and we've not been xc practise since May 🙈... I was hoping for a practise round the other week but weather wasn't on our side with strong gales so not sensible to travel.
So with our good facilities at home I managed to build some diy fences with our in and gates to arena and our track system with slip rails made a diy arena eventing small course.

Anya proved not to be tired after yesterdays 10 miles and was super excited for a run.
Had a super confident clear only slightly sticky at the water. This is normally her forte but bless her she went.
Such a good girly but we were abit on the slow side 😂... even though I felt I went like the clappers.

We'll get there I've got some idea of speed ground cover and rhythm now I think 🤣🏇
Anya may of been possibly abit reserved with the ground being quite firm to let herself down.
My results were a minute slower than the winner! 🙈
Thanks Julie I managed to zoom in for some photos ❤️

01/10/2023

🤞🤞🤞 for later... "Every fence is a perfect fence" 🤣... except for a dodgy downhill dog leg further on ... lets hope shes listening 🤞

27/09/2023

Best of luck to my good friends Sue & Colin Botley in France right now for the World FEI Driving - Pair horses....
The boys look fabulous
Go team GB 🇬🇧🍀

27/09/2023

Some new surroundings this week... arena hire, practising our music floorplan & then we ventured out on a 30min hack... some places the ground was seriously rocky and up & down.
I reckon this horse was a mountain goat in a past life! Unbelievable hard feet and goes like a Defender! Great attitude... Just goes 🏇
Mike Nuttall has done a super job with her feet since she was born.

18/09/2023

Wanted rain... well I've got rain by the bucket load 😂☔
Todays no1 job complete, full clip and wash down in the barn. Perfect one stayed dry 👌... Now going to venture out, think I may still get wet, days not over yet!

13/09/2023

Clocking up some miles this week.
Getting ready for our ride at Ashdown Forest I cannot wait 🏇 I've also booked a hunter trail for next month too!
Active rides with short bursts of canter. Woodland tracks mainly in trot, myself up out of the saddle in a light seat strengthening my thighs too 😂 some negotiating with branches and going up and down natural man-made BMX humps to get her thinking where her feet are too.
💯 Happy and stimulated. Alot to be said for schooling outside the white boards.
Super barefoot and surefooted.... Keep adding to challenges... balance and coordination making her work it out for herself. 🧡

09/09/2023

One of my lovely ladies have moved livery from (Grass to DIY stable) after much debate in
"What would be the best livery yard"

As I full well know it can be a complete headache.
Everywhere has pros & cons in which case you have to weigh up.... what is the most important thing to you and your horse?
We all have to compromise somewhere.

What is the most important thing to you and your horse? Where have you had to compromise? Would be really interesting to hear your views please comment below. 😁

In my opinion it is also the upmost importance to be surrounded by the right people.

So the day came to move Josh, I lent a hand and rode the boy. We decided to go old school no posh lorry but good old fashioned hacking!
I used to hack to local shows🏆, hack to the shops 🍭 and even go and visit my nan on my pony.

So a mere 5.5 miles of country lanes was going to be nothing for this Welshy.
A positive, perfect way to settle him into his new surroundings 💤
and today I had a super ride in the arena with a great selection of poles to use. 🙌😁
Happy pole dancing looking forward to the next session. 🏇

08/09/2023

With scortching temperatures this week 🌞 making the most of it and getting some
washing done 💦🧼

31/08/2023

Tuesday tip - Stretching the neck muscles

This is a great exercise to incorporate into your schooling warm up or try it when you're out hacking.

Ask your horse for lateral flexion in his neck to one side, then ride straight, then ask for lateral flexion to the other side, then straight.

Pick a number of steps for each, for example, 10 steps with left lateral flexion - 10 steps straight - 10 steps with right lateral flexion.

As you ask for the bend it’s important that your horse maintains his rhythm, balance, and impulsion. If he struggles reduce the number of steps you ask for.

Try this exercise in walk first once you’re both happy and confident you can try it in trot and even canter.

Lateral flexion in the neck is good for:

✅ Core stability and balance

✅ Coordination and proprioception

✅ Developing straightness and symmetry

✅ Forelimb movement and expression

✅ Reducing tension and restriction in the neck muscles

✅ Muscular strength, control and suppleness

✅ Neck joint flexibility

For more exercises to do while you're out hacking?
Read our blog 👇
https://www.horsesinsideout.com/post/make-your-hacking-count