We’ve had a homemade ‘water tray’ jump in the arena so I thought I’d let Zara leave the ground to spice it up a bit☺️
Making the most of fallen tree on Moët today out hacking😊
My own Kinder doing some grid work after not leaving the ground for quite a long time😅
Can’t think of a better way to make use of the flooding🌊🤷♀️
It was a mutual groom sort of morning🐴
Really enjoying being able to turn the horses out naked this week😁
#horses #nakedhorses #fedontopspec #autumniscoming
Moët enjoying some jumping yesterday🐴😁
First time jumping Moët today😁 another lovely horse to jump and I am so very lucky that Alison trusts me with him🥰
The ground is perfect with all the rain we’ve had🌧️ Me and Toby have been working in the arena as the ground has been so hard but seeing as it’s rained a lot we took ourselves back up the jump field🐴 he had a few backwards moments to start but at the end he jumped these few fences at 90cm which is a huge achievement for him😁🥳 #freelancerider #showjumping #jumpforjoy
Hattie is already starting to feel stronger in her work under saddle😁 it’s amazing how even just small amounts of the correct work can benefit a horse so much☺️ #equinerehab #freelancerider #poleworkforhorses
We didn’t have a ‘Toby Tuesday’ this week as he’s gone off to camp at boomerang with Tiff.
Tiff has been working incredibly hard to get the same results that I do with Toby jumping so to receive this video yesterday of them doing a small course of jumps without any issues was fantastic! He’s not been easy for Tiff and to see this makes me so proud of how far they’ve come along together and long may it continue🥳😁
Unsurprisingly, Kinder is finding this particular exercise a little bit difficult as seen in the video. He isn’t looking very comfortable at lifting his shoulders independently to step over the pole which suggests he is still feeling sore after our fall🥺 A single raised pole at knee height is great for getting a horse to use their thoracic sling and lift through the back to step over easily. They should be allowed to go nice and steady over the pole stepping over gently one step at a time. I will continue to add this exercise in small doses into his rehab so that we can monitor the improvement over time🙏 #ryndvillesiontas #equinerehab #inhand #poleworkforhorses
Absolutely love jumping Jack🥰 #freelancerider #showjumping #assistedlivery #jumpforjoy #fedontopspec
Toby is really growing in confidence jumping now which is such an awesome feeling😁
Being able to sit and let him take me to a fence, spooky ones at that, is a huge accomplishment for him😊 #freelancegroomandrider #showjumping #assistedlivery
Toby put on his brave pants and was a superstar up the jump field⭐️
We started small and only used 5 of the jumps to keep things simple but he completely outshone my expectations and jumped all I asked him to do!😁 next week we will try the other fences we have in the course🐴
Don’t forget the show jumps at BARC can be hired so do get in touch if you would like to book!
Jack today☺️
Jack is my ‘full livery’ client at BARC, so I do all daily care and exercise for him and he gets a huge variety of work including have a jump every now and then😁
#freelancerider #assistedlivery
Back to some spook busting with Toby but he was a star⭐️
Toby
Finally, we did some flying!
Toby
Today we ditched the scary fillers and played with some grid work instead! Toby was fantastic!😁🥳