Christy Shuall Dressage Coaching

27/08/2024

21/08/2024

Today’s training exercise. Zorro is having a fairly easy time of it over August, mainly just hacking, but we had a little play today in the ménage just to mainly work on me and my straightness. It’s something I struggle with following various injuries. So set myself a task of simple changes with no stirrups and limited my hand use by holding a whip across the two hands to form a bridge so as to keep my hands from doing it all! It’s an exercise I like to do with lots of my clients as it really does focus the brain on what else needs to work instead of your hands! And of course the no stirrups adds an extra challenge (although note that I avoided trotting with this exercise 🤣🫣). The simple changes aren’t perfect, but this was more about me today and the change of bend coming from my legs and seat than getting Zorro perfect 😄

07/06/2024

Summer regional qualification completed Wednesday at Beacons 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you Simon Rees for the photo ❤️

15/04/2024

Professional photos of the weekend and a few others 🤗. Zorro the absolute star that he is! Thank you to all the people who helped get us there, it really was touch and go as to whether we would get there or not. Main thanks have to go to my amazing kids who looked after their dad who was just out of hospital with double pneumonia while I was away, and to Emma Thompson Warren for coming with me! And thanks to all the many others that helped, you know who you are 🤗, but if I name you all this post will turn into some sort of weird Oscar style speech which is just a bit embarrassing 🤣🤣🤣.
So most importantly which of this photos should I frame ? Someone please help me decide ?!🫣

25/02/2024

Little boy Zorro gained two qualifying tickets to the BD Nationals at Novice Silver and Novice Silver Freestyle at Little Mill regionals this weekend❤️🤩
So lovely to be out again at a big show, been a while 🤣. Thanks to Little Mill for running a super friendly event, and lovely to catch up with people Erica Drozd. Thank you Emma Thompson Warren and Bryley Llewelyn for grooming and support, and Sharon Latchford for doing the stables, especially welcome as I spent most of the weekend coughing and sneezing 🙈🤣
Photo deluge to come once photos of all days released ❤️

16/10/2023

Love these ❤️

1. Arrange poles around your arena as per the diagram, below “I use a three figure approach with my young horses: circles, to check the horse is loose and supple; straight lines, to check you can control the bend, that you don’t have to have it if you don’t want it; and corners, to represent ....

29/09/2023

The face of an angel - my gorgeous Candy, 17 years young and retired from competition but the only horse that I can practise canter/trot/canter transitions on a circle with no stirrups, reins in one hand and with my eyes closed 🤣🤣🤣
Everyone needs one of these in their life ❤️❤️❤️

13/06/2023

You know you’ve worked hard when your client hands you a cold can of coke and a battery held fan when you get off their horse 🤣🤣🤣

06/05/2023

First off can I draw people’s attention to the fact that we are mismatched matchy which according to Sarah Walker is all the trend 🤣. 5 year old Nola feeling much more grown up from the scrawny 3 year old that arrived in 2021. God is she bouncy! I have upped my core workouts to be able to stay with the bouncing !!!!! God knows how I’m ever going to be able to do sitting trot on her 🙈

02/04/2023

Just a very gentle reminder to all my lovely clients that I operate a 24 hour cancellation policy - full payment is required if you cancel less than 24 hours from your allotted time. ###x

03/02/2023

We have a vacancy for a keen student to get some hands on work experience and assist with the day to day management of top class dressage horses.
This is an ideal opportunity for an ambitious young person to be part of a professional team which offers the chance to learn and improve their knowledge of training competition horses on the flat whether for dressage or eventing.
Own horse welcome
Dm if interested

09/01/2023

Bottom photo is Nola a year ago (weird triangle patch on her arse is where I clipped her to get rid of rain scald 😂🙈), top one is of her today - definitely growing stronger ! Time to get her back into work after her winter break 🙌

27/12/2022

Sorting teams/individuals out for this now so if anyone else wants to be included let me know asap !

28th jan - pibwrlwyd college

Those interested in dressage teams please message Christy Shaull asap please

You will also need to be a member to take part. To renew or join please fill in below

https://www.thegowerridingclub.co.uk/new-page/

18/12/2022

28th jan - pibwrlwyd college

Those interested in dressage teams please message Christy Shaull asap please

You will also need to be a member to take part. To renew or join please fill in below

https://www.thegowerridingclub.co.uk/new-page/

21/10/2022

Congratulations to our new list 5 judges in Wales who have recently passed the latest assessments!

12/09/2022

We will have team training on the 24th September at the club field.

Message Christy Shaull or the page to book please.

11/08/2022

There's 1 space left for Maria Eilberg at The Gower Riding Club on 26 August! Attendance can be recorded on Flexi Training and used towards team applications!

Book directly with the riding club: https://www.facebook.com/events/s/maria-eilberg-dressage-clinic/401363758445749/

Record your session via Flexi: https://horsemonkey.com/equestrian_event/35881/BD+Wales+FLEXI+TRAINING+Wales+Region+-++All+Coaches

ALL DATES Flexi Training is a great way of accessing BD UKCC Qualified Coaches across the region at a mutually convenient time. These great coaches welcome riders at all levels and invite you to make contact. They share the ethos of developing you and your horse or pony, building our regional teams....

17/07/2022

Lovely morning judging the dressage phase of the Pony Club area 10 and 18 eventing qualifier. Lovely hospitality and some good combinations down the centre line 👌🏼

05/07/2022

Hi all, as the long summer days are now upon us I thought it would be nice to run a regular evening flatwork group at Gower Riding Club. What does everyone think?
I was thinking 7pm-8pm to give those people that work a chance to actually get there, and £20 per person (non-members £25) so a bit of a cheaper alternative to 1-1 clinics! I'll keep the group small, absolute max 4 people, with priority for Gower Riding Club members of course. I can do a mixture of polework, flatwork and test riding, and if anyone has a real desire to leave the ground I thought we could have one as a jumping lesson 😂. Dates as follows:-

11th July 7pm-8pm - flatwork
18th July 7pm-8pm - Pole work
25th July - flatwork and test riding (7pm-8.30pm for this session, group lesson then can run through tests individually with me judging and then can give extra feedback - you'll need to let me know what test you want to do if you want to do one ! It's not compulsory!)
15th August 7pm-8pm- polework
22nd August 6.30-8pm flatwork and testriding
29th August - 7pm-8pm Nervous/Novice jumping

If anyone has any other suggestions do please let us know! to book in email [email protected] - You can also have private lessons on Monday earlier if that's more your thing. Just ask. x

31/05/2022

I couldn’t resist these photos of Flo from her first ever little outing to Gower riding club Show at the weekend, thank you KDM photography and thank you Gower Riding club❤️.
Had a lovely morning and funnily enough won the class as we were the only ones in it 😂😂😂- judge chose to ignore the fact that we had an unplanned canter out the ring at one point 😂. However pictures missed all the naughty moments and only caught the good bits ! I’m not going to complain about that 😂😂😂

04/05/2022

Saddle ✅ starting to look like a dressage pony ❤️

29/04/2022

Finally getting round to getting Nola started; a rather busy work schedule has meant that she has constantly been put on the backburner since I bought her back last October 🙈 - she’s a rather lovely 4 year old by Indian Rock. She is one gorgeous mare ! So excited about her ❤️❤️❤️

17/02/2022

Safe to say lessons are cancelled tomorrow 💨💨💨🙈🙈🙈- let’s just hope it’s not as bad as forecast 😳

01/12/2021

Rug on 💪 only took about 6 weeks of ground work to get Nola used to the flapping sound so she wasn’t running away terrified 😂- but we got there in the end - she’s definitely one sensitive lady 😁😁😁

12/11/2021

Well I’d better actually formally introduce the latest one 😂 - this is Nola, who is a rather lovely unbacked 3 year old - Indian Rock x Wynton... ❤️❤️❤️

05/04/2021

I’ve been very quiet on here over lockdown, so thought I’d better actually let you all know I’m still alive 😂😂🙈 I’ve been rather busy to be fair, with a few changes on the horse front (couple of new ones 😍😍), and with kids off I’ve been flat out !!!! But the kids start back to school W/c 12th April so you never know I may have chance to breath 😂😂😂
I’m still coaching adhering to strict COVID protocol. I can now offer group lessons for under 18’s but for adults it’s still 1:1 for a little while longer 😊. Look forward to seeing everyone out and about soon - it’s been a long winter !!!

17/12/2020

I have a slot just become available for Christmas jumping fun at Oaktree Equestrian if anyone fancies a quick pre-lockdown outing ! I’ll have a course up - Christmas fancy dress optional 🤶🏻🎄🎄🎄 23rd December 1-2pm is free ! Pm to book ###x

14/12/2020

Just about sums it up 😂😂😂