Aimee Dovey Equestrian Coach

20/10/2024

A little outing for Mollie she is progressing in the ring so much but as always with dressage so much to work on as usual
6th Prelim
4th Novice
Chilworth team 5th

20/10/2024

Mollie was a pro yesterday

Provisional scores are delivered during Riding Club competitions.

15/09/2024

Super proud of these guys
They put so much hard work into their horses and after each session go away and do the homework 💪💪

29/08/2024

I am really rubbish at keeping this page updated but please head over to my instagram and I am much more active on there

Just a picture of a lovely cobby I am schooling at the moment
I am so incredibly lucky that I am so so busy- I have very limited availability for new clients at the moment but please message me for information to see if I can fit you in

11/08/2024

2 shows in one week for me with some good results
Mollies first Novice with a rosette at prelim and Novice and a placing at Ellingham Show. I don’t usually go showing but it’s great experience for her and believe exposure is so important for young horses.

I’m super proud considering I bought her to Hack and hunt a horse with a good brain is everything to me as they are so trainable.

28/05/2024

Number 1 hits home for me 😂

Funniest thing I’ve seen on Facebook in a long time 😂😂 Wish I could give the author credit but have no idea who wrote it.

THE REAL RULES OF DRESSAGE

1. If you really want to get better at dressage, take it up at an earlier age - and grow an extra 3 inches of leg.

2. A dressage test is a test of your skill against another competitor's luck.

3. Dressage is about achieving a harmonious working relationship with your horse, whose only idea of harmony is eating grass in a field with his buddies.

4. If you want to end a drought or dry spell, wear a new jacket and hat to an outdoor arena.

5. Untalented, difficult, aggressive horses have robust health, good hocks and long lives.

6. Talented tractable horses are accident prone and have OCD lesions.

7. You will ride the best test of your entire life just prior to being disqualified for not wearing your gloves.

8. Never keep more than 300 separate thoughts in your head before a test.

9. Never keep less than another 300 separate thoughts in your head during a test.

10. Horses do not improve their paces because you are wearing expensive German breeches.

11. If you chose a disco theme for your dressage to music test then the judge will be more than 90 years of age and Swiss.

12. The less skilled the rider, the more likely they are to share their critique of your test.

13. If you are considering the services of a horse clairvoyant to help you with training then you have reached the point of total desperation - try the German breeches.

14.Your horse has never heard of Podhajsky, let alone read the book.

15. No matter how badly you ride a test, it is always possible to ride a worse one.

16. If it ain't broke, try shifting your position and it will be.

17. Judges only suffer from temporary blindness (or kindness) when they are judging someone else's test.

18. If you fall off your horse in the arena you will have paid to have the test videoed.

19. If you are feeling confident before a show then three of the USET dressage team will turn up to give their young horses some "experience."

20. Your horse will perform its best piaffe ever when you ask for extended canter.

22. Since runs of bad competitions come in groups of three, the fourth competition is actually the beginning of the next group of three.

23. No one cheats at dressage because no one has worked out how to do it.

24. It is surprisingly easy to end a test with a perfect square halt once you have scored a four for every other movement.

25. The result of an expensive lesson from a top pro is that you will stop believing in that tiny piece of innate ability that was holding your riding together.

26. Remember when buying a dressage horse advertised as "needs experienced competitive rider" this really means "needs the skills of Isabelle Werth just to stay on board."

27. If you think your test was better than someone else's, it probably wasn't.

28. If you pay 60,000 for an imported WB, you will be beaten in First Level 4 by a Quarter Horse.

29. Clinics given by someone with an interesting accent are not necessarily superior to those given by the homegirl.

30. If you go to the expense of raising an expensive WB foal, he will have a talent for jumping and no walk worth talking about.

Photo credit Louise O'Brien Equestrian Photography

26/05/2024

Consistency is everything with horses and riders

22/05/2024

Please share people
Sadly Blue is looking for his person
I can’t give him the time around the kids and buisness and being out of action most of the summer - he really is the kindest boy
Contact Nikki Costello-Brummitt for information

12/05/2024

I have lots of teaching availability now I am limited to this due to my injury so please get in touch (pictures of something I wont be boring you all with for a while 🤣 )

21/03/2024

I have lesson availability
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Sadly Iv had cancellations with lame horses and poorly people

20/03/2024

A step in the right direction 🫏 🐴

We're pleased to be uniting with member bodies to endorse the highest standards of equine welfare, wellbeing and ethics 🤝

The new British Equestrian Charter for the Horse outlines actions we all must observe to ensure individual mental, physical and behavioural needs of our horses are met.

Read the full charter here 👉 https://bit.ly/3TJXY8j

Support the charter by sharing the poster on tackroom walls, noticeboards and social media 🙏

16/03/2024

Looking for second hand stable mats again
Message me thanks

14/03/2024

Todays set up
Counting strides- turns - straightness- control
So many options for different level riders and horses 🐴

27/02/2024

Get your entries in to some of these super shows!! 🐴

🌟🌟 Sponsorship announcement for our Crofton Showjumping series 🌟🌟

The wonderful Aimee Dovey Equestrian Coach has kindly sponsored our showjumping series at Crofton Equestrian!

Here’s a little bit about Aimee:

I am an experienced level 2 showjumping coach, committed to developing both riders and horses with a strong focus on flatwork as the foundation, to build confidence and equip riders with the necessary skills for success, to then take in the jumping ring.

🦄🦄 If you want to know more or book a lesson please get in touch with Aimee direct! 🦄🦄

26/02/2024

Looking for an experienced liberty work trainer to come to me
Recommendations please

25/02/2024

A little bit more success today in the pouring rain 🌧️
I was focused she was for the most part she really is a super girl with so much potential
Thanks Lisa Tribe super groom today
Charlie Cummings and Charlotte Tamar Francis-penny for constantly helping me out when I have too much on to physically do in a day so I can get out competing and riding and following my dreams too 🥰