Molly-Ann is a BHS stage 3 riding instructor and British Showjumping level 2 coach.
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Summer pony morning⭐️
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Lovely to see so many smiley faces starting off the summer right with the best ponies🥰
Everyone walked away with a nice big rosette, their own decorated mini horse shoe and a rainbow unicorn mask. So glad everyone had fun and enjoyed them selves!
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Now to start packing ready for summer camp starting on Sunday!☀️
We all value our horses who have given us memorable experiences, friendship and joy which stays with us for many years.
Their care and welfare is our top priority, giving them and sharing with them - 'a good life.'
https://www.abrs-info.org/article/equine-care-and-welfare/
A small stab in the heart is what you feel when you put up the day's riding list and you see riders sinking heavily in their shoulders when reading which horse they are assigned for the lesson. A small stab in the heart for that horse that for an hour will carry around a rider who has already decided that he does not like his horse. A small stab in the heart for the horse that did not choose the rider himself but still does his best, lesson after lesson.
Riding is a privilege and something you have chosen to do. If you chose to ride at a riding school, your instructor assumes that you actually want to learn how to ride. The instructor's highest wish is that you get good at it.
Often there is a plan and a thought as to why you are assigned to that exact horse. Before you mount up next time, ask yourself "what can this horse teach me today?" All horses have something to give, a feeling or a new tool in the box.
The art is actually in being able to get a lazy horse to move forward, to get an uncertain horse to gain confidence, a naughty horse to focus or a tense horse to be released. It takes work. If you think a horse is boring, it's more likely that you don't ride the horse as well as you think! It's not easy to be confronted with your own shortcomings, but it is in that very situation that you get the chance to truly grow as a rider.
The excuse that "it's not my kind of horse" is actually a really bad excuse. A good rider can ride any kind of horse. A good rider has trained many hours on different types of horses to become a good rider. A good rider can find and manage the gold nuggets in every horse.
If we absolutely want to ride, it is our duty to strive to do it as best as possible, even if it's only for fun. We owe it to every horse that carries us upon it's back.
Fully booked⭐️
Summer pony morning!🦄☀️
Friday 26th July, 9:45am-1pm, £45 per person.
⭐️Only a handful of spaces available left⭐️
Something slightly different for you all!!🦄
The amazing Hannah Irons is kind enough to come out for a clinic on the 14th August to share her knowledge on Rider Biomechanics.
Looking forward to seeing you all there🤩
New addition to the gang… Ruby🦄💜
She is just the sweetest little pony.
Bath day for the gang🦄
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(Minus Winston who did not approve🤣)
🦄Home-education lessons in September.
⭐️Groups and privates available for beginners and up, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
🥰1-1 therapy sessions also available on Tuesdays where you can be with your chosen pony/ horse which you can meet beforehand on a scheduled appointment.
🩷Please email us for any questions/ enquiries or join our home-education page for all horse related activities.
Something slightly different for you all!!🦄
The amazing Hannah Irons is kind enough to come out for a clinic on the 14th August to share her knowledge on Rider Biomechanics.
Looking forward to seeing you all there🤩
All are welcome 🦄🥰🏆☀️
Summer Horse Sports Day!☀️🏆
Parents welcome to stay all day, BBQ for all at 4pm🦄
New Dressage clinic and Arena Cross Country clinic now available to book online!🦄
BHS stage 3 coach, BSJ level 2 coach, Centre 10 psychology foundation coach.
Hacking day in the summer holidays is now available to book!☀️
Limited spaces available🦄
Summer pony morning!🦄☀️
Friday 26th July, 9:45am-1pm, £45 per person.
Homer says it’s a hard life getting all the attention🥱🐴🤎
⭐️WANTED⭐️
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We are looking for some more ponies/ horses to join MA Equestrian! Horses are treated like kings and queens, stables cleaner than my bedroom and they of course get plenty of fuss, cuddles and pamper sessions!🥰
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Ideally looking for a 13hh and a 15hh. All ages/ breeds considered, mare or gelding. Pop me a message with what you’ve got😁
Check out what’s going on😁
😍New cafe on-site just opened!
🦄Open 7 days a week 9:30am-5pm, why not pop in and grab a drink and some food after your lesson, or grab something easy to snack on while you watch your child’s lesson.
☺️Also open to general public so all are welcome!
The Horse In Tweed
🦄They are never just RIDING SCHOOL PONIES
One day you may move onto bigger, fancier horses, but never forget the school horse who made you, as without them, you wouldn’t be able to ride anything at all.
The patient soul that tolerated your bouncing while you figured out how to sit the trot.
The kind mare that didn’t walk off when you fumbled with the bridle and figured out how to pop that bit in her mouth.
The sweet gelding that picked up the correct canter lead even though your body was telling him to do the exact opposite.
The saintly angel that never spooked, which was a dam good thing because your balance was precarious at best.
Too often we forget where we came from. We move on to the next chapter in our lives and say, “Oh my gosh, I’m learning so much! I’m going so far! I could never do this kind of thing on that old school horse!”
But infact you could, you were just not ready to do all these things back then.
But that school horse gave you the confidence to move forward. That school horse took care of you in all respects and allowed you to take the time you needed to find your way. You couldn’t have become the rider you are today without that riding school horse, always remember to love them unconditionally for our riding school horses are what help start your dream, make dreams come true and get you ready for those bigger dreams.🦄
Who’s this?!😱
Timmy had a makeover today to help him get rid of his thick coat and stay cooler during the hotter weather🌞
Thank you Ellie Cowlard Equestrian 🩷
All horses got treated to a bath this week with all this hot weather!🌞
Including a bit of garlic likit on Dexters nose🙈
⭐️Group descriptions⭐️
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💙Blue Roan: Becoming more independent in canter, pole work and learning basics of jumping.
Saturdays 2pm-3pm.
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💛Buckskin: Starting to learn about the horses way of going, jumping a course and basic grid work.
Wednesdays 6pm-7pm.
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🤎Appaloosa: Working the horses laterally, learning basic dressage movements, jumping more technical courses and grid work.
Saturdays 10am-11am.
Sundays 3pm-4pm.
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⭐️All groups are £28.50 per rider.
☀️We now have a ‘Summer Holidays Helpers Club’!
⏰Every Tuesday and Thursday (apart from camp weeks), 10am-3pm.
Dexter says we have a new group opening on Sundays at 3pm! For grades 6-7.
Happy ponies snoozing over the last couple weeks🥰
Last chance to book onto the clear round on the 28th May!🤩
£15 per entry, classes range from 40cm-90cm. Please look under events through your EcPro account.
Times will be released tomorrow evening🥰
Pleased to say Ruby passed her vetting this morning and sold to her new home with Rose❤️
So pleased that Ruby gets to stay on livery here as she is definitely one of my favourite projects I’ve had🥰 Looking forward to watching Ruby and Rose progress together and make lots of fun memories☺️
Poppy approves of the newest addition to the riding school family🥰
Welcome Honey!🍯💛
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Breakfast in bed for the top girl💗
Promise we get work done!🤣
We have a potential stable coming available in the near future for a working livery pony/horse to join our team at MA Equestrian! We would also consider a full loan. Message me for details☺️
Sneak peak of some early Christmas presents for the yard😍 thank you PolyJumps 🦄🎄
Slightly late Halloween video of the Shetlands… but think Carrot wasn’t quite sure what to think of the Shrek themed pumpkin!🤣
First clip of the winter and Summer was good as gold (even had a snooze while her face got clipped!)🥰
What does MA Equestrian do on a hot day?☀️ Give all the ponies, horses and even Shetlands a bath day!🫧🤪
How many strides between each jump?🤪
Day in the life of a 21 year old running her own livery yard and riding school!
Phoenix having a jump today!! He’s an absolute dude😍
Poppy grabbed a fantastic double clear with second place🥈 at the weekend at Bury Farm Equestrian Village 🥰 She really is on fire at the minute🤩 Last two qualifiers this weekend for Aintree so fingers crossed🤞🏼😁
🥕Carrot wasn’t quite sure what a dog was today!😂
Who said cobs can’t jump?!😍 Roxy flying round the show on Sunday🔥
new 4 year old Darcy settled in well. having a wolf tooth removed last week she’s now got a little break to recover then can bring her back into ridden work this weekend. excited to see what this girl can do!
Morning hack before games in the afternoon!👻🎃
Poppy and I are loving the sunshine at the moment! 🤩
The good ones take time. Watch quietly from the sidelines as those who try to shortcut with the bridle, bits and gadgets become unstuck at the first sign of a challenge. Get used to sitting with your head in your hands having to take deep breaths or halting in the middle of the arena to stare at the ceiling for fear that frustration will take the reins and undo everything you’ve worked on. Allow her to question, allow her to protest. You have to be in this together, it has to be a partnership not a dictatorship so they have to know they have a say and that you are listening. Mutual understanding and respect should be the foundations on which you build. Be prepared to taste your arena surface. Don’t allow others to convince you a ‘more experienced jumper’ would have suited you better or ‘she may never come right’. Trust your gut, you saw something in that horse so work your ass off to prove it. Do not be swayed by trainers encouraging you to just ‘try’ the draw reins or the bigger bit. Don’t succumb to the pressure to ‘tell it whose boss’. When the clock is ticking and the stride just isn’t there you have to trust each other, that isn’t going to come with force. Give this horse your heart. I’m not saying she won’t break it because she will, but when the day comes when she lets you into his, she really will go to the ends of the earth for you. But until then, have tissues and a playlist of sad songs at the ready. And just when you think you can’t take one more ride, when you feel like you’ve given every part of yourself this and you can’t physically, emotionally and mentally manage anymore. Keep going. Nobody said this was going to be easy but it might be worth it, because the most valuable thing you can give a horse is time... ... and the good ones take time. Author: unknown.
Really pleased with how Valleys training is coming along🥰 we have the saddle fitter coming out this week so once we get a new saddle we can start trotting!
Coaching my sponsored rider Emily Chapman the other evening! We looked more at the flat work and then introduced a small gymnastic exercise (bounces on a curve). We started off with some leg yielding and moved onto some counter canter. In the video you can see the attempt at the bounces they rode into them on a slightly off line and the canter didn’t have enough energy. However the second attempt Emily created more of a balanced and energetic canter and also kept a good bend without drifting out and staying on the line. Such a difference in one lesson! Well done Emily 🥰
Lovely day coaching my sponsored riders yesterday! First I went down and saw Emily Jane Curtis with Minnie. We worked on some grid work. We started off with some trotting poles into two bounce jumps. This helps the horse become independent and encourages the rider and horse to become more supple but still keeps the energy. Then had one stride into an upright and another one stride into a cross pole. I put the cross pole in the middle as it will help encourage straightness while going through the grid. And at the end we did a one stride into a slightly larger oxer with V poles. The v poles also help them keep straight and take off evenly over the fence. I then went down and saw Emily Chapman. We did something a bit different yesterday. We put 3 raised trot poles across the centre line and 3 bounce fences across the centre line at the other end of the school (to make a 20m circle at x in the middle). This is a really good exercise as it helps with transitions, builds up strength and improves the top line. It’s also a good exercise for us riders to let the horse figure out the footfall and think more independently without us interfering too much. So proud of both riders🥰 Well done to you both!
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