CW Horsemanship and Equine Care

26/09/2025

Some of the exercises we do to get the horses ready for their training session

22/09/2025

Pelvis all misaligned again so had it corrected today
Feels so much better
T***y free schooled so I didn’t ride straight after treatment xx

21/09/2025

30+ year old Woody and the gorgeous Dora xx 🐴🐴💕

02/09/2025

Huge congratulations to Val and Jack at their first ever dressage competition at Wakefield RDA at the weekend
Picked up a 3rd and lovely scores in the intro 2 👏🏻🐴
Hard work finally paying off xx

02/09/2025

Training Tip Tuesday - The Oval

I know many of you may already know how to ride ovals (lets face it there are a lot of incorrect circles going on in the dressage ring 🤣) - But this oval is intentional and has a purpose. It is also waaayyyy more challenging that you think.🤔

Begin at A and travel toward B with bend on a slightly curved line. As soon as you touch the point at B, leave the track on a slight arc toward C. Now, try to match the arc going toward E and back to A again. You can ride this in walk, trot or canter, but collect through the turning phase and encourage the horse energetically forward in the straighter phase.

This exercise is great for the warm up as it requires that the rider be precise with their aids and the horse to connect to the aids. The horse should remain straight and between the aids. Do not ride deep through the corner, but rather cut the corner and rider a slight arc toward the next point.

The turning phase will help with engagement of the hindquarter, because the horse is being asked to collect. Encouraging the horse to move actively forward out of the turn will create more impulsion - thus improving the horse's longitudinal suppleness, as well. Because the corners are cut and the horse must travel an exact line to keep the oval symmetrical, the horse will have to become more balanced, on the aids and connected.

Happy riding.

20/07/2025

Rocky the rockstar legs clipped today xx 🐴

05/06/2025