Day Dreamer aka George / Gorgeous George / Georgeous / Prix St Georgeous
George is a 17 yrs old, 15.1hh full Connemara by Dunlewey Seamus. He’s always been a super se
nsitive, slow maturing pony and we’ve needed some help with his spookiness along the way! How we’ve ever got to where we are now I’ll never quite believe! George and I managed to ride at PSG for the first time in 2020 and it was amazing! We now have a few points at PSG and even some at Inter 1! Hes also a speed demon at Working Equitation ;-)
Harlequin II aka Harley / Harley cob / cobbit / cobalob / oaf! Harley is a 13 yr 15.2hh cob of completely unknown, unregistered origin! When not clipped, he’s pretty hairy so I think there’s a lot of gypsy cob in there. He’s really my hunting cob but he’s proved to be pretty good at dancing too so he too has managed to get to PSG in 2021! Hes also the current 2023 Reserve National Champion at Inter A Working Equitation! What a superstar all round cob he really is. Lanargh Lucky Limerick aka Paddy / Padster
Paddy is a 4 yr old cob x Connie! A true lockdown purchase, I bought him to bring on slowly. He’s a lovely character and so far seems very willing. Hes maturing beautifully and we will start our competition career in earnest in 2024
08/01/2025
These pics were 8 years ago when Harley cob used up the first of his nine lives! Here he had fractured his side bone and was on box rest for 4 months and slow rehab for the rest of the year.
Since then, due to other injuries, we have been told that he wouldn’t do dressage any more due to soft tissue damage (he went on to complete his first PSG not long after that incident and then went team chasing after that) and then we were told that he was a write off and we even considered PTS earlier last year after a misdiagnosed foot abscess (since then he has been listed on the World rankings of Working Equitation and gained his first point at Inter1!)
So if you have an injury at present, don’t give up hope!!!! Time is a great healer!! 🥰
04/01/2025
Any interest? Pairs or Indiv lessons at mine for WE obstacles this thurs 9th Jan daytime? Comment below!
02/01/2025
For those of you coming on Sunday to my clinic - I will post early Sunday morning to take o view on whether we can run or not!
I’m hopeful as it looks like any snow will have melted by Sunday am 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
Keep an eye on this page
Snow Event! Saturday 4th January❄️❄️
Hi all! A little update on the snow event that will take place on Saturday. We will see a large band of heavy rain push in from the South West. This will initially hit the cold air and the rain is likely to turn to snow over the hills and even low lying areas! Due to it being heavy we will see the snow settling and could see accumulations of around 5cm for a time especially on the hills. This is all due to arrive from around 2pm! ❄️❄️
The mild air that will be behind the rain band will push in to the south of the Uk as the wintry band moves north up the UK. Temperatures will climb from around 1am on Sunday morning so the thaw will start! Sunday morning there won’t be a lot of snow around maybe a few slush deposits left on the highest of the hills….
Mild air will then take hold for a day or two but cold air will soon arrive on Monday evening with another possibility of snow on Tuesday! ❄️❄️
Definitely a very interesting few days to come and things can still change so keep upto date with this page! ❄️❄️
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01/01/2025
You know the hunting, Inter 1 cob that I own?…… well he also happens to have made the World rankings for Working Equitation!!!
We are 124th in the world 😱😱😱, and ranked 3rd in GB!!!
In only my second season at a sport I knew nothing about 2 years ago. I owe everything to that cob. He totally deserves to have his name in lights 🤩🤩🥹🥹❤️❤️
So proud of us today. Thanks to my besties for letting me know and to Stork Workwear and Avalon Equine Massage - ESMT for their continued support. Paulo Santos Equestrian Academy…. No pressure but Let’s make the top 100 next year?!
24/12/2024
5pm Christmas Eve, when most good wives are baking, wrapping presents and putting the finishing touches to the Christmas turkey… I’m cleaning my tack ready for Boxing Day 😆 lucky Martin!
24/12/2024
Need a little something more for a friend or even yourself?!
Dont forget I have online training courses and gift vouchers (which can be used against training / clinics or competitions!) available to buy on my home page!
Merry Christmas !!! Thankyou for your ongoing support of me and the boys 😊🎄🎅🏻🥰
14/12/2024
Lots of fun was had at our Christmas Working Eq competition today !!
It seems Santa 🤶 (ie me)was a bit mean with the tinsel 😂 but everyone got round and hopefully enjoyed themselves 🎁🎄
Thanks to my little elf for helping when she really should have been tucked up with a whiskey and hot chocolate!! And thanks to Honour Photography for the photos and Julia Catling for dressage judging
Come and join us for more fun in January!!
10/12/2024
I’m very excited to be part of another growing discipline! I can’t wait to start running some training clinics in the New Year - let’s see how many All-Steps Formation Riding teams we can get up and running!
I will let you know when I have dates in the diary - clinics will be held at Tyrellcote Farm Equestrian and hopefully some at Bury Farm Equestrian Village in the first instance 😊
NEW COACH ANNOUNCEMENT
We are so pleased to welcome Sarah Vousden as an All-Steps Formation Riding coach.
Sarah Vousden has been immersed in the equestrian world since childhood, progressing through the Pony Club to become a competitive rider across multiple diciplines.
Her affinity for native breeds has led her to challenge equestrian norms, achieving impressive milestones with her Cob and Connie in dressage (up to PSG level) and Working Equitation (reaching Advanced level).
Sarah believes that every rider, regardless of level, breed of horse or background, can achieve their goals, rekindling the joy of riding
through her supportive coaching approach.
Welcome to the formation family Sarah, you're just our cup of tea ☕️🙂.
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Today, my bog standard, ‘non quality’, hunting cob only went out and gained himself a point at Inter 1 BD at his first ever attempt!!! 🤩🥳
There were errors, we made mistakes but we are out there doing it, and just 4 days after he’d been hunting 😝
2024 you can shove that wherever you’d like cos my cob just made my year.
Huge thanks to @tom.graham_ for continuing to allow me to have these ridiculous dreams, @ali.black.399 for coming over to support me (you’ve done more than you’ll ever know in the last few weeks) @swampysox1 for throwing Harley cob on the lorry from the field on her birthday and Martin for basically everything else 😆
Never ever stop learning and don’t worry about what you’re riding - I have now trained both a Connemara and a Cob to Inter 1 - what’s stopping you!?!?!
@storkcountrywear @storkworkwear @avalon_equine_massage 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
#acobandaconnie #cobscan #inter1 #dressagecob #huntingcob
May the sound of hounds never die. Supercob very happy to be back out with hounds and his mates 😊
BLACK FRIDAY PRODUCT LAUNCH!
Introducing my new 'Horsepower' Range of online learning courses!!
First up:
How to ride the Working Equitation Obstacles
Learn all about WE and how to ride each obstacle in order to maximize your marks or just to have fun at home! If you purchase the whole course, you will be given a number of free bonus features including a free feedback session with ABWE approved instructor Sarah Vousden. Courses are also available to buy as individual obstacles for those needing a reminder.
Find out all the details on my home page:
https://acobandaconnie.com/home-page
Here’s a little comparison of Harley cobs speed round (complete with Cob fan club 😝) vs @lynne_topbarnworkingequitation Lexus. The airs above ground at the 2 barrels definitely slowed us down this time but he’s nearly there! More turbo oats required…🚜💨
Thankyou Lynne for the vid!! #goals
Always the athlete - ready for the WE finals later this week! 😂🐽🍹
Hi! And thanks for following to all my new and regular followers 😃
PB PSG Bury farm Oct 24 67.07%
Just to prove you don’t need to be tall, skinny or on a warmblood to get 67% at PSG (but it helps 😂)
Here’s me, my cob (in a snaffle) and my beer belly giving it everything we got 💪🏻
1st bridle way flood of the season …. Pretty deep too!!
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Introducing the stars of the show...
Thanks for following this page and my dream! This is about the journey of a weekend amateur and her ponies as we climb, some what unexpectedly, through the BD ranks attempting to reach what is the ultimate goal of riding in tails!
I am not your normal shaped dressage rider, short and a little chunky, a bit like my gorgeous cob Harley (Harlequin II). Sometimes highly strung, not dissimilar to my beautiful Connemara George (Daydreamer). But I do think represent a huge number of BD members in being passionate about my ponies and just trying to achieve the best we can.
Having hated dressage in my younger years, I’ve grown to enjoy the challenges it presents me and I now take pride in training my two conventional horses to as high a level as we can. To ensure I still keep my jumping eye in, I also hunt Harley in the winter months if the weather is kind! I started in BD at prelim, through team quest, AF’s and occasionally, Regionals. I love representing BD Central teams if we’re lucky enough to get picked. I’ve had a full time job at all times to help me fund my hobby...until now. Ive decided to take a work sabbatical as, amazingly, Ive managed to get to Advanced Medium with them both so I want to put all my efforts into riding at PSG!
Now the important part..
George is a 13 year old 15hh full Connemara. I bought him unbroken as a rising 4 year old as a project for the summer. He’s still here! Whilst he loves a cuddle, he’s not a confident pony so tension often gets the better of him. Despite that, he’s allowed me to learn and teach him all the movements upto Advanced despite my own lack of knowledge. I really hope he’ll be my first PSG ride!
Harley is a 10 yr old 15.2hh cob of unknown origin. I bought him to hunt and he loves his hunting! He’s a dude and looks after me over timber and hedges when I’m brave enough 🙈. He’s also shown a talent for dressage and is starting his changes. Who knows, he may also get to PSG with luck and a fair wind!
