Top marks for anyone who can name this equestrian discipline 🙌🙌
You can see how the flag work here really works well. She's learnt to stand immediately as I put my hand over her saddle and remains standing whilst I do my jumping around and play with the saddle. Freedom of movement and asking her to decide. She knows once she gives me what is wanted pressure is released as me myself walks away but I do expect her to follow. She also complies to following, standing and backing up.
Little demonstrative talk while long reining Marv last Sunday.
He's a legend on the long reins and I do take him out on my own. Very lucky to have superb tracks around his place to be able to do it.
Marv is riding away nicely but I do like to still keep them on the long reins out hacking at first just to keep them building up healthily and keep them confident and independent. Plus I can go for longer jaunts.
Some of my four legged clients I've worked with previously, some of the present ones and some memories of my own. Sir Murphalot and Pablo both were clients and friends ponies previously. The amazing thing for me is all the memories that spark up looking at these and this isn't even half of the clients. I know I've lost a fair few along the way, some are featured here 🌈
I remember every single one inside and out.
Pop us a comment and photo of ponies and horses I've previously worked with, let me know how they are and what they're doing now 🤸🥰🐎
Riding Flea away 🥰
So decided to try and boost myself and Harry up a bit and so you guys a bit of exactly what we do with our backing process and riding away and used wonderful Flea as the guinea pig.
It is 17mins long, I'm so sorry! But I promise you it gets pretty funny as we are prepping Flea for all the novelties of child entertainment.
Enjoy! Please let me know what you guys think and share. Help spread the word of SL Equestrian BSc and Harry Robb’s Equine Services.
Clicker training Flayre 🤞
So basically targeting a negative experience and nervousness with anything towering over her back ready for mounting on board. After the owner has done all the ground work wonderfully and got to the point of getting on and Flayre unfortunately took flight and found it all very scary. The flag today was really flapping and I managed to lift it well off her back and into the air only triggering flight mode a few times. Once it's deemed fine without tack we will reapply the saddle and repeat, then back to the mountain block with us towering over in preparation for rebacking. So fingers crossed 🤞🤞🤞
Child proofing 11.2hh Flea with Harry Robb’s Equine Services
Beautiful temperament and she has the most beautiful movement and natural finesse. She's not slow, not spooky and highly engaging with the rider. She would literally thrive at mounted games, show ring or a bit of a dressage diva with her flicky toes. She is literally every single child's dream pony.
A little bit of what I do for fun ☺️
Victorian side saddle with Sir Murphalot at Wrest Park Estate, English heritage site. It's been a pleasure and an honour to have been able to ride at such fantastic venues with huge historical relevance that's made us the country and horse people we are today.
Third ride away on Little Marv this morning 🌅 what a star ✨
The backing process for Flea
Flea did a bit of pony club training today to ready her for all of life's fun and enjoyment she may give and have with a child in the future.
Here she is walking straight over a flappy flag on the floor with beanbags on. She handled beanbags on board, being thrown round and thoroughly enjoyed the bending cones.
Harry Robb’s Equine Services
Little Marv now riding away 🥳🐎🤗
Backing Little Marv and Atlantis.
Play and long reining day today 🤸🤠
Half pass right to a canter transition up the centre line.
Sir Murphalot is my part bred fjord. He is a 14.3hh chunk of a diva-fied powerhouse. Owned now for 4yrs and previously never really having much asked of him, I re-established him in the saddle for the previous owner and then purchased. He was barely able to canter balanced but since then he has carried me side saddle and performed in a number of different displays across the UK. Also now riding through medium BD tests. 🤠
Cobs most certainly can! And I can also say... Yes, I can too!
#confidence #cobscan #dressage #horseprofessional #givingeveryhorseachance
Just clipping and tidying outside a house. Nothing to see here. Normal is as normal does 🤣🤸
This owner goes to all the extents required to make sure her ponies welfare and appearance looks superb easy for their weekend ☺️👌
Quietly and patiently letting Atlantis think about the situation. Today allowed me to lift up out the saddle and put uneven pressures around him. Learning through play ▶️ letting him understand me and take his time in working out what I'm asking him to do.
He actually moves his back towards me on the mounting block if I ask. He's beautifully intelligent and absolutely idolises learning new things with different pressures and releases. He has moments in this where he's realised I'd like him to go forwards with me on board and he quite confidently stomps off at the last mount so I gracefully said thank you.
Atlantis has proven to be very sensitive but is coming on leaps and bounds with his progress 🙌
