A summer of equestrian training progress. Horses and riders thriving together.

August 20, 2018

We love to see young riders develop their skills and thrive with their horses and ponies. Encouraging a growth mindset is central to our approach, firmly believing in the development of skills that lead to enhanced performances.

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Dressage for Everyone. Lateral work, an exercise idea for horses and riders.

July 19, 2018

Another of our lateral work routines. Can be used with leg yield or half-pass exercises and can be further elaborated upon. ? Notice the ‘staggering’ effect, encouraging us to execute small amount at a time, switching from directly forward movement to sideways and back again. ?? We often like to circle away into a canter […]

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Showjumping schooling, a playground for horses and riders.

July 8, 2018

We loved our schooling session for Jodie and her fabulous horse Hugo. It is always important to appeal to the horse’s playful nature while training in all disciplines. Dressage, showjumping or cross-country, having the horse engaged in body in mind, willing to take on the task is greatly enabled by presenting the work as a […]

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Applied Psychology for Equestrian Coaches.

June 19, 2018

Petros Equestrian on Google

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Cross country riding season well on the way. Horses and riders having fun!

June 4, 2018

We love our equestrian training days. Wonderful to see so many horses and riders making great progress in their skills and having a fabulous time! Come join us in one of our many training opportunities. (Great photos by Isabelleeva Photography). Dressage – Eventing – Showjumping.  

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Equestrian training & Coaching. Progress through fun for horses and riders.

May 27, 2018

We have had a fabulous week of eventing, dressage and showjumping training & coaching. Super horses and riders showing great strides of forward progress in all the venues we performed. The College Equestrian Centre and Berwick Farm XC saw some of the action and we loved the great facilities and warm welcome. Find us online, […]

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Dressage – Showjumping – Eventing. Sound Equestrian training/coaching.

May 13, 2018

Developing the skills for the competition arena in any discipline or for simply a comfortable ride takes time, effort and more than anything the imagination to keep the work interesting, engaging so that both horse and rider, as athletes, want to take on the endeavour of training. ?Here we have a serpentine exercise with small […]

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Eventing season finally on the way. Cross country riding training.

April 30, 2018

As the weather has impeded many of the early events and practice outings, everyone is keen to get out on the xc course and get on the way. We have been having a great time both at Milton Keynes Eventing Centre as well as at Berwick Farm XC course. Super Petros training days for horses […]

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Dressage for Showjumpers & Showjumping for Dressage horses/riders.

April 7, 2018

Great basic training is the foundation to all equestrian disciplines. It is critical to avoid premature specialisation and to cement the basic all-round education. Riding out hacking, in open fields, xc facilities and using poles, cavaletti and jumping, alongside ground work in-hand, enriches the horse’s training and facilitates subsequent specialisation. All these basic exercises are […]

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Cross country riding- a window of opportunity.

March 29, 2018

We were very lucky earlier this week to have a window of reasonable weather and good ground to get an outing schooling on the cross-country course at MKEC. With Petros’ coaching, everyone had a fab time and made the most of the chance to practice our skills developed in the arena over the winter. Well […]

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