Badminton Horse Trials- 2011

April 23, 2011

If you are not going along to watch the event this year you can catch all the action of the XC day on the BBC red button tomorrow, Sunday 24th of April. You can also get the latest news on the Badminton website: www.badminton–horse.co.uk   Good luck to all the riders and horses!

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Ollie-New pony for Ashleigh Spiliopoulou

April 21, 2011

New beginnings for this pony/rider combination. Always  an exciting time getting to know your new ride! More to come from these two in this space  over the next few months and years. Have fun Ashleigh and Ollie!   P.

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Counter-canter video

April 9, 2011

The link to the video bellow shows  some work towards improving counter canter. A very useful exercise that improves suppleness, balance, obedience and gradually aids collection. There are many ways to approach this work and it can progressively be made more demanding. Some important points to bear in mind: Slight flexion in the direction of […]

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Responses: prompt and yet smooth

April 3, 2011

coaching excellence The aim of establishing a clear language of communication with our horse is the achievement of a pleasing, effortless, stress free and calm riding experience for both horse and rider. The  understanding of the ‘signals’ that are exchanged between horse and rider is not to be taken for granted as if they should […]

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Livery vacancy

April 3, 2011

PART LIVERY   On our small, friendly private yard with excellent facilities near Harpenden/ Kimpton/ Wheathampstead . Maintained manege which rides well throughout the winter.  Suberb varied hacking & regular jumping & dressage clinics.  We aim to offer high quality care for a small number of horses.  All year round turn-out, individual if needed; owners […]

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GT WITCHINGHAM INTERNATIONAL – KATE LENTHALL

March 30, 2011

Due to early times on the Saturday, Gail and I decided to travel Vinnie up a day early to Norfolk as we knew this would settle mine and his nerves. After walking the cross country course, i had a lot of decisions to make on the Novice track. The XC was a challenging course perhaps […]

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Jasper and Roscoe

March 28, 2011

Sharon and Alan must be a very proud owners of these two horses ridden so well by Sophie Johnson

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The perfectionist and the fear of failure.

March 26, 2011

There is no doubt that to strive to do things well is a good thing.  Most of us aim to improve our performance through honing in our skills as riders and our understanding of the horse.  Competitive riding can put us under pressure to produce results… sometimes if  the owner’s or the rider’s expectations are […]

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Succesful and fun jumping clinic day

March 20, 2011

  A short video of some of our jumping practice, Sophie and Jasper at the jumping clinic Once more  a great day for jumping practice was had by all. A big thank you to Fiona for organizing and hosting. Some exciting work was achieved and we all had fun doing it! From the most basic […]

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Blue on his dressage debut

March 18, 2011

The horse on this link has come on along way from where he was! He used to be very nervous, guarded and evasive!

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