Training is an essential part of owning horses. Whether it be training them under saddle or teaching them manners on the ground, there will be things you have to teach them. Here you can find everything training related from new ideas to tried and tested methods.
Over recent years, micklem bridles have become very popular. I don’t really remember when micklems came bout, but now I see them everywhere, including at top competitions. I don’t have… Read More »Considering a micklem bridle
Some of you may have read posts about me getting ready for the show season and my plans to start doing showing classes with Scottie. Well our first show is… Read More »Sunday Birthday Show
This is our 3rd post in the Saturday Switch Series and it really is a beautiful one. This post is written by Chelsea from Outside The Box Training and really embodies… Read More »Saturday Switch ~ The Thoroughbred that could!
This second post in the Saturday Switch series is written by Ella from EVEventing (Stressage, Showjumping & Stamina.) After several years of Pony Club rallies, bombing around on several (slightly… Read More »Saturday Switch ~Tackling Cross Country Fences
Some of you probably read my post about Scottie faking lameness during our video for E-Dressage this month and how I didn’t have particularly high hopes for this months test.… Read More »March E-Dressage Results
All horses have their little quirks when they don’t really want to work. Scottie’s most recent one is very inconvenient! Over the past few months, Scottie’s outline has become so… Read More »Fake Lameness!
Yesterday we had a lesson with a pure dressage instructor and it went really well! She seemed to really like Scottie and could see huge amounts of potential in him… Read More »Highly Intelligent with Potential!
I have always said, and still do say, that I can’t teach when it comes to horse riding. I can get someone to do the basics and get them over… Read More »I'm a Supervisor, not an Instructor ~ Or at least I was…
The back lady suggested lunging Scottie over poles in his pessoa as a good exercise for his shoulders. So today, that is exactly what we did! Unfortunately I don’t have… Read More »Pessoa and Poles
For those of you who read my last post about Scottie’s back treatment, on Wednesday we had our first pole work session. Before this, we had a short session which… Read More »Pole Work Session
