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.
101 Schooling exercises for horse and rider is a book I bought not long after I got Scottie and although it only gets picked up once every few months, it… Read More »101 Schooling exercises for Horse and Rider ~ Review
Scottie finally got his shoes done yesterday, although he coped very well missing one! So today I brought him in today to do some work with him, after having nearly… Read More »Back to Work!
Some of you may have read about my post uming and ahing about whether to enter a Prelim dressage test when we are still struggling to pick up our right… Read More »Canter Boot Camp!
Lungeing and Long-Reining by Jennie Loriston-Clarke MBE FBHS (£18.95ish) On a first, brief read, the book gave me the impression of a text book for passing a theory exam. It… Read More »Lungeing and Long-reining Review
I have been very lucky since having Scottie as one of my friends is very into their show jumping, so when I was jumping at Uni I had lots of grids… Read More »Cross Country Prep
Many of you who follow this blog will know that when it comes to how much Scottie has improved over the past year, I swear by using the Pessoa training… Read More »Pessoa Progress
I have had Scottie for nearly a year now, so I got my sister to film one of our schooling sessions as he has been a lot better recently. I… Read More »Schooling Scottie
In the racing industry, horses are backed and trained very young to begin their racing career. There are several influencing reasons for this. However, the main one is money driven.… Read More »Thoroughbred growth rates: Ready to Race?
There is always lots of debate as to when to back and ride young horses. As our knowledge of horse anatomy has improved, the reasons against starting early have moved… Read More »Managing young horses: based on Growth Plates.
I’m sure this will worry a few people, but me and Scottie had our first ever lesson as a partnership today. It’s not that I haven’t wanted to have lessons with… Read More »First Ever Lesson!
