I have a lovely horse in for schooling this week, Arleys Champagne Charlie, he's really trainable, his owner has gone for a weeks skiing. I have been training him in some of the more advanced lateral movements including half pass, shoulder in and renvers which will improve his suppleness and give him higher marks. He is by Bazaars Exclusive one of the UKs top Event sires, Charlie is being aimed at BE100 with an upgrade to Novice later in 2014.
I have also been busy entering events, several have been postponed or cancelled due to all this rain. It's been hard deciding where to enter and where to use my ballot stickers. Must be even worse a headache to be an organiser worrying whether to run or postpone or to cancel.
A very young rider I coach finished 11th in the 1 metre JAS final this week and also won Jump Training last week, she is about to begin her first season BE so this is a very exciting start to her BE career. I must make sure I am not in her section!!!!
As many XC courses are closed 3 1/2 year old Rif Raf and I have been escorting event riders round Castlemorton Common showing them how you don't need a XC course to teach a horse to event. It's amazing how puddles and ponds become water jumps, lumps and bumps become steps and banks, dips are water filled ditches and
I have trained horses to advanced level using these natural features, they also learn how to balance on sloping terrain, in mud and on wet grass all essential skills for a superstar event horse.
Photo kindly taken by my 10 year old niece Maisie, she's in the mirror if u look closely!
(it took some getting, to start with we had a lot of photos of an empty school, Maisie got very excited when she got one of his head and then as you can see a miracle happened. The saying never work with children and animals is oh so true)
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