Hi everyone, I hope you have all managed to enjoy your riding despite the horrible weather we have had recently. I managed to get a fairly nice day for my first clinic with the Solent Riding Club. Thankyou to everyone who attended, and thankyou for the complimentry feed back, i’m really pleased you all enjoyed it and found my training helpful. I will be running a clinic open to all every month from now on. Please feel free to email me for the dates and to book in.
I would also like to thank trainer and behaviourist Michael Peace who visited Highbrook and helped me with Rocho’s spooking problems. I wasn’t getting anywhere with it myself, and I had found Michaels approach to clipping really helpful. It has worked brilliantly, and I was thrilled when we got him to walk over tarpaulins calmly and confidently in one session! Something I didn’t think I would see my boy do with me on board. I look forward to developing the training I started with Michael, and can see that it will greatly help Rocho’s confidence in the show arena. Hopefully this will mean better scores, and not so much tension!
March’s Top Training Tip
Take time out of your usual training regime to do something different with your horse. I have found this important with Rocho to keep a freshness to his work, and help develop his mind. Even the most talented horses need a change from time to time.
