Hello all, I have been extremely busy which is great, but it meant I had no time to write the news for May. So i’m combining May and June’s news together.
I have had clinics/lesson days nearly every saturday recently, and i’m really pleased to say that my clients have had some outstanding success! Elly and Bonnie from Badshot Lea equestrian centre went to Oldencraig last thursday and achieved a whopping 70% in the prelim class and 1st palce. Elly hasn’t competed for a while, but has been working really hard on her mare in the past months and it showed with her best ever score.
Stephanie Moreland and Pannie of whom has only recently started lessons with me, previously used to get scores in the 50% bracket, she went to the Priory a couple of weeks ago and got her personal best score of 67%. Jenny Martin and Duncan also had a great result with 1st place at a prelim show with a 67% score. Many congratulations to them all. I am becoming a very big headed trainer with all my clients doing so well!!
I want to say a big welcome to Helen Scott - Cowell who has joined us with her beautiful black hanoverian mare ‘Diva’, they have made very good progress and hope to be out competing very soon.
Highbrook is now proud to announce they’ve now got 200 acres of land, which we are all enjoying hacking around- it’s great for me because it means I can safely hack Rocho out without worrying about the road, and he can have a break from training a couple of times a week in the beautiful surroundings. Last saturday we had a cross country building day with everyone building a jump each in a team. There were prizes for the jumps, and a lovely BBQ in the evening. It was great fun, and was a brilliant way to get some jumps up, and they are all very professional looking fences. So Highbrook has now got a x-country course to add to it’s impressive facilities.
May/ June’s top training tip:
If you are heading out to dressage competitions this summer, remember to learn your test really well so you feel confident in where you are going. That way you will feel completely prepared and in control if your horse turns out to be a demanding ride. However make sure you don’t practise it too much on board, as they will start to know it rather too well and predict the moves! Instead, break the difficult bits down in training and practise them separately.
