Recent content by Ambers Echo

I think horses can enjoy different elements to what they do. I mean why wouldn't they - they have clear preferences in other areas of life and surely some get bored doing noting. Some are playful and active in the field. Lottie was indifferent to dressage - willing enough but unenthusiastic. She...

People do say some horses 'need a job' and 'thrive off work' and 'light up in the ring'. I've never really questioned it. Till your post made me start wondering.

She was a spooky mess at arena hires for schooling/training too and needed a very lengthy pre-ride routine to get her brain engaged. But she 'lit up' competing.

Yes she retired at 'home' - she was not sent away. Just not sure how old she was when my RI got her. She was not home-bred. But bought young I think

No I am not sure. She had her for many years though.

That is realy interesting. One of my RIs had what she described as an 'out and out' competition horse. At home she was a spooky mess and could only be schooled on a calm day, in warm sunshine with Mercury in reterograde..... At competitions she came off the box dry and calm, and spent the day...

@tristars I am not sure if that post where you quoted me was a full quote and you quoted someone else underneath me or whether the comment below my comments is you. Ie you asking me why I am being so aggressive and inviting me to think how that might come across to someone sensitive. I never...

This. Why the beef? Seems entirely unnecessary, patronising, arrogant and rude. For no obvious reason 🤷‍♀️ If someone has an issue with a specific bit of advice, critique it. Don't just imply you have superior knowlege, give the poster a bit of a kicking, then disengage.

True. But the pre Joe Midgley version of Lottie who needed to be ridden with a tonne of pressure on her head scored over 70% in a prelim when ridden by her trainer (before I switched to Joe). Not blaming the judges as it’s hard to tell how strong a hand is from a distance. Maybe they should have...

Ok here's an idea. Inspired by snow-boarding where they review video to see things like the grab, whether a hand touches the snow on landing etc - which is too hard to spot live, how about anonymous video judging. So a panel - which has to include someone specifically looking at harmony/tension...

Mylo still looks a bit weedy so I am not really doing much. Or maybe seeing Myka next to him makes him look gangly and weak. She's getting pretty solid. And he's 2 years younger than her which i sometimes forget and think if him as 1 year behind not 2. She was not backed till 4. I plan to back...

There’s an article in three Daily Mail about it too now. Not a paper I have any fondness for, but it does bring the issue to a very large audience. https://trib.al/OE4ZVyA

It's not lack of knowledge. It's not giving a sh....

Very interesting posts. Thanks! I don't mean literally telepathy but equally I think it's more subtle than using your body deliberately. If you have enough focus or clarity of intention, the body can't help but communicate that. So it feels like telepathy! Myka cantered better today when I...

I love jumping and I also ride much better in competition than at home. And I ride worst of all in warm ups! I then had an accident and after that got scared. For a while I gave up and told myself that this was a genuine preference when it was a fear based avoidance. I'd feel relief at ending a...