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I took my 1 in March this year and wore a navy v-neck jumper with a shirt and tie for my stage 1. I got the jumper from gap and the tie was a £1 from a charity shop! As I was doing the riding section as well I had jobs and boots but yes ruth83 is correct you can wear a tidy pair of trousers...

Thank you Hedge_pig for the info, your post was really helpful. One question - does Rayne have an indoor school? I didn't see a mention of it on their website and am a bit worried what will happen if it pours down on exam day! I guess just grin and bear it?! :D I aplan to have a couple of...

Thank you! Yes Stage 2 exam is in the next couple of months... :eek:

Hi, thanks for all the advice, very encouraging! I hadn't even heard of the bhs standard setting days so I shall definitely research more into them. Off to practice my lunging now :)

Thank everyone for your comments! Glad you found the post interesting! X

Thank you! And I have taken note re your counter canter comment , thanks for the advice :)

Thanks! Encouraging to hear how far you have got whilst working full time. She did have a martingale on which was I put the saddle on after the bridle :)

...continued from previous post The last section covered the feeding/watering part of Unit 3. We all sat in the feed room on hay bales for this. We had Ms X again as our examiner. She asked us to show how we would carry certain things - water buckets, haynet and a straw bale. I had to...

continued from previous post... The next stage was the ridden section: Riding horses on the flat and over ground poles in the light seat, which I was dreading the most! We were each allocated a horse and were then asked to trot the horse up. Remember to turn the horse away from you! I...

I saw that somone else had written about their BHS Stage 1 exam (which I found very helpful!) , so I thought I would add my exam experience as well, in case anyone is interested. I took my Stage 1 in March this year (2013). I will also add my Riding & Road Safety exam experience at some point...

Hi, thanks this is great - I am definitely going to have a couple of lessons at Rayne before my exam. I will also be doing a mock at Runningwell (Rayne don't offer them) so hopefully this will help as well. We are practising lungeing in our lessons at the moment and I have been doing it a lot...

It's good to hear from someone who has successfully done it, thank you for the encouragement!

Thanks Daydreamer! Yes I have to agree all the training, exams and gear is costing me a small fortune which is why I have to keep working (and keep entering the lottery!) Thanks for the offer of the instructor name, I have an instructor at the mo (although not a BHSII) and Colchester is a...

Hi all, I'm new to the forum and have a few questions that I am hoping some of you could answer for me. Any help or advice would me much appreciated :) Here goes (excuse the list!) 1) I'm taking my Stage 2 in July (2013) and was wondering if anyone had taken theirs recently? If you have...