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I don’t believe they are normally a required no. I have been on a three day randonnée and was not asked. The center may ask the galop level you are at so that they can gauge your riding ability but shouldn’t be a barrier to actually riding. Even unaffiliated shows require galop exams. An...

What a gorgeous little horse!

Hi i loved my time at summer camp, was a great experience although hard work!! I was also in California, in the mountains on the edge of a national park (big trees) absolutely gorgeous place. Main problem myself and the fellow cousellors had was that we were all from Europe and arrived to...

Several years ago I went to the Yorkshire Riding Centre, good facilities and horses plus lovely food in the farmhouse accommodation. You can select more experienced instructors to concentrate on a specific area as I remember.

Well done you! You are an inspiration to me (and others) coming back to riding after surgery/accident. X

I watched it a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it! I have only been able to find it in French. My French is ok but like JCWhite mentioned sure it would be worth watching even if your struggled with the dialog. 'jappeloup's' scenes were the best anyway! ;)

Signed from neighbouring Switzerland ;)

Wow, seems like he took the epic journey in his stride! Your new stables look amazing and sure you will appreciate the lack of need for wellies and waterproofs in winter! I also live outside of uk and your comparisons would be really interesting to read! Enjoy!

I had a horse on loan for almost 3 years and owner never visited. We sent Xmas cards with photos and a phone call very occasionally. I did think it was strange but we were a 2 hour drive away they had several other horses competing at home so I guess they were not as 'attached' to the horse as...

hello, thanks all for the advice, consensus seems to be aim for him having an appreciation of horses rather than become an equestrian himself :) Hopefully we will manage a trip to Badminton next year (limiting to the Saturday with plenty of action!) and see how we go from there. I might even...

Haha, surely you are never stuck having lost a shoe on the plus side :) I have 25 yrs headstart on him so hoping it won't be an issue :)

Thanks :) Was just hoping he didn't know what he was missing as definitely non horsey upbringing :)

Ah, I used to really enjoy the 'but the horse does it all'' comments. The only time oh saw me ride I managed to fall off with accident number 1, dosent help my argument ;) well done on training for yard job !

Hello, thanks for the replys! I needed to have my cruciate ligament repaired so full recovery 6-9months (am one month in!) hence need to do something until then, after having let my h&h subscription lapse started viewing online and discovered the forum so that's keeping me occupied :) Sorry to...

Hello all, first post so please be kind! Have been missing my horsey fix as spend the last 18months sidelined due to various injurys (one horsey, one not). Still in recovery mode after a recent op and was hoping to go to watch some events while I can't ride but catch is I live abroad and...