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First outing of 2025 for us tomorrow as the last was cancelled due to the snow storm (that never actually came to anything). Jack is...

How is it only mid-January?! Chilly lesson for me today but not icy. Not feeling well still so another mostly walk lesson with loads of...

Canter is definitely established in giant ginger and no airs above the ground at all. We're still mainly hacking but the arena work is...

Mine graduates to this thread too. I have no idea what my plans with her are 😂 It depends on how much my other two are costing me and...

Really interesting question. I'm coming from the perspective as someone who backs and produced lots of young horses over the years. I...

This is a good point and one I've been thinking about with my own youngster. I moved towards a more classical approach with my previous...

Rocky is 3 this year . He’s a good lad , does what I need him too . But being a fair chunk now I think it’s best to leave him until...

Spicy rising 3yo was so funny yesterday. Working on his back feet because he’s more reactive with them than I’d like - will pick up for...

I’m glad someone else likes the way he rides, I am a big fan , I’ve hated the forceful dressage riding which has been getting high marks...

And not forgetting this total sweetheart. How similar are they!!

I'm another who is interested in this thread but not sure I have the answer! I really enjoyed reading this post 👆🏻. I was thinking along...

Just to add, if you are going to event / SJ clinics where she is going sweetly on a very light contact and you are being told to...

Not sure how qualified I am to answer but I have evented at the upper levels (4*) and now doing fairly well at pure dressage, albeit...

Just revisiting this as I talked to Joe about it yesterday. The generic advice of: 'if you haven't got them connected in walk it won't...

It’s just a horse stood still, gawping round to the side…. I can’t see what anyone would be getting wound up about?