Recent content by Welshie17

I have a 5yo homebred mare who is wonderful in every way... but she will not jump! I've done all the ground work with her, she's taken to everything brilliantly and moves beautifully. She was bred for dressage and we had some great results this year so if that's the only route we can go down I...

Thanks everyone. I've tried 4 instructors so far - two were near on useless and had worse results than I did, one advised me to keep him just as a happy hacker and not worry too much about what his hindquarters were up to and the last one we had some success with albeit for the majority she was...

Thank you for your reply. I do carry a whip but he can be lazy and a quick swat with the whip has very little effect! It's getting him to work full stop let alone getting him to work harder although I do always make sure we end on a good note even if it means I physically have to lead him...

Hi all I've browsed the forum for a while but this is my first post - please be kind! I have a middleweight cob who is great to hack, but hates any form of schooling. This isn't so much a problem in the summer, but come winter it is a nightmare as it's not always possible to hack out in...