Amy567
Well-Known Member
So, I have an ex racehorse that I'm retraining, he's really coming on well. He has 2 and a half nice paces (canter is still a little speedy) and improving with every schooling session. He has a nice clean, neat jump but doesn't over jump too much, just enough for me to feel safe! He isn't the bravest and takes all his confidence from me, which really shows when I forget to ride him vs when I ride him properly. So we've had a few stops jumping - completely my fault, I drop my hands, collapse my diaphragm and so he stops (I had 3 years off - working on this!).
I took him Cross Country schooling today with a friends mum and my mum, said friend is a former 2* event rider and her mum is also very knowledgeable and encouraging. She basically told me to get my a*se in gear and ride him properly! And it worked! He did so well, with horrible ground conditions on not very well maintained ground! We had one big hiccup at the end, he didn't like the ditches though he's jumped them before - could be many reasons, I was tired as was he, something was in the distance and really distracting him and thy have running water in them.
Anyway, getting to the point, friends mum said that I should try BE on him towards the end of the season (Sept/Oct). It'll obviously be a BE90, I'm taking him to a hunter trial at Little Downham next Sunday to give us something to look forwards to - it'll be our first event including XC. I would, however, like to hire a BE course to see if we as a team can handle the BE fences. Can anyone suggest a course in Lincolnshire/Cambridgeshire/Leicestershire/Northamptonshire (preferably within 40 miles of Peterborough) that has some simpler jumps and some harder ones that are up to BE standard. We've been to Aylesford a couple of times and I plan to go again - is there anywhere else?
I took him Cross Country schooling today with a friends mum and my mum, said friend is a former 2* event rider and her mum is also very knowledgeable and encouraging. She basically told me to get my a*se in gear and ride him properly! And it worked! He did so well, with horrible ground conditions on not very well maintained ground! We had one big hiccup at the end, he didn't like the ditches though he's jumped them before - could be many reasons, I was tired as was he, something was in the distance and really distracting him and thy have running water in them.
Anyway, getting to the point, friends mum said that I should try BE on him towards the end of the season (Sept/Oct). It'll obviously be a BE90, I'm taking him to a hunter trial at Little Downham next Sunday to give us something to look forwards to - it'll be our first event including XC. I would, however, like to hire a BE course to see if we as a team can handle the BE fences. Can anyone suggest a course in Lincolnshire/Cambridgeshire/Leicestershire/Northamptonshire (preferably within 40 miles of Peterborough) that has some simpler jumps and some harder ones that are up to BE standard. We've been to Aylesford a couple of times and I plan to go again - is there anywhere else?