Have your horses benfitted from going to a 'pro' for schooling?

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Hello :)

Just curious as if your horses have benifitted from being schooled by a 'pro'/your instructor for a couple weeks? If so did you notice a difference? How long did they stay with them? What prices did you pay? Would my horse benifit from 2 weeks away? And any other infomation is helpful..:)

I'm looking for somebody with a good amount of eventing/re schooling TB's to event experience and only really considering one person at the moment. Had him since march and he's been out in the paddock fattening up and chilling out hacking since then with me, and am starting to lunge him long and low and was thinking of carrying on lunging him and lightly schooling him long and low then sending him to a pro for 2 weeks to learn more about schooling who has experience with ex racers, due to him being my first, as he has lots of potential and am alittle frightened of not doing it right at the start I suppose. Then after the 2 weeks carrying on having lessons with the same person.

Currently have one lady in mind whose about 35minutes down the road from me whose charging £200 a week,(reasonable?never sent to a pro before!), but if anybody could recommend anyone whose in the Wilts/Hants area iswell that would be great!

Looking forward to reading about everyones experiences :D
Thanks!
 
Yes! I've had numerous issues with my horse so my instructor (I keep him at a RS where she teaches) has worked with him for about a year now lol. I still ask her to ride him now and again because she gives him so much confidence that he is then able to give to me. She also started his xc/sj career. For me is has most definitely been worth it. I pay £10 per 1/2 hour for her to school him, although she invariably rides him for much longer than this.

Imo if you can find a good rider who can work with your horse and then work with you to show you the 'buttons' they have found, then it can be invaluble :)
 
I agree, my youngster went to stay with my trainer for 3 weeks - he rode her every day for a week, then I rode her with him for the second week and he rode again the third week and then she came home. We now have weekly / fortnightly lessons with him. It was the best money I have spent on her so far! He understands how she is 24 hours a day, how she reacts in the stable, field, school, out hacking etc etc. As a result he can work with us to help me understand how to get the best out of her and how to explain things to her without any pressure. Occasionally when we are finding something difficult I will ask him to get on and see how she feels, last time he said he wouldn't have realised the full extent of what was going on just from watching us on the ground - even though he knows her so well. Definitely worth the money if you can find the right person to work with. I feel like I know my horse inside out now, and I'd had her nearly a year before I started working with him.
 
Hi, my horse has benfitted from being ridden by a pro. I am though a naturally suspicious person and I have the pro come to me once a week to ride and again later in the week to teach me on my horse. This allows me to watch, make sure that nothing is being done to him that I would disagree with, question the rider after each session, that I can do what the pro does (I dont see the point in someone else being able to piaffe my horse if I cant keep up the training) and that a stable jocky is not 'standing in' for the pro I am paying for. This of course means that I cant use a 'big name' but I am lucky to have a very good pro rider/instructor not far away and the extra money I pay him above what a normal instructor would get does not come to £200 a week.
 
One of mine has been to my instructor a few times, and he has her for 2 or 3 weeks at a time. The price varies depending on how many days he rides her, and from memory I thinks it's roughly £15 a day on non work days & £30 a day when he rides her. I could be wrong there but it's a rough guideline.

What I will say is that whilst it's been great for her it still doesn't guarantee that I can get the same results when I get on her :D
 
OH is a professinal trainer, has competed all around the world and was stable jockey for one of the very top names in eventing for many years. We have quite a few 'problem' horses come to us for schooling. Depending on the horse and its 'problems' we would usually have them in for 2/4weeks (riding them 6/7 days per week if their fitness allows)with just us working them and once we have overcome the 'problems' we have the owners come to have lessons on the horse for another few weeks here to teach them how to get through the sticky patches themselves. There is no point us teaching the horses how to behave or work only for them to go home, have their old riders back on and take the pee again. We charge between £120 and £140 per week all inclusive.
 
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