RM Equine Training

04/10/2021

Two new Working Equitation clinic dates!

Bookings via www.rmequinetraining.co.uk/clinics

11/08/2021

Reminder that all my pricing info and any clinic dates coming up are available on my website

RM Equine Training is run by me, Rebecca (Bex), and I am a professional rider and coach I am a BHS APC and have over a decade of experience professionally riding, coaching, and grooming at top level in the equestrian world. I have groomed and ridden out for Olympic eventers, Point to Point trainers,...

08/08/2021

08/08/2021

Today at Fairoak Grange we held a Training Competition for everyone. It was a great day, mostly avoiding the rain! Fabulous turnout and lots of people attending their first WE competition as well as some old faces making the journey.
Some really good riding, especially at the bridge which suited the training set up well with the riders having plenty of time to get over it and help if needed. Everyone got the chance to work on their nerves in full kit and full coaching support (and fellow competitor support!) and got round all the obstacles. So proud of you all!

Everyone rode so well and we all had a lovely day. The walk and trot all on level points going into the speed!

I'm so happy you all came and gave it a go and hopefully we'll run another training comp next year!

Results below!
Pics will be available from the wonderful Joe Gros
Thanks to Carol Atkins for judging, and to all competitors for coming!

20/07/2021

Working Equitation Training Competition
8th August
Lovely introductory competition for those wanting to give the full three phases a go or a great way to work on some specific skills without the pressure of a regional or national!
Open to all levels from Walk and Trot to Advanced
Spectator tickets also available
Further details and booking www.rmequinetraining.co.uk/competitions

12/07/2021

Training competition - Working Equitation 8th August
This WILL BE CANCELLED if not enough entries are made.
Great first time out for WE with your horse as I'll be on hand to help you with any obstacles if you get a bit stuck!
Entries via www.rmequinetraining.co.uk/competitions

06/06/2021

What a busy day! Left at 7am to go to a driving competition with four different turnouts, three of which haven't been out to a competition before.
The day was filled with so many harness changes and bits of vehicle changes for the team.
The team did brilliantly and got a double clear in cones, and went clear and increasingly fast in the obstacles, even with some amusing directional decisions.
One of the tandems also had its first outing and did brilliant obstacles, but a little bit of trouble in cones with an unfortunate fluke tongue over bit moment with the most sensitive pony. After that was sorted the cones drove beautifully.
Sarah's brilliant multiples turnouts came 2nd (team) and 3rd (tandem) thanks to some fantastic driving and brave ponies.
Our third turnout was Gab a junior who has had a wildly busy half term. She had the most experienced pony who was very cross about the changed format for the event but pulled a clear cones and fast obstacles with a very unfortunate ball down. She drove amazingly well in some real midday heat and ended 4th in Novice Pony!
I had the final turnout, with the baby pony who was having a nice day out to further her training. She has been in the big carriage twice before, hasn't been in an arena by herself before, done cones or obstacles by herself before,and really hasn't done much single work.SShe went clear in the cones and really started pulling into draught which was fantastic. Her obstacles were slow but smooth and she gained so much confidence that by obstacle 4 she even offered some canter on a few tighter turns which was great. I had the fun of Sarah as my backstep which was very entertaining and meant we had quite a nice chat as we went round 😂
All in all an incrediblybbusy day! If we weren't driving or back stepping we were changing harness or bits of carriage! A really wonderful day and lovely to come back with a rosette for each turnout.

03/06/2021

New Working Equitation clinic date 26th June at Fairoak Grange near Newbury. Details on my website

All clinics will be listed here. Book your place or contact me for more information. Clinics in 2020/21 have been affected by Covid-19 and so any cancelations or postponements will be updated here …

21/05/2021

Hanna will be off to her first Working Equitation competition tomorrow. She went SJ at Rectory on Thursday and had a lovely double clear with Tiana as I'm very much not fit enough for SJ yet post surgery.

Hanna had a bath and I somehow managed to get "plaits" into her mane. She has the thickest coarsest mane ever and plaiting it is always a nightmare. It's not long enough for a running plait and too long for neat eventing plaits. It's too bouncy at the moment for dressage roses so I've basically just smushed it up into awful lumpy plaits in the middle. The top and bottom plaits are lovely - especially where her mane has been rubbed thin! Perfect!
She has a very nice forelock plait that no one will see because she'll have a hat on.

Hoping the wind dies down by tomorrow morning so I can get the trailer out safely.

Hoping she enjoys the day out and doesn't run out of hay!

Little pic of my gate in the arena today in gale force winds. So glad I built it nice and solid because it stood up no problem and survived Hanna trying to eat it.