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What a beautiful morning to be riding and watching the sun come up. Great to be back in the saddle after 6 weeks off!
20/01/2023

What a beautiful morning to be riding and watching the sun come up. Great to be back in the saddle after 6 weeks off!

26/11/2022

Happy faces after a successful rider analysis this week… more to follow 🎉

13/08/2022

We found some grass!!!

Oh and we jumped right "Ditch of death" this morning with no fuss!❤️❤️❤️

A yard day out at Elms Farm Equestrian Centre with Norton Disney Equestrian Ali & Holly doing the 80 & 90. Gemma was bac...
07/08/2022

A yard day out at Elms Farm Equestrian Centre with Norton Disney Equestrian Ali & Holly doing the 80 & 90. Gemma was back to her old self, forward and excited. I didn't think for second that she was having second thoughts. Came 5th in the 80 and 2nd in the 90. Thanks to Sam Hobbs Eventing for the coaching and confidence. Thanks to Teya Weller for the videos (in the comments)

10/07/2022

An incredibly hot day today with temps peaking at 30c. Team jumping with Rearsby, we were in and out and back to the yard in under 3 hours. She jumped well but for a cheeky refusal at a random yellow jump. Team came 4th. Thanks to Nicki Grayson for the video 📸and to Helen Garner for the eggs 🥚

Back home for a well deserved cold beer 🍺

15/05/2022

There were a lot of reasons why it didn't go well yesterday at Chatsworth Arena Eventing. We hadn't had much practice XC except at home, it was the first time on grass and wearing studs and it was a massive event with lots of distractions. The show jumping went alright although I couldn't get her to focus and underneath me. She put in three dirty stops, starting from the last SJ, then the 1st XC fence heading towards the crowd and finally another jump heading towards the crowd again.
It just wasn't fun, nearly being dumped 3 times. She used to find this easy and was reliable. She loves jumping at home but doesn't get on well with the stress of events.
She's going to have a week off and I'm going to think about how I feel about becoming a happy hacker.

After a bit more practice at home, off we went to . This time we entered the 85cm and 90 Open. She took a dislike to thi...
01/05/2022

After a bit more practice at home, off we went to . This time we entered the 85cm and 90 Open. She took a dislike to this fence in the first round, but second time she flew over. The course just went up for the 90, so rode it much more confidently. I have to say it's one of the very few photos of me jumping where I am actually SMILING 😊 thank you to for capturing the moment.
Being out on your own is sometimes a little confidence shaking, but everyone I met yesterday was absolutely lovely. Very friendly place and I will definitely be going again!

16/04/2022

Some fun in the sun yesterday 🐎☀️

Gemma was loving life yesterday as we popped round the XC. Swishing her tail and having fun. So good to be back out there. I had the biggest smile on my face 😁

Thanks to for being my wing-woman and motivator!

If she was jumping like this, why did she put two dirty stops in at the next fence? Not sure if it was a bad day at the ...
11/04/2022

If she was jumping like this, why did she put two dirty stops in at the next fence? Not sure if it was a bad day at the office or she's not up for this any more.

📸 Your Moment Photography

Today I went to to volunteer in the show jumping collecting ring for the Intermediate sections. Had a wonderful time, ...
02/04/2022

Today I went to to volunteer in the show jumping collecting ring for the Intermediate sections. Had a wonderful time, especially as the weather was kind and not too cold. The course looked an up to height 1.2m and was good to see the professionals in action with some amazing scopey horses. Managed to sneak a few pictures and my enjoyed my chats with the lovely .jones.equestrian and 🐎❤️

08/03/2022

Anxious or Calm? It starts off their backs.

I have watched thousands of humans deal with horses over the last 70 years. So much of how horses behave has to to with whether or not they are anxious or calm, and so much about whether the horse is anxious or calm depends upon how it is handled---I think---

Watch the way a good horse person catches a horse in a field, how they put the halter on, how they lead the horse, how they handle the horse on cross-ties, how they groom, how they tack up, how they mount, and then, after they are on the horse, how they warm up.

I don’t think with the better horse people you will see much drama. You won’t see yanking and snatching and slapping. You won’t hear lots of yelling. You will see quiet movement, almost deliberate handling, consistency, and when the horse gets tricky, like sticks its head way up to get bridled, there won’t be a big deal, lots of patience.

You won’t see the saddle getting slammed on the horse’s back, or the girth getting cranked tight, maybe the horse being kneed in the belly to “make him let out his breath.”
There just won’t be all that hassle and drama.

And once the rider IS on, you will see calm walking, no insta-contact, no feeling of rush or hurry, or frenzy.

All of this is not about riding skills or training while riding, but it is a prelude to that, and usually how you see a human deal with horses OFF their backs will give you a pretty good clue about what you will see when you watch them ride.

After a few weeks of poles and gymnastic jumping over small jumps, we ventured out on Saturday for a jump clinic in Coll...
28/02/2022

After a few weeks of poles and gymnastic jumping over small jumps, we ventured out on Saturday for a jump clinic in Collingham with Adam at Jump Elite. Started out a little green but very quickly got our eye back in. Gemma seemed to enjoy it too.

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Lincoln
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