Larkfield Dressage

Larkfield Dressage Larkfield Dressage, home of Grand Prix rider Serena Gordon, lessons for all ages and abilities keeping the horses welfare as the top priority.

Larkfield Dressage is run by Serena Gordon, Grand Prix rider, BD Group 2, UKCC qualified coach, trained by Carl Hester. Lessons for all ages and abilities with a sympathetic, friendly approach. Fantastic facilities, outdoor and indoor schools with mirrors and great surfaces in peaceful surroundings.

Productive day 💪 Bingo and Cookie did groundwork, I'm still amazed at how much I love doing the groundwork, it's fascina...
14/09/2026

Productive day 💪 Bingo and Cookie did groundwork, I'm still amazed at how much I love doing the groundwork, it's fascinating and so rewarding, and the horses love it too.
Then this afternoon I took Lily out for another arena hire, she loaded and appeared to travel well, but the poor girl got very sweaty again, I have a feeling that she'd be fine if I travelled her with another horse, but I need to find a way for her to feel confident by herself.
Other than that she was such a good girl, we went to Solihull, and the arena was beautifully dressed, Lily is a funny girl, she goes up very quickly, but comes down equally fast. She was huffing and puffing on tiptoes on her first lap of the arena, then after she'd seen everything once she was totally relaxed and walking on the buckle, and never looked at anything else again. Very pleased with her, although I think we'll struggle to get her to shows in the morning, as she really loves her morning sleeps 💤

I know that so many people have negative things to say about mares, "grumpy", "mareish", " temperamental" etc, but my ma...
13/09/2026

I know that so many people have negative things to say about mares, "grumpy", "mareish", " temperamental" etc, but my mares are a tag team, working together to make sure that day or night one of them requires cuddles 🤣🖤🤎. Lily takes the day shift, Cookie takes care of the night.

12/09/2026

Lily learnt a new thing 🤎 she's such a trier, and I'm really enjoying getting to know her and building our partnership.

First arena hire today for Lily, I'm taking things a little slowly, because in all my time working with horses, I've nev...
09/09/2026

First arena hire today for Lily, I'm taking things a little slowly, because in all my time working with horses, I've never regretted going slowly, especially in the beginning.
When Lily arrived she was quite wired and reactive, But in the last week or so she's definitely decided that she likes it here and she's let go of her tension and relaxed, and it's lovely to see. I think it's so important not to underestimate how stressful moving homes can be for a horse, so I always try my best to stay calm and consistent (even more than usual!) and let the horse adjust to their new home.
She's been delightful to ride and a sweetheart on the ground, there's something very endearing about her, and her slightly clumsy affection!
So today was our first outing, she loaded and seemed to travel well, but she did sweat a bit on the lorry which unfortunately shows she was feeling anxious even if she wasn't showing it outwardly. She had a good look at everything, huffed and puffed a bit, but didn't do anything wrong, and then she was lovely to ride, pretty much the same as at home, so I'm delighted with her, as first outings go, I couldn't ask for much more.

Pilates this evening, and I always hope that after my horses work, they feel like I do after a good pilates class. Tire...
03/09/2026

Pilates this evening, and I always hope that after my horses work, they feel like I do after a good pilates class. Tired in a nice way, with a really good feeling in my muscles, nicely challenged and stretched, it's my goal for the horses to finish their work feeling like that.
Lily is realising that balancing herself on my hands is unacceptable, and she using her own, not insignificant muscles and doing some lovely work, I'm so pleased with her attitude, she's such a trier.
(Yes, she has the mane of a highland pony!)

01/09/2026

Such a good puppy today! Six weeks in and we are starting to build our partnership nicely 🤎

Facebook memories did well today, this was the first time I saw wonderful Wonky in reality 💖 I'd seen videos, I bought h...
30/08/2026

Facebook memories did well today, this was the first time I saw wonderful Wonky in reality 💖 I'd seen videos, I bought him from a video, but this was when I went to Germany and saw a two year old Wonky and fell in love with him even more, I dared to dream, and he gave back to me in spades.

28/08/2026

Not too shabby for a horse that had absolutely no medium trot, just shows what patience, training with the genius of the Master can achieve 💞

Bingo, he is the very definition of trusting the process. I was very lucky at the beginning of my dressage journey to t...
26/08/2026

Bingo, he is the very definition of trusting the process. I was very lucky at the beginning of my dressage journey to train with the amazing Mrs P, and she and my beloved mare Beanie, taught me from the start that there are no short cuts, and training is not about being flashy or fancy, it's about steady, systematic work. It was a fantastic way to start, and I've never deviated from that belief.
Carl always tells me to train Bingo to grand prix and that'll make him a different horse, and of course, he's right.
As we get closer to GP the better he gets in every way. This week he's been brilliant, the contact has been good almost all the time, and he's just skipped through the work making it feel easy. He was doing flip flops on the wall like it was nothing, all the other tempis are good, lateral work feels lovely. Carl is so right (no surprise there!) the more confident he becomes in the higher level work, the better he is at everything else, the definition of trusting the process 💞

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