October Inbetweener - We're in print!

Worth its own blog post
Words fail me :D

Not only has Mr Grumpy transformed me from a 'terminally terrified' person too scared to get onto a horse into a 'mildly worried' person happy to try almost anything - he has got us into print - TWICE in one month!! Not stock photos this time either, actually about us!

The amazing Equetech photo shoot is written up in December 2017 Horse and Rider magazine, and the SEIB BRC Quadrille Finals are written up in November 2nd 2017's Horse and Hound!

Love him :)

Comments

May 2016

March’s weather proved challenging for us in the wilds of Northants. The mud was becoming unbearable, but perhaps more so the cattle shed muckings out in the nearby farmyard. So we moved both horses to our dear friend and neighbour’s yard down the road. (The humans can close the window…) They now have grass and more space, and my sister Tory keeps her horse there too so we can all play ponies together – perfect. I am unbearably excited about the approaching Spring and Summer now – it seems as though opportunities for improvement are everywhere – not least because the boys’ new landlady is Mrs Motivator and doesn’t let me get away with the old stock excuses of ‘it’s raining’, or ‘he’s too lively to ride today (very rare)’! I intend to grab eac h advancement and build on it as much as I can Progress? I had another lesson with Jonathan Canty just before the Cherwell Valley RC dressage competition on March 26th, and we practised strategies for impro...

Later in April 2017 - Flopjogs and Jumpies

Beau Bayou Blog - Later in April 2017 Flopjogs, jumpies, Easter Eggs and finally graduating from 'Terminally Terrified' Combined Training Qualifier This has to have been Beau's favourite month with me so far! We've been jump training with Alison to try and get my head round the whole jumping thing ready for the combined training qualifier on 9th April. My issue has never been with the actual jumping, but for some reason cantering round a course of jumps was filling me with terror. So we went right back to basics and used trot/canter poles, and small jumps at trot. We then graduated to jumps fro trot with no poles, and finally hired a small course at Glebe Farm in Northants to attempt jumping more than one fence. Beau loves his jumping. Lots. In fact he loves it so much he once finished an arena eventing course after his jockey fell off at fence 3! He is also very soft in the mouth, but strong, so bitting has been a challenge. ...

Comfort Gut Standard, Pro and Ultimate. Miracle panacea?

Of our 4 horses 3 of them needed a boost of some kind or another. Beau had ulcers in his youth, Parker is a stress-head and Stella is a busybody who loses confidence in stress situations I read that once a horse has had ulcers, they either always have them or always have the risk of recurrence. Beau has always shown irritation when being girthed up. I always do it gradually and only as tight as it needs to be which is really important, especially if the girth has elastic inserts. It's hard to tell whether that's just his grumpiness (he likes his own space best) or discomfort, but I decided not to take a chance and started him on Comfort Gut Parker is a big stressy juggernaut. Most days he is fine and relaxed and settled. However some days he worries if Beau is not in eye-shot, or if he is in eye-shot. He worries if someone else is being exercised, or if nobody is being exercised! His droppings have a tendency to a pat-like consistency,...

How to Excel At Being Average

Search This Blog