How to Excel At Being Average

Not much has happened lately.  With numerous BeastfromtheEast weather fronts, and snow and ice every weekend, it's been safer to stay home!  What has happened though, we have learned from Dressage - how to warm up We almost got 70% this month!  So close with 69.81%... In the warm up other riders were having issues with overly bouncy horses, and some riders were so focused there were actually a few crashes.  Beau is pretty wise though, and when two horses crashed right in front of us he simply stopped, waited and trotted right on as if nothing had happened!  The result of this chaos was a particularly useless warm up from me because i was just trying to steer round everyone else CVRC chairman Amanda was on hand, and seeing that we were just aimlessly bimbling about waiting to be called, she got me working on lateral work and transitions to get him listening - this was a complete revelation!  He was so attentive, soft and rideable in the test I truly believed we might get a 70

Cherwell Valley Riding Club knows the value of learning. The team knows that it’s important for everybody to be up to date in their riding, horse care and knowledge to ensure we are all giving our horses the best life we can. So when the opportunity to run a course leading to a certificate in Essential Horse Care came up, we grabbed it! Day One The group met at our committee member Rachel’s house for the first session, where she had laid out chocolate treats for us all. The first thing we all did was go and see the beautiful foals she has! Then, down to business. Annette from BRC HQ came along to take some photos and introduce us all to the course (and kindly made us all a coffee) We all completed a short form to indicate our memberships (BHS, BRC, BD etc) and so that the tutor, Emma, could learn our names. The attendees were roughly half juniors and half seniors – the juniors being at somewhat of an advantage because they’ve been working their way through the Pony Club tests Emm