I came over all Blue Peter this weekend and decided to make a SJ training paddock. I scrounged some fences, that were lying about unloved in the back car park, and cobbled together this little lot! Skinny with guide rails that doubles up as a corner, and the skinny can be made even trickier [...]

Mr Jack Fry is now ready to rock and roll he has had his shoes done, physio checked, and is now about to start his re-schooling. Yesterday I hacked him out for the first time, and he was a poppet. We walked out round the farm, and had a short trot on the way back [...]

I came accross Equine Premium on my BE CDT day as they are one of the CDT sponsors. Jonathan from Equine Premium saw my blog, got in touch, and kindly offered to drop in some product when he was in the area.
Soap is not on any additional suppliments and with his planned increased work/competition load [...]

After all my extensive preparation we set off for Tdown. The ground had recovered really well from Thursday, and was almost perfect going. I picked up my numbers, got my new hats tagged, and walked the XC before my dressage. A few questions on the XC a downhill double of fat bull finches which I [...]

…or so the saying goes, so with our first Intro of the season at Tweseldown fast approaching this Sunday I have been preparing like mad!
My preparation includes…
- Pacing out 1 stride doubles until I know the “feel” for 7yds
- Practising tricky sections of the dressage test, working on straightness, rythm, collection, and nice square halts.
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