Posts Written By Chloë

I booked a half day off work today to take D for some XC schooling, but because the weather has been so bad everywhere was shut! So instead we boxed a few miles down the road to hire a local arena and some show jumps. All winter I have tried to keep D’s jumping ticking over, but have been pretty limited to popping the odd grid or individual fence, and haven’t jumped a round for 6 months!!! I was SO pleased with how he jumped today, he was relaxed, athletic, listened to me, and generally gave me that great feeling…

I have been lusting after a headcam or similar device for quite some time now, so when a colleague of mine upgraded, and decided to sell his GoPro HD Hero2 I snapped it up! The weather has been atrocious for the last few weeks and even though GoPros are waterproof I didn’t fancy taking it out to capture some dank, gloomy, wet footage, so in true fair weather rider fashion I booked an indoor arena to do some gridwork, and play with my new toy. Watching the footage back it seems I have a talent for filming my chin, arena…

The other day I looked up Dustry’s BD record and was pretty shocked by what I found! I guess unless you really stop and take stock of what you are doing and where you have come from it’s very easy to lose sight of your progress and what’s been achieved along the way. I’ve never really considered myself as being very good at dressage, I’ve always thought of myself as more of ‘a cross country rider’. I’ve spent hours studying my BE record, and I’m proud of the fact that I’ve only ever incurred 2x stops XC throughout 6x seasons,…

Katie’s fab photo has been approved by Vogue Italia‘s picture editors and has made the cut to be published on their website. Gobsmacked is an understatement. I never thought in my wildest dreams I would be in Vogue, especially not wearing breeches and an orange fleece!!! hahhha Kudos to Katie for taking and submitting the pic.  

So there I was schooling away in the dark tonight, when I hear *click click click* uh oh! it’s the nocturnal paparazzi, they’ve found us! No doubt tomorrow we will be all over the ‘column of shame’ in the Daily Mail for our frankly feeble Monday night flatwork efforts. I’l be forced to go on some sort of body transformation boot camp, and lose 2/3rds of my body mass and Dustry will be exposed as a love rat, stringing along two mares who just happen to be in adjacent fields! But thankfully out of the gloom came Katie Mortimore our…

Dressage, love it or hate it, its importance in all equestrian activities can’t be denied. If you are anything like me you probably have a vague fuzzy idea that dressage has its origins in the military but didn’t know much more than that. So here’s a little potted history of the evolution of dressage for those who are interested… 430-c.354 BCE The earliest record of dressage training is a work published by a Greek cavalry officer and historian Xenophon called ‘Hippike’ which translates as ‘On Horsemanship’. His approach was that horses should be trained by gaining their trust and allowing the…

This recent wet weather makes being a horse owner less and less desirable, and collecting stamps instead more and more appealing! I think I reached my limit with the constant rain when I arrived at the yard one weekday morning to find Dustry’s stable flooded and him stood on top of his floating rubber matting! Anyhow we try and battle on despite the weather, and even though it has been atrocious having the lorry and a local indoor to hire has been a godsend and helped us keep training going through the winter months. I know all horse owners are…

HOLD YOUR HORSES, THE #GHEGIVEAWAY JUST GOT EVEN BETTER! (15/12/13) We now have an additional prize! The 4th name pulled out of the hat will now win… 3x TUBES OF DR D’S TASTY TREATS Get your entry in quick, competition closes December 20th!!! Big thanks to Dr D’s Tasty Treats for the prize. (all previous entries are still valid and eligible to win 1 f the 4 prizes on offer) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Roll up, roll up it’s a Christmas #gifthorsegiveaway! YOU COULD WIN 1 OF 3 FAB PRIZES….. A PROTEXIN EQUINE PREMIUM STARER PACK AND SADDLE CLOTH MOUNTAIN HORSE WINTER WARMERS…