Tonight, my young rider found her horse tense and spooky at the various secretive noises in the dark. The horse is very quick on his feet and very agile when he spooks so she was understandably nervous herself. I would like to share with you a few steps that I followed with this pair tonight…
Today I would like to invite anyone who is up for it to take part in a little “first time when” challenge 🙂 I will start with my own “first time when” video… I can’t even start to tell you how many things I see wrong on it 😉 One rider told me today that…
The main competition season is approaching and you are training hard to prepare for your first show. You start to feel those very familiar nerves from last weekend. What if I make a mistake in my riding? What if my horse spooks? What if we forget the test? These are only a few of the…
Interesting new initiative in the UK and Ireland for show-jumpers of all levels… Equihunter [Equihunter] The phenomenal growth in popularity of the new show jumping league Cashjumpingâ„¢ continues as it is announced this morning that the first competition will be held in Northern Ireland this coming Saturday 1st March. The Meadows Equestrian Centre – Northern Ireland’s…
The phrase that made the title of today’s post is what someone had typed into google a few days ago and came across Aspire’s blog. I watch the “search engine terms” for clues on what to write about to bring helpful content to you dear readers out there. Other terms along the same line in…
The news of the day is that we came 2nd in Category: Best Use of Social Media by a Riding School at 2014 Equestrian Social Media Awards! Huge thank you to everyone who voted for Aspire and to the ESMA judges who decided we were worthy the mention 🙂 Congratulations to the People’s Choice Winner…
On behalf of a Twitter friend: this lovely chap is looking for a new home, perhaps he sounds like the one you are looking for? Open to ANY offers:
Riding might be an art and science married together which makes it seemingly a bottomless well of possibilities but let’s try to short list a few things an average ambitious rider can do to better their skills month after month instead of stagnating in one murky pond 😉 There is no particular order here: 1)…
Spring is definitely in the air in many areas of the UK. I am really looking forward to welcoming riders who grabbed the early bird offer on Aspire’s fresh new 2014 courses starting on the 8th of March and hope the sun won’t let us down 🙂 There are a few places still available so if…
With the hip bone connected to the back bone, and the back bone connected to the neck bone, and the neck bone connected to the head bone, Oh mercy how they scare! James Weldon Johnson Why are we so obsessed with a closed mouth? Could it be because an opened mouth clearly shows all shortcomings…
