Event Reports
Report on ‘Cross Country Matters’ at Ballylanigan House
A very successful evening was organised by Faith Ponsonby BHSI, Irish Representative, and Jillie Rogers BHSI Chairman of the Association of Fellows and Instructors of the British Horse Society on 7th April. “Cross Country Matters” was the topic delivered to a full house at Ballylanigan House Mullinahone Co Tipperary by kind permission of Faith and…
Read MoreF&I Training Day at Moulton College
This day of training was planned with the concept of being interesting and informative with combined theory and practical management sessions. The focus touched on fittening and training the athlete, both as a horse and rider, and the correct usage of 2 medical technologies that enhances recovery from injury for horse and rider with the…
Read MoreJumping Report from the F & I day at Wellington with coach Richard Waygood
I must admit I went to Wellington with a tinge of disappointment having pulled out of my jumping slot, scheduled for the afternoon, only the day before but, I told myself it would still be good for me to go and watch Richard coach and how right I was!!! With three sessions in the morning…
Read MoreFlatwork Report from the Wellington training day with coach Jude Murphy FBHS
Jude showed her stamina with a full days teaching at Wellington Riding on 10/3/15. There was a real variety of types of horses at various stages in training and Jude showed her wealth of experience and versatility in coaching us all through exercises and work that produced results. It is always interesting to watch and…
Read MoreNational Equine Forum Report
Lord De Mauley opened proceedings on the Defra View to develop a data base by the end of the year mainly aimed at preventing unsafe meat getting into the food chain. He spoke of the current bill now going through which will enable local authorities to go on to private land to retrieve fly grazing…
Read MoreRider’s report from the Talland Training Day
On the 26th January 2015 we were privileged to be able to ride at The Talland School of Equitation, Under the watchful eye of Pammy Hutton FBHS. The morning. Was split into Two groups both of which were able to ride in two sessions with a variety of horses ranging from youngsters to horses working advanced /Grand Prix.…
Read MoreReport on F and I training day at Talland with Pammy Hutton FBHS.
On Monday 26th of January, a training day was held at Talland, the first one to be held here since 2008. We were obviously in for an inspirational day – much catching up having to be done! Pammy’s aims were – Helping riders find their way with the horses Answering questions. Having recently completed her…
Read MoreReport on F & I Course Dressage Training with Jennie Loriston-Clarke FBHS
I find it hard to remember when I first became ‘aware’ of Jennie Loriston-Clarke but I expect it was at the beginning of the ‘70s when my family moved to Hampshire. It’s just that Jennie has always been there, leading the field, so the prospect of two training sessions with her, 45 years on, really…
Read MoreReport on F & I Course Jumping with Nick Turner FBHS
Nick took a large group of BHSI’s for jumping ranging from young/inexperienced horses to those competing at 1.20. A common theme and philosophy emerged with all groups. He started on day one with looking at the quality of the canter using ground poles and progressed his exercises onto bounces, doglegs and turnbacks. These exercises were…
Read MoreChairman’s Report, AGM 2015
Good evening members and honoured guests, Mrs Jo Knowles FBHS, Mrs Jennie Loriston-Clarke FBHS, Mrs Lyn Petersen BHS CEO and Mr Nick Turner FBHS. Welcome to the 29th AGM of the BHS F&I Association. Looking back at the proposed dates for 2014 from the minutes I noted that, with very few exceptions, every day was…
Read MoreBHSI Coaches and Assessors day at Ingestre Stables Staffordshire 2nd October 2014
20 enthusiastic BHS instructors travelled to Ingestre Stables, Stafford from Ireland, Scotland and nearly every region of England. Linda De Matteo excelled in her organising of the day, her first go at a training day for the F&I Association. The team at Ingestre did a smashing job ensuring that the day ran smoothly from the…
Read MoreReport from Burghley 2014
6 BHSI’s and 14 guests were given the chance at Burghley to walk the xc course with Eric Smiley FBHS. As always Eric kept us entertained with various tales from years gone by. Beyond the stories there is a great depth of knowledge that Eric is very good at putting across especially when talking about…
Read MoreCarl Hester Day 19 August 2014
Organised by Andrew Fletcher BHSI On Tuesday 19th August a “large” group of F and I members and some of their guests were treated to a truly inspirational demonstration of HAPPY horses enjoying their work with superb horsemanship from the maestro Carl and his riders: Charlotte, Katherine. Amy and Katie. Carl, with his lovely sense of…
Read MoreCéad míle fáilte Blossom Hill Ladies’ Day at the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show
Boats, trains, planes and automobiles, but no horses, were all used as means of transport to get members of the BHS F&I association and their guests to the recent Blossom Hill Ladies’ Day at the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show. Style was to be seen everywhere, our party included, and thanks to the very kind…
Read MoreF&I Visit To R.I.H.S At Hickstead Ladies Day 2nd August 2014
Our group had a very pleasant day which started off as we meant to carry on in the BHS Hospitality Box with teas, coffees and biscuits. We were ably looked after throughout the day by Eamon and Nigel the catering staff who also and most importantly did the washing up. We watched a variety of…
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