Event Reports
F & I Ladies Day at RIHS Hickstead
Temperate weather with a gentle breeze was a welcome relief to all who attended the Royal International Horse Show (RIHS) at Hickstead today. Generously sponsored by the BHS, members of our wonderful F&I Association were given the opportunity to enjoy a day of full entertainment with fantastic viewing over the main Longines International Arena. Hosted…
Read MoreF&I Study Day with Judy Harvey FBHS
Monday 9th May 2022. Word must have spread as a large number of F’s and I’s gathered at Judy’s Buckinghamshire yard for the enviable treat of watching Judy ride and coach throughout the day. We started with Judy, while riding, giving us a marvellous insight into how she found and eventually gained the ride on…
Read MoreF&I Badminton Course walk with Nick Turner
5th May 2022. Well, what a treat. Not only to be back at Badminton Horse Trials to watch all the action, but the sun was shining, and we were in for a real treat being guided round Eric Winter’s 2022 course by Nick Turner FBHS. The course was running over 6688 meters with an optimum…
Read MoreReport from the Study Day at Hartpury College
Wednesday 2nd March 2022 Those of us who were fortunate to be able to attend both of the study days in the Talland and Hartpury double bill were struck by the huge difference between them. At Talland, we focused on the effect that the rider has on the horse, but at Hartpury we drilled down…
Read MoreReport from the Talland Training Day with Pammy Hutton FBHS
We all arrived to the beautiful Talland at 10am [Tuesday 1st March 2022], some with a skip in their step, some thinking what have I let myself in for and some with a strong coffee in hand. I’m sure everyone who was there will agree we all left feeling confident and making plans to make…
Read MoreReport from the F&I Study Day – Stallion AI and Equine Law
17th February 2022 Firstly, thanks to Amy for organising the day at Stallion AI Services with talks from Tullis Matson (who is the founder of Stallion AI Services) in the morning, and Carrie de Silva on Equine Law in the afternoon. Tullis began his fascinating presentation with a quick description of his own history, stemming…
Read MoreAn Evening with Paralympian Sophie Wells OBE
PRESENTATION TO F&I MEMBERS & GUESTS BY SOPHIE WELLS OBE on 2nd Feb 2022 What a wonderful two hours spent in the company of Sophie Wells – AWESOME! As my local Co. Wexford farmer would say “She is Some Woman for One Woman”. Sophie started the evening by giving us some of her childhood memories,…
Read MoreDressage – Annual Course Report from Keysoe 3rd & 4th Jan
Report on Dressage Sessions with Richard Davison FBHS – Keysoe. Firstly, Covid /government future plans raised questions as to whether or not the Annual Course would go ahead as planned. This caused the Committee considerable concern, upsets in arrangements and challenges in the planning of the course. Thankfully we were able to attend, albeit with…
Read MoreJumping – Annual Course Report from Keysoe – 3rd & 4th January
Report on Jump Sessions with Caroline Moore FBHS. What a treat the F&I Convention was. With Covid leering as understudy in the wings, we were relieved to see some Coaching and Learning, so it was business as usual, albeit at our new venue at Keysoe International. Although I have seen Caroline coach, a lot, I…
Read MoreReport from the evening with Kylie Roddy Chatting About Her ‘Journey with Gorgeous George’
Report from the zoom meeting of 13th December 2021 chaired by Danny Anholt, discussing with Kylie Roddy about her ‘journey with Gorgeous George’ The evening started with an introduction from Danny, where he let us know that in the first half of the evening, we would be looking at Kylie’s journey to Pau and then…
Read MoreReport from the F&I Hydrotherapy Evening on Zoom
“The use of equine hydrotherapy in performance horses” Presented by Fiona Fitzgibbon BSc MIRVAP IEH Organised by Mark Robinson BHSI – Tuesday 16th November 2021 at 7.30pm Fiona is the research and training manager for ECB equine spa and is based in Northern Ireland. She was the pioneer and manager for 2 years in Ireland’s…
Read MoreReport from the Royal International Show, Hickstead 2021
On Saturday 24th July the weather was forecast to be raining with a strong possibility of thunderstorms. After the heatwave we have had, it was typical that this was set to blight our F&I day out at Hickstead. BUT, we were blessed with dry humid weather and no rain. 12 of us congregated first of…
Read MoreReport from the Visit to the Mount St John Stud, Thirsk, North Yorkshire
Wed 30th June 2021 What a wonderful way to spend the morning! The visit to Mount St John Stud yesterday was a delight from start to finish. Many thanks to Fiona Harrison for organising the whole visit including the excellent lunch afterwards at the Carpenters Arms. A very big thank you to Emma Blundell and…
Read MoreLucinda Green XC Clinic Report
Stockley Farm, Calne, Wiltshire 15th June 2021 Held by Helen Martin On arrival, the first impressions of the facilities were excellent and professional combined with friendliness and a sense that nothing was too much trouble. The day was organised with 5 groups of 4 riders with a lunch/discussion time with Lucinda, this meant a full day…
Read MoreReport from the Judy Harvey FBHS Training Day
May 5th 2021. Around 20 or so Fs and Is arrived at Furze House for the day. Some brought horses for coaching sessions, some volunteered to coach a session, and all of us had a chance to observe, discuss and enjoy the socialising with friends which has been in short supply recently. All socially distanced…
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