The Fellows and Instructors Association was well represented in Ireland during April. Ballindenisk International Horse Trials were held in County Cork by kind permission of the Fell family. It had FEI classes from 1* to 3* including a Nations Cup team competition. Nick Turner FBHS was there as the Irish team manager, Anne Marie Taylor FBHS had a pupil in the 3* class and was seen training and supporting him. Kylie Roddy BHSI had a…
Read MoreReport 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 Peter Ponsonby The evening was delivered by William Micklem an International Coach and Fellow of the BHS. He reminded us…
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 use of pain free, non-invasive techniques. The day was set in the Equine Unit of Moulton College and luckily, 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 and the same in the afternoon there was a great cross section of horses and riders for Richard to work…
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 listen to someone you respect and pick up on their eye for detail and ways in which they work. All…
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 animals and the ability to destroy them after 96 hours. He talked of the need for a quick response to…
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. In my group we were lucky enough to have Webster who was bought as a PSG schoolmaster, I found him an…
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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 UKCC level 3 – Pammy was keen to show off her ‘newly acquired coaching skills’!!! The first group of four…
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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 focused my mind and preparation for this years F&I Course at Addington. Jennie stood firm in the school from 8am-6pm…
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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 developed or modified to cater for the level of horses. Nick was emphatic about the balance in canter, and control…
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