Glorious sunshine welcomed the hardy few who arrived to enjoy and benefit from the coaching day offered by Mandy with Jeremy Michaels FBHS as the coach’s coach. Always a wonderful setting at Shorthampton we were all very appreciative of the improved weather. Four lucky BHSI’s Mandy, Judith Murphy, Jo Ivemey, myself and my guest Sue Barr were to benefit from a marvellous days coaching. Mandy had produced for us a diverse selection of her clients,…
Read MoreNational Equine Forum – 6th March 2014
This was my first trip to the National Equine Forum and what a treat! Jillie and I started off the day with coffee and breakfast near Big Ben and then moved on to the very comfortable surroundings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineering. It was a delight to sit and listen to some really good speakers. There were three themed sessions. The notes from the Forum will be available online and should make good reading but…
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The annual two-day training course for Fellows and BHSI’s was held at Addington Manor Equestrian Centre on Wednesday and Thursday, 8 and 9 January 2014. The dressage sessions were taken by Stephen Clarke, FBHS and the jumping sessions were taken by Yogi Breisner, FBHS. Both of these coaches really do not need any introduction! As usual, their coaching skills, expertise and imparted knowledge was outstanding and everyone who either partook as a rider or…
Read MoreF&I Training Day at Wellington Riding with Darrell Scaife FBHS, 4th October 2013
We are so lucky to have these training days at our disposal and I know we all found Darrell very clear and easy to understand and he produced amazing consistency in his methods throughout the day. His main ethos is ‘to give the horse a better ridden experience’ and as a trainer ‘to say the right thing at the right time’ – his Badminton tale ( too much would be lost in translation to repeat…
Read MoreReport on visit to Emile Faurie’s Yard
On Monday September 30th, Cherry Elvin kindly organised a morning for Members (and friends) to visit Emile Faurie’s Yard. It was an action packed morning with Emile giving us the opportunity to observe the training of six different horses ranging for a lovely 3 year old to Topolino, his GP horse. The first horse was a 3 year old that he bought as a foal and had been backed approximately 8 weeks. It was great…
Read MoreBlenheim Horse Trials Course Walk – September, 2013
A Small group attended a course walk at Blenheim CCI3* organised by the BHS F&I Association with course designer Eric Winters, who kindly gave his time free of charge. The money collected has been donated to the Kenneth Clawson Memorial Fund. The aim was to walk the course and understand the philosophy behind designing a course of this level at this time in the eventing calendar coupled with the constraints of running in a parkland…
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It’s a number of years since I have been to Burghley Horse Trials and the early start on a wet, dark Friday morning was not the most inspiring start to the day!! However, as we arrived the atmosphere was building and as we waited by fence 2 in front of the beautiful Burghley House we all began to feel part of this special 4* event. This year the F&I Association were lucky enough to secure…
Read MoreReport from Ladies Day at Hickstead written by Liz Eaton BHSI
The sun shone for Ladies day at the Royal International horse show, giving us the opportunity to get our posh frocks (and our legs!) out for an airing. About twenty of us enjoyed the facilities of a box with a great view of the main arena. The group included our chairman Jillie Rogers and her guests, Tessa Martin–Bird FBHS and.Alison Le Fevre, head of the BHS training department. Coffee was available during the morning although…
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On a glorious Thursday 11 July Faith Ponsonby BHSI, Representative for the Fellows & Instructors Association, arranged for a group of us to visit Coolmore Stud in Co. Tipperary. A small but select group of 15 with visiting BHSI Ann Bostock & her husband from Buckinghamshire England were very ably guided round by Peter Steele who spent two hours showing us the prepping areas for the mares, the covering yards, stallion boxes and stallion paddocks.…
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