Diana Zajda (BHSI)

I can’t believe how quickly the last couple of months of the year have flown by and now we are in 2012.   I kept waiting for the snow and ice to bring work to a halt but this year we have just had wind and lashing rain with only a little ice and snow.  The fields are a quagmire and everything is wet and muddy. Nevertheless, winter is really the time of year to be concentrating on bringing on young horses and developing the schooling of the older horses.  Backing young horses is a real skill that takes patience and confidence.

I hope your summer competition season went better than the summer weather. We started off well with Tally competing at the Welsh Show and the NPS Show at Strathallan. He was a real superstar in his first working hunter and came 3rd being brought up the placings by his wonderful jumping.

This is the FOURTH concept on the German Training scales.

One cannot emphasise enough the sybiotic relationship between horse and rider. As in all relationships - honesty, trust and empathy are essential!

The horses and ponies all did really well in the very cold weather and they don’t seem to mind the snow too much.

This blog discusses the THIRD of the SIX items on the Scales of Training.

This is the SECOND topic in a series of training tips based on the Scales of Training ...

This is the FIRST part of a series of SIX topics in the Scales of Training.

I drove down to West Linton on Thursday 25th November to teach Peebles Riding Club members and I was wondering whether the snow that was forecast would hit whilst I was away.

Pete had a very successful Scottish Championships coming 2nd in the Medium and winning the Advanced Medium and being awarded a lovely big silver cup.