Training

Training for horse and rider

Learn more about training for the horse and rider in our articles here. Articles look at dressage, showjumping and flatwork advice for young horses, and those who are experienced in their discipline.

 

Training
Suzanne Ashton

Winter Showing Tips

This month Black Country Saddles sponsored show rider and producer Jayne Ross gives us some winter showing tips for the show ring. From training at home to perfecting your turnout Jayne provides some top advice to help you conquer some common problems. Well known in the showing world, Jayne has ridden and trained many top show horses over the years winning all major titles including five supreme championships at the Horse of the Year Show. Top Tips Is your horse a little slow off the leg? Try using two schooling whips of equal weight and length when schooling and hacking at

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Training
Suzanne Ashton

5 tips for dressage newcomers

5 Tips on Dressage from Stephen Hayes Dressage 1. First off ‘Dressage’ is just a really big fancy name for training, Whether you show jump, event, hunt or even happy hack, you need fundamental training skills in order to progress your horse mentally and physically in whatever discipline your in 2. Tip two is break dressage training up into small sections, don’t think of certain exercises as one whole piece, for example, a simple leg yield, make sure you have a soft feeling down both reins, he’s reacting from both legs, pick your line, add a hint of flexion then

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Performance Improvement Victoria Bax. Photo by Thoroughbred Sports Photography
Training
Suzanne Ashton

Horse Performance Improvement Tips

Horse Performance Improvement Tips with expert trainer, Victoria Bax Here, we catch up with top eventer and ex-racehorse trainer Victoria Bax, as she stops in-between her busy schedule to give our readers her top tips for horse performance improvement. Horse Performance Improvement Tips 1) I spend a short period working them only long and low, on the flat to help stretch tight muscles and remind them of their relaxed way of going. Even when running through dressage tests at home, working the horses in this soft lower frame is beneficial. This helps us when we enter the dressage phase of

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Stephen Hayes
Training
Suzanne Ashton

5 ways to prepare yourself for the first dressage show of the season

Here, Everything Horse sponsored dressage rider Stephen Hayes gives his top five tips to help prepare yourself for the first dressage show of the season. Summer is approaching which means it’s time to start to dust off your show boots, bring out your horses travel boots from the bottom of your tack locker, and make a few adjustments to your now slightly tighter show jacket! Yes, that’s right, its time to go down that centre line and show the judges exactly what you and your horse are made of! Here’s some great tips on how to best prepare yourself for

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Horse Riding Tips from Mary King - Image courtesy of Liz Knowler Three good paces are-important
Training
Suzanne Ashton

Training tips and riding advice from Mary King 

Here we’ve teamed up with British Eventing legend Mary King, for her top training tips and riding advice to help you prepare for the season ahead. Mary’s 10 Top Tips Mary understands the importance of good forage and feeds High Fibre HorseHage to her team of event horses. Said Mary “I find that HorseHage offers many benefits compared to hay or ordinary haylage – it’s dust-free which is vital for maintaining a healthy respiratory tract and preventing conditions such as RAO (Recurrent Airway Obstruction). This is especially important when your horse has to be stabled for extended periods of time,

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