In my early years my trainers were those that were at pony club. I didn’t think about who they were or how/what they thought. I just followed instructions and did what I was told! Looking back what I realise is that I was blessed with exemplary trainers. They had both great knowledge but also skill […]
Sunday 24th July we headed with both Camille and Heather to the Midlands Connemara Pony show in the fabulous Mullingar Equestrian centre. The day didn’t start off the best with a flat battery meaning we were late and missed our working hunter class. The ridden class more than made up for the disappointment with Camille
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What a weekend to start the summer holidays on! Saturday saw us head with Camille and Heather to Slane and the North East Connemara Breeders Show. it was only as I was trying to get two ready that I remembered how much work greys are It was a gorgeous day and all credit to the
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After the Northern Ireland Festival in April I looked to help support Heathers development both as a show pony but also for her overall development. I was asked to try the @equibalancer products and chose the every day balancer. When you are seeing your horse day in day out it can be very hard to
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On Saturday 18th June we took Flower of Roo to Mullingar Equestrian Centre for their annual showing show. We were blessed with fabulous weather as well as the beautiful arenas. We were delighted that she took her two year old class showing real development in her paces as well as in her confidence in the
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After a long two year sabbatical from the show ring Camille and myself headed off to contest the Connemara Cup and boy did Camille deliver. The over 16 class was a pretty big class so I was delighted to see we were in the spacious indoor in Cavan Equestrian Centre. All 3 classes under 14,
Taking her Duties Seriously Camille had a great day out at the recent Hunter Trials in Annaharvey Farm. The sun shone, the course was great and the ground was perfect. She took her duties as big sister to Erin very seriously and I think from her expression you can definitely see she was having a
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Time for a Reboot With the winter season at an end, this is the perfect time to stop, breathe and reflect before we plunge headlong into the summer shows. This can be very hard to do, the qualifier dates are being released and we are feeling that there is so little time to get everything
Recently I went for some training with Camille. I decided I needed to push myself out of my comfort zone and play with some higher level movements. We had varied success in what we tried to achieve with Camille and this got me thinking. What do I see success as in my training? How do
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I think anyone who owns a grey horse or pony can confirm it takes some serious love and commitment to get them show ready. Those with bays or chestnuts might only need to give them a quick hot oil rinse over, however we grey horse owners face an almost epic level of washing, with possibly
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