Training & Top Tips

The dark nights have started to set in and every night it’s getting darker earlier and earlier. It’s hard not to lose motivation when the weather starts to change, but here are a couple of...

During winter our bodies and muscles, as well as our horses', are naturally colder so it's important to give your horse a lot of time to warm up, gradually increasing their body temperature. Typically...

I’ve been spending more and more of my time teaching long reining this year, which is awesome, because I love it, it’s amazing to see the horses and riders changing, and the riders love it...

So as you may have noticed if you follow our page on Facebook or Instagram in 2018 we were affiliated, but as of the last quarter of the year Bailey went out of work due to personal circumstances. At ...

I like each session we do to be very different from the last. The reason for this is I like to break up the schooling so he doesn’t go sour just doing one thing all the time – he can also ...

We regularly set up grids to work on striding and elasticity. Gymnastic exercises are much more important for horses than scope testing or even jumping courses, they actually give the horses the skill...

Hi, This time I’m going to talk about flying changes. Flying changes are an important part of both dressage and show jumping, for dressage they come into play at advanced medium level and f...

Hello, Edward here, This time I thought I would talk about the importance of the warmup when riding and provide some top tips to help perfect yours, The warmup is very important when riding, ...

Hi Edward here, This time I’m going to be talking about how to maximise your score when competing in dressage. Tips before competing: Make sure that you know your test ...

This time I’ve decided to design an adaptable exercise which can be beneficial when jumping to help with balance. This layout is great as you don’t need a huge arena and you can do num...

Hi, I’m Rachel, I’m 24 years old and based in the West Midlands. I run my family's small yard alongside my day job. I am a proud owner of beloved 22-year-old palomino Quarter Horse Bi...

Anna Ross-Davies is an International Grand Prix dressage rider and freelance trainer based on the Herts/Bucks borders. She has represented Great Britain in  Grand Prix's all over the world includ...

There is a certain dress code required for show jumping that is important to get to grips with before you plan to compete. The type of equestrian clothing required will vary depending on the level at ...

Maintaining a commendable quality of life for your horse can sometimes be tough, especially without any guidance. As a horse gets older they are far more vulnerable to disease and illness that could p...

Horse riding clubs often have show jumping competitions which they organise themselves. For these smaller events you’ll find that rules can be altered to suit those competing. The official Briti...

Competing in dressage competitions is a fun and rewarding way to assess how the training of your horse is developing. British Dressage runs two types of competition; affiliated and unaffiliated. To co...

The Spanish walk is a trained movement that is carried out by a horse. With a little bit of work, you can train your horse to walk in this manner. The horse, when doing the Spanish walk, will raise ea...

In this issue, Caldene sponsored rider and Horsemart columnist Ellen Whitaker gives advice on fitness training for your horse ready for the show jumping arena. So, in order to find out just how to imp...

Show jumping is one of the most popular horse events around the world and takes place in many different countries. It is just one member of a family of equestrian riding events including dressage, eve...

Arabians are fantastic horses; they are extremely sensitive to all of your movements. Arabians are extremely agile and strong and have unmatchable endurance. Horse riding with an Arabian horse is very...