This is a perfect display of a young horse with an ENORMOUS engine, jumping himself into trouble! The gorgeous lad has had a quiet year through COVID, and I have just bought him to play with! To start with, he has such a big movement/ action behind, but doesn’t have…
I’ve been a little remiss with my blogs- but it’s time to share my fun!!!
ROR I’ve had a lot of fun over the years working with some gorgeous Thoroughbreds off the track, my first two horses in America were ex-racehorses, and gosh, how they made me! I really enjoy helping them unlock one way of going to produce a very different way of going…
So, we’ve had a couple of preschool play dates with skinny fences, and today is first big boy day in grade school!! Čino is my newest toy, having come from a background of hunting and jumping… so we have a few educational building blocks to install to turn him into…
Part of the really important process of training an event horse, is to teach them to jump whatever is in front of them, and stay on their line… This is a very talented horse I have just bought to take on a journey! He has never been ‘skinny educated’ as…
This is a new horse we have in to restart… here you can see our first lesson- long reining. We do a lot of this with them in the build up to ridden education- and even alongside riding, because it teaches them to go on their own- it teaches them…
I’m finding it hard to keep track of what day we’re on- but can just say WHAT a cracking busy weekend!!! I feel like the eventing season has properly kicked off- we started slowly, with the ‘training shoes’ etc… This weekend, though, was 5 first real events for the baby…
Fiona is very well known in the Eventing world, for producing young horses and taking them up through the levels. So she has a wealth and depth of knowledge about how to get the best out of a wide range of horses, and help them on their journey. She really…
The horses are all smiling as they see today’s delivery walking down to the feed room!! The GOLDEN PASTE… The team behind the product… Turmeric, can it really be as good as its reputation suggests?? #successdrivenbydetail I first became familiar with Turmeric through my sister, she had a 30…
2019 started in a challenging light for me, and I am thankful I am able to draw on the positives and try my best to ignore the negatives… and with a bit of patience, from my sabbatical in the doldrums, I can now see light at the end of the…
I have ridden horses all my life, and our base is now Vale View Equestrian in Leicestershire, with facilities that are out of this world for producing my lovely horses, and the results are shining through right across the board, showing my horses are settled, happy, and able to work every aspect of their competition needs! Read more...
Jess joined the team as a trainee back in 2020! Apart from a very short stint spreading her wings, she quickly decided that we really were the family she wanted to be a part of!! I hope Jess will be my Jackie Potts, as she treats the whole team as her own family, and keeps the cogs turning smoothly- even during our tough times!!
Bryonie is our wonderful Apprentice, and despite her diminutive size, she is definitely mighty!! She shows such commitment to the team and is a such wonderful and critical part of our family.
Monica is the newest member of FDE, and is proving to be a great help in every aspect of our yard life. Her wonderful positive attitude; her capability in the yard and on a horse is a very welcome addition to the FDE family!!
