Planning a training regime and competition schedule for the young horse versus the experienced horse
Following on from Kate Dwyer’s last blog post on preparing and planning for the season ahead, this week she focuses on the young horse and how the training regime and competition schedule should differ from that of an experienced horse… Get the basics...
Preparing and planning for the competition season ahead
Benjamin Franklin put it nicely…’if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail’. And while we know all too well that horses like to continually throw us curve balls, framing a short, medium and long term plan will pay dividends. not only for your ho...
Training the Grand Prix Dressage horse – Snowdon Faberge – ‘Fabio’
Fabio is a 17.3hh, 9yr old dark bay gelding we are training towards Grand Prix Dressage. We purchased him as a 4yr old from a family friend. What I initially loved about Fabio was his super walk and canter. His trot, although not big and flashy, has a ver...
The Merry Minstrel – ‘Socks’ – training the young horse
Socks is a 17hh 6yr old Chestnut Gelding. We purchased him at the end of 2014 from a show jumping yard. What we liked about Socks was his positive attitude, his three good paces and his flashy good looks. Over the past year he has been competing at Prelim...
Meet Kate Dwyer
Kate Dwyer is an Irish International Dressage rider with a massive future. Having been selected as a Young Rider to compet for Ireland at the 2003 European Championships in Saumur, in 2004 she once again represented Ireland in Aarhus, Denmark on her Iri...
