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Stephen Hayes, Steph Gumn and Daisy Jackson
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Steph Gumn
So, the horse search continues! I feel
like I have viewed more adverts this
week than ever! How hard can it be
to find two horses? Very, apparently.
They say good things come to those
who wait, so I am hoping patience
will pay off. I am booked to fly to
Belgium again on the 10th for a
couple more days searching. My aim
is to try and source a quality 3 and 4
year old to produce. Hopefully will
be able to keep one and the other
will be sold to help take my business
forward as I am not yet at the stage
where I can afford to keep a few good
ones!
I have been pushing myself to
coach more whilst I am horseless
Image: Steph competing Marty, another
successful horse that was produced and
sold on from LF Equestrian
and to get my UKCC level 2
completed before September
next year. I have had some
lovely clients who are already
noticing a big difference in
confidence and their horses.
I have also had some really
rewarding horses in for schooling
who are due to return back to their
owners. One in particular has been
rewarding as I was able to watch his
owner not only ride him confidently,
but also watch her first jump in years
on him. My work is rewarding!
It's also officially time to be allowed
to feel excited about Christmas, so,
enjoy!
Steph
Stephen Hayes
Florida we are coming for you!
So it's finally the countdown to Florida,
we are packing like crazy trying to get
everything organised for the move down
to Jupiter Florida. And the packing
is not only for the horses! Im not so
much a fan of packing, I'm thinking I'll
probably throw a pile of summer clothes
in a suitcase the night before the drive
as I seem to be last minute every year.
My horses are feeling great, they've had
their massage therapist out this month,
their dentist, and a brand new set of
shoes all ready to rock and roll for their
trip. Work wise they have been taking it
easy this month as the Florida season is
going to be their showing season or boot
camp as Wellington is filled with clinics,
master classes and demos too. The plan
is for the team to start the 2 day drive for
Florida with most of the yard equipment
at the end of month in our huge truck
and trailer; the horses will leave shortly
after. It's going to be a very busy December but I'll be sure to keep up to date
with everything. So here's to safe travels,
and a happy Thanksgiving, (still getting
used to the American way of life). Have
a great December and a lovely Christmas
to all the Everything Horse UK readers!
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Everything Horse UK • Issue 27• December 2015
Daisy Jackson
I am absolutely thrilled with the
progression both Tango (Furst Larkshill)
and Blackberry (Premier Into The Black)
have demonstrated within the last
month. Huge improvements have been
made within their training and both
Nicky Barrett and Gareth Hughes are
pleased with the progress being made.
After qualifying Tango for both the
Medium Open and Advanced Medium
Restricted Regional Championships I
can now concentrate on his PSG work
at home. This month I was fortunate
enough to have two ‘boot camp’ training
weekends at Nicky Barrett’s where Tango
and I have 3 lessons and stay overnight.
This is such a fantastic opportunity as
consistency is a vital part of training a
horse and especially at the level we are
working towards. We have been able to
work on increasing the collection and
therefore expression in the trot in order
to gain more marks at competitions.
We are also doing lots of work on flying
changes to get the tempi-changes and
also developing some of the movements
needed for Grand Prix, the piaffe and
passage. In the canter work the onus is
on true balance and self carriage so that
his tempis become much more rideable
and therefore running through PSG
tests will be easier. With Blackberry I
have been working towards Advanced
Medium level. She has almost completed
her first season at Medium which she
won at our 3rd and 4th attempt. I was
over the moon with her results. We had
to warm up at a new venue under flood
lights as our classes were late in the day.
I am still aiming to give her as much
experience at new venues as possible as
she still gets tense when entering a new
arena for the first time although
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this has improved greatly. Blackberry
has been with me for a year now and we
have made good progress together. We
understand each other and I absolutely
love training her. She is a very giving
horse and tries so hard.
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