F for Fantastic news for riders in the East Grinstead/Sussex-Surrey borders area! Felbridge showground, long a Mecca for showjumping, combined training and unaffiliated dressage, is about to start running BD competitions. More dates are published here now.
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For whatever reason you and your horse can’t get out and about to compete, there is a way you can set yourself training goals and have your progress monitored by some of our most highly qualified and experienced BD judges. Out and About travelled into Hampshire to get a Dressage Anywhere story from the ‘horse’s mouth’.
Read MoreAt long last, British Dressage has corrected an anomaly that has bugged me for years! Why has the southern coastal county of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, been ‘Central’ for BD regional purposes? We must thank Sharon Walker, BD Southern RDO, for promoting the new alignment. Here’s the challenge: there remains a far more important issue that should concern equestrian bodies and riders.
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COULD TRT relaxation training have helped grand prix rider and coach Melissa Smith when her horse was attacked by out of control dogs when she was hacking on a Surrey Common last December? The answer is probably not. However, the incident and her prompt medical treatment, thanks to Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex paramedics and a helicopter flight to hospital, were the inspiration for what became nine months later the lecture demo, “Training the Horse’s Mind for Relaxed Performance”.
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Over the past week at Step Aside (Belmoredean), Saddlesdane and Pachesham venues Out and About Dressage heard about some epic journeys made by riders in terms of their training and competition travels around country.
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Dressage riders with a job to do or out to play at Belmoredean. A picture report with a little bit of horse and rider news
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Charlotte Wickington, farmer’s wife, mum and rider of blonde bombshell Welsh D Tardebigge Fancy Lady will be opening the door to a bigger office very shortly.
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One of our South East-based List 1 dressage judges and trainers has regretfully decided to say, ‘no’ to Area Festival judging commissions. She explains why she came to her decision in this Opinion piece.
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Oldencraig as a training and competition centre has finally succumbed to the axe or rather the excavator, and has yielded to the pressure to build houses in the South-East. It’s last show will run in August.
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Dressage has become big business and the most talented horses and riders are its shop window. However, most shoppers and competitors are amateurs. How do they find a suitable equine partner? A very experienced Kent-based horse dealer and trainer offers her thoughts on the subject.
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Image: Strong cold gusty winds had driven most riders indoors when Out and About visited on 27 April, but the lone rider puts the arena size usefully into scale!
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It’s great to hear that a show centre offering great facilities and easy access to the motorway network has not been lost to the dressage circuit.
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