Newbold Verdon EC; British Dressage; P.17a; 16 April 2023

Date: 16 April 2023 Affiliation BD Venue: Newbold Verdon Equestrian Centre Section: Silver Test: Prelim 17a Score: 67.07% Judge Z Feeney Placing: 1st Judge’s comments: “Shows promise, but now needs to demonstrate more suppleness over the back, especially on left rein, but tried really hard for you.”

Lesson with Jane Peberdy; 02 April 2023

2 Key Words from this lesson (which are actually the same as the last lesson):1. Neck2. Hindleg I asked Jane if she would mind having a sit on him next time to see if it was just me. We discussed my rider assessment and goals (which she loved). However, Jane thought I was being a...

Assessing my riding and partnership with Nash

For my initial assessments I created two Radar Graphs: one for base or core KSA and one for lateral work which I’ve added in here. I changed some of the elements from the documents Jane sent to me, to suit where the partnership is at the moment e.g. I added in turn on the forehand...

Lesson with Jane Peberdy; 03 March 2023

2 Key Words from this lesson:1. Neck2. Hindleg We ran through the test once for Pickering Grange tomorrow (Trailblazers 1st Round Qualifier – BD Novice Test 24 (Rev 2016)), which Jane made comments on accuracy and arena craft….. Need to carry this through to the actual test with me, especially the way I ‘present’ the...

Lesson with Jane Peberdy; 17 Feb 2023

3 biggest things to take away from this first lesson:1. Tempo2. Contact3. Corners Proprioceptors in left foot need turning on. Ride with just the left stirrup for a short while, from time to time, to switch on.  Walking warm up. Figures of 8 in 10m circles along one side of the arena. Using the outside aids...

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