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 January 20th Bitting Afternoon Woolstone Oxfordshire January 21st Bitting Day and Pony Club Badge Lecture Darlington Stables Cheshire January 23rd Bitting Training Online January 25th Bitting Training Online January 28th Bitting Day Oxfordshire February 11th Bitting Day Coulston Wiltshire February 13th Bitting Day Caerwent S Wales 
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November 6th Covid has struck for 15 days or so Followed by a cough that has still not gone! November 26th Bitting Day Plymouth November 29th Bitting Day High Roding Essex December 2nd Bitting Day Churchill Oxfordshire December 3rd Bitting Day Westbury Wiltshire December 6th Bitting Day Frithsden Hertfordshire December 10th Bitting Day Baschurch Shropshire  Bitting Days September 24th Bitting Day Swallowfield Solihul September 26th Bitting Day St Teresas Surrey October 1st Bitting Day Black Brow Farm Cheshire October 8th Bitting Day Park Farm Goytre Usk October 6th Bitting Day Churchill Glos October 11th Bitting Day Aylesbury Bucks October 15th Bitting Day Winterly Cheshire October 25th Bitting Day St Teresas Surrey October 29th Bitting Day Hallingbury Hall Bishops Stortford November 5th Bitting Day Baschurch Shropshire November 12th Bitting Day Shropshire   Bitting Days etc August 30th Bitting Morning Doddington Glouc September 3rd Bitting Day Sheepgate Lincolnshire September 6th Bitting Morning Northleach Chipping Norton Aston under Wychwood September 8th Bitting Day Wendover Bucks September 10th Bitting Day Coventry September 20th Bitting Day Cheltenham September 22nd Bitting Day Doddington Glouc September 24th Bitting Day Swallowfield Solihul September 26th Bitting Day Effingham Surrey October 1st Bitting Day Altrincham Cheshire   , I have moved yards! She claims she told me and I admit she did talk a lot but I didnt really listen and it just sounded like blah blah blah I knew something was happening when my box arrived but being a gentleman even though I have not been in it for a year I walked on without a fuss Then after ages [she drives really slowly] we arrived at another yard I didnt know and she put me in a strange stable Shocked and not happy but there was lots of hay and a huge bed, she came back later and I was not happy with her Then the next day she did not arrive first thing and someone strange put me in an isolation paddock  So this is me abandoned and ownerless and depressed I cant eat and my eyes are closed  And this is me when she arrives and I spot her and realise I am owed again and I shout at her to make her come over and hug me
She claims she didnt want to come too early so she didnt seem like a deranged owner on our first day ! But 9am was too late in my opinion  Sliding Side or Vienna Reins: Sliding side or Vienna Reins: are one of the most useful items of schooling equipment and can be used either ridden or when lunge schooling. So often schooling equipment can be complicated and restrictive for the Horse. Sliding Side Reins encourage the horse to find its own balance, accept bit pressure and acquire a comfortable profile in all paces. As the name suggests the contact is a sliding one with the horse’s mouth, there is no forcing of the outline; the horse can alter its profile to comfortably suit the pace. The horses profile, balance and head carriage changes as the paces change if you use a piece of schooling equipment that relies on a fixed position this can mean the horse is not as comfortable in all the paces. But as Sliding Side Reins, work on the principle of a sliding contact the horse is able to comfortably adjust its head carriage whichever pace it is in. But pressure by the reins is applied when the head carriage is taken too high or the nose is poked too far forward or is taken too low the horse then feels pressure from the mouthpiece of the bit which should encourage the head to return to a balanced carriage. As with all pieces of schooling equipment they rely on the person on board or on the ground to fit them well and then to maintain a steady degree of forward movement, it is not enough to put on a device and then let the horse slop around or alternatively move too fast and compromise good balance. To fit: the reins either fit to the top ring on a lungeing roller or to the top of a driving pad or to the top Ds of a saddle, run along each side of the horse’s neck, passing through the bit ring and then either down between the horses front legs treaded through the girth for a deeper profile or along the horses side to fasten under the flap of the saddle in the manner of side reins or to the bottom ring on a lungeing roller or just above the girth on a driving pad. As a general guide when the horse is standing in a relaxed position at the halt the sliding side reins should be adjusted so that the reins are just taut without drawing the horse’s head in |
AuthorHilary Vernon Archives
January 2023
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