FEATURES
A clear round for Kathy and Viz
Sqn Ldr Haley Norris, Sgt Kathy Froom and Cpl Andrea Hazelwood. After settling our horses, pitching tents and transforming horse boxes into hotel rooms we were finally able to feed ourselves and spend a happy evening discussing horses, riding abilities and what we were hoping to
Ruth Harris and Arietta enjoying some grid work
achieve throughout the week. Four out of the five riders were new to RAFEA training and had been invited as part of Development Squad.
The feeling was one of excitement until the following morning when some of that excitement had been replaced by nerves. However we were soon on board and taking part in the first training session of the day. The training consisted of two sessions per day over the three days. The 5 riders were divided into two groups to allow Martyn Fowdrey (our instructor) to tailor for individual needs and ability. When we
weren’t riding we were watching the other group lesson – sometimes watching other instructed sessions can be as helpful to a rider as actually being instructed.
As the week progressed the training exercises became more challenging; each horse and rider combination had something to work on and found different aspects individually challenging. Sid for example is very obedient, so riding straight lines over fences and stopping didn’t cause us any issues however big changes in stride length proved to be difficult for him, a relatively small horse, with pony strides! As always with horses there were a couple of riders who hit the sand but
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