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Update from Scarlett and her goals for 2019

I am a 27 year old show jumper from East Yorkshire, former stable jockey to the late Tim Stockdale and now running a competition and training stables from my family base near Beverley. We have up to 12 horses in our stables ranging from well bred unbroken 3 year old’s to Grand Prix horses and […]

Marcus Reid’s Top Tips on Starting a Young Horse

As many of you including myself are starting out with newly backed/ purchased young horses, I am going to share some tips to keeping them happy, healthy and sane as the winter progresses. Firstly, I lunge any new or freshly backed young horses before I ride, this gets rid of any unwanted energy and sets […]

Scarlett Ward’s Top Tips to Surviving Winter

Do what you can do not what you can’t do Play to your horse’s strengths, it’s better to jump clear and place third than have the fastest time and have one down because you were trying to do the impossible.    What works for one doesn’t necessarily work for another. I think for any rider […]

Mastering a Vet Gate – Top Tips from Bella Fricker

This article is aimed at riders thinking of upping the distance next season and have never done a vet gate before. The most important thing to realised is that the aim is to present your horse to vetting as soon as possible after you have completed your first loop as the clock does not stop […]

Blog Update from Scarlett

Time for another update, and what a great couple of months it has been for our yard at Aikenfield.

New Sponsored Rider

Endurance rider, Bella Fricker, is the latest young rider to join the Equiform Nutrition team of Sponsored riders.