Suzie Owen Equestrian Coach

Today Hazelrock Picasso had some fun in the outdoor arena. Walk poles, poles for backing up and turning and then some to s- bend over. He also tried to have a roll in the soft carpet mixture, but we managed to quickly stop him. Then finally he had a trot chasing the flag 🦄😂.
Back in the stable we practiced the folding over his back from each side but decided not to get on as we are not as agile as the fabulous Kate Raynor. 🦄💕

Picasso had been brilliant longreining for the first time without a leader on the tracks on the estate. He passed horses ridden in the arena but he found it just too much with the horse suddenly galloping about in the field. I quickly realised I needed to drop one rein get him to turn. We then went back a step and settled him walking past the horse before continuing carefully with the longreining.

After a short visit to the national horse racing museum we went to the amazing Dalham Hall stud.

I have tried to include all sort of important steps for Picasso for his training. This includes daily hoof picking and moving about of all 4 legs, 5 weekly hoof trimming from the farrier, gradually accepting rugs and fly masks so he can wear them in the field, loading in the trailer and eventually closing the ramps, shampooing in the wash bay, handling all over for his vet check and vaccination, meeting farm vehicles in a safe environment to name a few. Next week he is going away for the next stage of more intensive training with Kate.