Sorry I have taken so long to "report" on our Conrad Schumacher training but we have been so busy with the horses I have in training at the moment that spare hours in the day have been very rare!
I’m pleased to report that the hard work is paying off, and they are all going extremely well. Nerro and Gary have 2 Area Festivals each to look forward to, so I will keep you posted, good luck to Angela and Claire!
We currently have a youngster that has come to us to be broken in, and David (my husband) and I do him together each day, and it never ceases to amaze me just how loving and trusting horses are. To think just a few weeks ago he was just a baby down on the rolling hills of Devon and now he is in a stable, saddle, bridle, and going round and round in circles. Each day I walk towards his stable loaded up with tack and he comes to greet me with such a lovely look on his face, they are so wonderful to let us do what we do!
"Conrad" training as always was fantastic. On the first day Nerro put me to the test, and any vision I had of floating round the school with Conrad singing my praises were soon wiped from my mind as not only was Nerro tense but he felt really wild with excitement! Not what I was hoping for! We did not show ourselves to our best but the lesson was valuable and Conrad did not back off and made me work very hard until Nerro relaxed in body and mind! The next day we had a super lesson, showing Conrad we really had been doing our homework. I was particularly thrilled with the canter pirouette exercises also the flying changes, and not to mention our first zig zag half pass (trot). Thank goodness we had such a good lesson, it’s such a huge effort driving all the way to Suffolk, 5 and a half hours there (no hold up on M25 thank goodness!) 7 and a half on way back! As I thought through the lessons on the long drive home, I knew it was all worth it. For me it reinforces that you can never stop learning and any problems seem to be sorted out by going back to the basics and correcting the rider of course!! I did feel proud of Nerro and all his good training.
Alas Rudi is a different subject and after much head scratching, Conrad, myself, and David all agreed its back to the beginning for Rudi.............a long way to drive........but in all honesty it’s what I had been thinking and Conrad gave me the confidence to trust my judgement. Hopefully Rudi will progress now and I will be writing good things about him in the future........
Before I finish I must say well done to Natalie and ‘Sasha’. Sasha is 18 yrs young and very "hot". Nat took her on last year after Sasha (much to her horror) had been retired. After loads of hard work, and they never miss their fortnightly lessons, they went off to a Riding Club show, won the Novice dressage and jumped brill. It goes to show that even at 18 with the correct training what can be achieved. As I am writing this I’ve just had text from Natalie and Paul (husband) to say that they competed at Hunters today and were 1st and 3rd in both Prelims and anyone reading this that knew ‘Sasha’ before will know what a fab result that is!!
Likewise Amanda and Puzzle.......off work for over a year due to injury...... went to their first comp and after being rather " bouncy" in his first test won the second test with over 74% so well done to them as well.
P.S. At Claire's suggestion (Nerro's owner) I will try and put the Conrad lesson video on the web site as hopefully some of you would find it very helpful. Until next time, Happy training and Happy Horses......Amanda.
I’m pleased to report that the hard work is paying off, and they are all going extremely well. Nerro and Gary have 2 Area Festivals each to look forward to, so I will keep you posted, good luck to Angela and Claire!
We currently have a youngster that has come to us to be broken in, and David (my husband) and I do him together each day, and it never ceases to amaze me just how loving and trusting horses are. To think just a few weeks ago he was just a baby down on the rolling hills of Devon and now he is in a stable, saddle, bridle, and going round and round in circles. Each day I walk towards his stable loaded up with tack and he comes to greet me with such a lovely look on his face, they are so wonderful to let us do what we do!
"Conrad" training as always was fantastic. On the first day Nerro put me to the test, and any vision I had of floating round the school with Conrad singing my praises were soon wiped from my mind as not only was Nerro tense but he felt really wild with excitement! Not what I was hoping for! We did not show ourselves to our best but the lesson was valuable and Conrad did not back off and made me work very hard until Nerro relaxed in body and mind! The next day we had a super lesson, showing Conrad we really had been doing our homework. I was particularly thrilled with the canter pirouette exercises also the flying changes, and not to mention our first zig zag half pass (trot). Thank goodness we had such a good lesson, it’s such a huge effort driving all the way to Suffolk, 5 and a half hours there (no hold up on M25 thank goodness!) 7 and a half on way back! As I thought through the lessons on the long drive home, I knew it was all worth it. For me it reinforces that you can never stop learning and any problems seem to be sorted out by going back to the basics and correcting the rider of course!! I did feel proud of Nerro and all his good training.
Alas Rudi is a different subject and after much head scratching, Conrad, myself, and David all agreed its back to the beginning for Rudi.............a long way to drive........but in all honesty it’s what I had been thinking and Conrad gave me the confidence to trust my judgement. Hopefully Rudi will progress now and I will be writing good things about him in the future........
Before I finish I must say well done to Natalie and ‘Sasha’. Sasha is 18 yrs young and very "hot". Nat took her on last year after Sasha (much to her horror) had been retired. After loads of hard work, and they never miss their fortnightly lessons, they went off to a Riding Club show, won the Novice dressage and jumped brill. It goes to show that even at 18 with the correct training what can be achieved. As I am writing this I’ve just had text from Natalie and Paul (husband) to say that they competed at Hunters today and were 1st and 3rd in both Prelims and anyone reading this that knew ‘Sasha’ before will know what a fab result that is!!
Likewise Amanda and Puzzle.......off work for over a year due to injury...... went to their first comp and after being rather " bouncy" in his first test won the second test with over 74% so well done to them as well.
P.S. At Claire's suggestion (Nerro's owner) I will try and put the Conrad lesson video on the web site as hopefully some of you would find it very helpful. Until next time, Happy training and Happy Horses......Amanda.
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