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What can I show my Appaloosa cob in?
Q: I would love to show my 15hh, Appaloosa cob, but I am not sure which classes I could enter. Please could you advise me?
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Equal rein contact
Q: I always have one rein about an inch shorter than the other. How can I correct it?
Tina Sederholm answers:... more
Is this the right pony for me?
I have just recovered from a fall from my pony, when I broke my collarbone. He's a sharp pony. I rode a friend's quiet pony last week and felt very safe, and am unsure about riding ours again. Should I persevere?
Fliss Gillott answers:... more
How to pass on a bridleway?
Is it etiquette to pass left shoulder to shoulder or as on the road, right shoulder to right?
Fliss Gillott answers: ... more
Turn full circle
Q: When I'm schooling my mare, I can't get her to do a proper 20m circle on the left rein. Halfway around, she falls in and cuts the circle in half, and I find myself using the outside rein to take her back out to the circle. Do you have any advice which might help us?
Tina Sederholm answers:... more
Send him away to be schooled?
My instructor can only help me school him twice a week, some people say I should send my young horse away to be professionally schooled. What do you suggest I do?
Fliss Gillott answers:... more
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