Silva Martin’s Thursday Dressage Recap from LRK3DE 2021
April 22, 2021 by
Silva is in Kentucky coaching Boyd and she checked in to give a recap of his two rides today at the 2021 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event Presented by Mars Equestrian:
Luke 140
Boyd’s first ride today was Luke 140 in the CCI4*-S. First of all, the weather is very unlike April in Kentucky, it’s very cold, and for a fit horse that’s not ideal! All week Luke has looked fabulous, and he looked a million bucks in the warm-up, he’s a really quality horse. But once he was in the stadium, Read more...
Rio Prep: Red and Shadow Schooling Cross Country Jumps in the Arena
July 16, 2016 by Leave a Comment
https://youtu.be/XWiDCjODjso
After Great Meadow I had a long drive home after a disappointing cross country round with a glance-off at the double corner on Blackfoot Mystery. When something doesn’t go to plan, you ask yourself a million questions like, ‘did he misread the fence?’, ‘did I ride incorrectly?’ or ‘have I focused too much on dressage and show jumping and forgot about the all important cross country?’. I think it was a bit of all three of those issues, but lucky for me Read more...2016 Red Hills CIC Recap
March 13, 2016 by Leave a Comment
It was my first time at Red Hills in two years and I must say the event has changed considerably. The venue has improved with dressage and show jumping rings and the course designer has made a much more flowing course. With the topography it's still hard to good rhythm going throughout the course, but all of my horses managed to go clear around Mike E-S's cross country course. I decided to take my more "up and coming" greener horses down there to expose them to this sort of competition - I knew there Read more...
