Scotts of Thrapston

My first lesson booked for Thursday at 5pm

Posted on25. Aug, 2010 by Julia Berrie.

Tim and Antonia Brown are currently away in France with their competition horses, so I am having to prolong the waiting for my first lesson!
I understand that they have had some good places with their horses in France, though… a 10th and a 15th out of 70 odd horses!  Impressive stuff I believe ~ not that [...]

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I am told I will “go through” 4 horses on my way to super stardom

Posted on16. Aug, 2010 by Julia Berrie.

My introduction to eventing….
My first task was to gain an understanding of the kit I require:
Helmet! or skull cap as they call it…
Jodhpur boots…. and chaps…not the cowboy ones, much to my disappointment, but small ones for the calf area.
In the long term proper riding boots, the proper fitted boots rather than the Mickey mouse straight [...]

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New Rider Development Programme initiative

Posted on12. Aug, 2010 by Julia Berrie.

The next stage of the Scotts of Thrapston Rider Development Programme to be launched is aimed at grass roots and will follow James Scott, one of the company’s directors, and novice rider, as he prepares for his Eventing debut.
He comments: “I haven’t ridden for a while, but being involved with the development programme has made [...]

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Posted on12. Aug, 2010 by admin.

Coming soon

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I have achieved my first step towards becoming an Event Rider

Posted on05. Aug, 2010 by Henry.

What an experience!
It has been a fantastic last 4 months; I have achieved my first step towards becoming an Event Rider.
I had an amazing couple of days up at Carlton Horse Trials. We went up Friday for the course walk with Nick Turner which was a brilliant start to the weekend. I couldn’t recommend Nick [...]

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I’m totally addicted to the sport of eventing!

Posted on04. Aug, 2010 by Janet.

After 4 months of training as part of the Scotts of Thrapston development squad, the programme culminated at the weekend with the Carlton Horse Trials.
My aim through these months was to do all that I could to give us the best chance possible at our first ever affiliated event, through training clinics and carefully selected [...]

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I have used the last week to completely prepare myself for my first British Event

Posted on29. Jul, 2010 by Henry.

A great week leading up to hopefully a great event!
I have used the last week to completely prepare myself for my first British Event. I went cross-country this week to ensure I was fully prepared in this department and it went fantastically well leaving me feeling positive and fully ready for the cross country phase. [...]

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I rode with confidence and Tara’s jumping was fantastic

Posted on27. Jul, 2010 by Janet.

So here we go – the final run up to the Carlton BE Horse Trials.
As I said last week, I planned to concentrate on my show jumping for a few days with a lesson organised for Wednesday with Anna (Head-Rosteck). It didn’t start well – I was just a passenger and Tara was fast and [...]

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It is starting to get very close to Carlton Horse Trials

Posted on26. Jul, 2010 by Henry.

After a fantastic weekend clearing up in the show jumping classes and out speeding all the rest.
This last week has been good to get organised and after Bobby having had a couple of rest days after his hard work.
Last week I did some lunging with him to really get him working, whilst lunging you can [...]

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A significant step forward

Posted on23. Jul, 2010 by Janet.

For once I think Tara was genuinely pleased to see me – obviously trailing round in circles on the horsewalker twice a day did not inspire her!
This week I brought Tara back into ridden exercise gradually, starting with a couple of hacks and a gentle schooling session.
The rest of the week was focussed on dressage. [...]

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