Alex Elliott | Scotts of Thrapston

One week to go…

Posted on27. Jul, 2011 by Julia Berrie.

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The latest news from Alex Elliott in the run up to Carlton Horse Trials After some fantastic lessons with Nick at Carlton in the build up to the Horse Trials I’d planned to keep Nix training and competing as much as possible to give us our best chance. On the weekend of my last training [...]

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This was by far our best lesson!

Posted on06. Jul, 2011 by Julia Berrie.

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The latest Scotts of Thrapston rider development news from Alex Elliott…. Nick Turner XC clinic week one Thursday 16th June marked the beginning of three consecutive week sessions with Nick. After the noticeable changes from the first two lessons I was keen to see my improvements over the three weeks. I went into my first lesson slightly apprehensive; [...]

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Our plans for Carlton Horse Trials are underway and I just can’t wait!

Posted on13. Jun, 2011 by Julia Berrie.

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Our first competition at Carlton and a lesson with Piggy French… With my first BE event behind me and my excitement for Carlton Horse Trials growing I was keen to keep my schedule busy with training and competitions. With the chance to have a go round Carlton in the May open cross country I was [...]

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My first BE event…

Posted on25. May, 2011 by Julia Berrie.

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Training with Nick ~ 2nd May 2011 We arrived to yet again beautiful weather and a warm welcome. Nix was certainly calmer on arrival this time but feeling good with all the spring grass. We started by popping some small fences to get warmed up then slowly walking through the water to relax the horses [...]

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Despite our ups and downs my love of Eventing is growing stronger

Posted on13. May, 2011 by Julia Berrie.

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Following my first lesson with Nick, these last two weeks have brought both highs and lows for me and Nix. As our training was on a roll and running quite smoothly, I decided it was time to enter us into our very first BE event. I want to use our first event to see where [...]