James Scott | Scotts of Thrapston

Battered and Bruised

Posted on10. Dec, 2010 by James.

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Apologies for the lack of blogging recently! I was hoping to entertain you over the coming six to nine months with tales of my eventing career and the progress I have made. However, the tale doesn’t really get off to the best of starts! My first riding lesson was a great success, well that is [...]

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My first lesson booked for Thursday at 5pm

Posted on25. Aug, 2010 by Julia Berrie.

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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 [...]

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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.

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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 [...]

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New Rider Development Programme initiative

Posted on12. Aug, 2010 by Julia Berrie.

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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 [...]