Affiliated Eventing | Scotts of Thrapston

We are now addicted to affiliated eventing!

Posted on08. Aug, 2011 by Julia Berrie.

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So, the weekend had finally come! All our training as part of the Rider Development Programme climaxed at Carlton Horse Trials. We arrived on the Saturday to a glorious day and a buzzing atmosphere and although I was a little nervous the excitement soon took over! Even Nix was showing his excitement by pawing a [...]

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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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Ready to take our first steps into affiliated eventing

Posted on21. Apr, 2011 by Julia Berrie.

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Hi I’m Sarah Orr and I’m thrilled to have been selected alongside Alex Elliott for this years Scotts of Thrapston Rider Development Programme. I’m 29 years old and live in Northamptonshire. I have been riding since I was 2 years old and started competing from an early age. My mum was a riding instructor so [...]

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We jumped a confidence- boosting clear cross country round

Posted on14. Jul, 2010 by Janet.

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I have just returned from a week’s holiday in Madeira but whilst I lounged around eating and sleeping poor Tara didn’t have the luxury of a complete break! Last year she was diagnosed with proximal suspensory desmitis in both hocks which required shockwave therapy followed by a slow steady programme of exercise back to full [...]