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The misadventures of Charlie! Hi there! Two more for the segway tour today? Yep!
Okay, everyone follow me! Lean forward to go and lean back to stop, but be gentle, segways are very sensitive!
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exciting new eventing series
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The Event Rider Masters (ERM) is a completely new series, running at CIC three star level. With a huge prize pot up for grabs, it’s generated a huge amount of excitment between top riders, with the likes of Pippa Funnell, Emily King and Oliver Townend among the 40 riders taking part. The new series kicked off at Chatsworth International Horse Trials in May, and will be at five more events across Britain in 2016. Head to eventridermasters. tv to watch online – get ready to be seriously inspired!
We’ve been keeping an eye on all the latest celeb gossip over social media – what have your fave riders been up to?
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Kiwi eventer Jock Paget’s horse is looking ready for action! @jockpaget Our farrier Nick Deacon has put golden nails in Clifton Signature’s shoes for @RolexKentucky
Lyla Mainwaring and Chloe Spence-Gray were the lucky winners of World Horse Welfare’s competition to design an element of their Garden Gate fence at Badminton Horse Trials. The winners attended Badminton to see their creations brought to life on the iconic course, and PONY went along to check them out, too!
Lyla with her winning design
Competitions galore
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Ben Hobday and the gorgeous Mulr ys Error tackle this water jump in style. @benhobday Landing gear READY!!!! #extremeteam #MrMulr y #YehBoi
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Check out this adorable video of foals at Worth a Shot Farm in America having a game with their ball at bit.ly/cutefoals – it’s too cute not to share! Do you have any funny pony-related videos? Send them to pony@djmurphy.co.uk
20-year-old showjumpier, Bertram Allen, shows us how it’s done! @globalchampionstour Loving this shot of Bertram and Hector from yesterday’s Grand Prix.
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Check out part two of Pippa Funnell’s jumping secrets and you’ll be jumping like a pro in no time!
Our expert
Pippa Funnell is an international eventer who’s won two team silver and one individual bronze Olympic medals. She’s been European champion twice and is one of only two riders to have won the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing, winning the three major four star events back-to-back.
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Piggy French is an international eventer and competes at four star an level. She’s won a Europe a was and al Med er Silv member of Team GB at the 2010 World Equestrian Games.
olework exercises can help improve various aspects of your jumping, including straightness and rhythm. Using poles to warm up for jumping helps your pony to maintain a rhythm and you to practise keeping him straight. You’ll be able to tell whether you ride a straight line over the poles by comparing the place where you enter the line of poles to the place where you exit them. Aim to ride a perfectly straight line each time. When jumping, trot or canter poles before a fence help place your pony in the correct position for takeoff. This can help you both gain confidence, and concentrate on keeping balanced and in an even rhythm, rather than worrying about when to take off. Using guide poles (two poles placed on the jump in a V shape) encourages your pony to approach the fence straight and jump the centre of the fence. They’re also useful to help you focus on the part of the fence you want to jump. Jumping straight helps your pony stay in balance and produce a better jump than if your approach is wonky. It’ll also help you keep straight on landing, too, which is especially important if you’ve got another fence to jump or are riding a course.
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Y N O P R U O Y E MAK Understanding when ponies are stressed and doing what we can to reduce it helps us make our ponies happy, and who doesn’t want to do that?
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Top tip!
Our expert
Making sure your fave pony’s daily needs are met will help minimise his stress levels. Preventing stress is better than curing it.
Anna Saillet is an Equine Behaviour Consultant. She has a degree in Animal Behaviour, and a master’s degree in Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare.
What is stress?
Stress is something we have to deal with in our daily lives and ponies do, too. Stress can be mental, physical or emotional. It’s easy to tell when your pony is under physical stress – for example, if he’s been working very hard – but emotional stress is often more difficult to spot. Many people think that the word stress only relates to negative situations, when actually stress is a normal response all animals use to cope with challenges in their environment. Stress becomes a worry when a pony can’t escape from the situation or thing that’s causing him stress (the stressor), or he’s exposed to it for a long time.
Fact!
The stress response
The stress response is the pattern of changes that takes place after a pony is exposed to an emotional or physical stressor. The pattern is...
Pony is exposed to a physical or emotional stressor
Stress activates the natural flight or fight response
Several involuntary actions occur
Remember that all ponies are individuals and will show stress in different ways. Also, something one pony finds stressful, another pony may not.
Involuntary actions include... l hormones released l loose droppings l increased heart rate l raised blood pressure l faster breathing l senses becoming sharper
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