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Category Archives: Dressage
Horse Riding and Dystonia. Progress Report 28
There’s been a lot of change at our riding school recently. Our “shouty” riding instructor has left and the replacement is proving to be …an improvement. Our new instructor is a middle aged lady who knows a lot, has a … Continue reading
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Horse Riding and Dystonia. Progress Report 27
Progress Report 27. Hmm. Progress? Perhaps not quite the right word. As the weather’s been so good, I’ve spent a lot of time out hacking, mainly due to extreme nagging from the Offspring who likes going in the school as … Continue reading
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Competition Success
Pouring rain and the news that my chosen ride for this evening’s dressage competition had been withdrawn by the owner, were not the best of things to kick off proceedings. Fortunately, trusty Tosca came to the rescue and we did … Continue reading
Horse Riding and Dystonia. Progress Report 26
This week, our equine activities have been confined to hacking, swotting horse flies and watching polo. Interesting mix, but sadly none of these have been remotely useful in terms of getting “competition ready” for next Friday. I am definitely entering … Continue reading
Horse Riding and Dystonia. Progress Report 25
Disaster and hope. Something of a mixed week, then? Well, yes. Firstly, the disaster. Having taken the aimiable Tosca out again, the general consensus is that we have given ourselves a massive hill to climb, over the next three weeks, … Continue reading
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Horse Riding and Dystonia. Progress Report 24
It always makes me rather cross when (usually) non-horsey folk say “You don’t have to be fit to ride. The horse does all the work, doesn’t it?” Er, no. Actually. By my reckoning, to ride a good, variable training session, … Continue reading
Horse Riding and Dystonia. Progress Report 22
Sadly, this quarter’s Botox treatment has not proved to be very effective. Usually, I notice an immediate improvement in my dystonic sysmptoms, but this time around, the impact has (so far) been minimal. However, in spite of this, things could … Continue reading
Horse Riding and Dystonia. Progress Report 21
Crunch, crunch, crunch. Rip. Clunk. Yes, folks, that’s the sound of me grinding my teeth, shredding my January dressage competition entry form and lobbing it into the bin. All a result of this morning’s equine activities. I can honestly say, … Continue reading
Horse Riding and Dystonia. Progress Report 20.
Last night, I finally reached ‘base camp’ in my uphill trek to return to competitive riding – A rossette! Yes, finally screwed up the courage to enter a competition and got placed. Hurrah! I realise that to write about this … Continue reading
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Horse Riding and Dystonia. Progress Report 19
Finally. Managed to get a lunge lesson today. I’ve suggested this to different instructors at different times and all have backed away from it. And I’m totally at a loss to understand why. Do instructors think that clients will be … Continue reading