Report from the Royal International Horse Show, Hickstead
A wonderful day on Saturday 27th July was had by F&I Association members, who each brought along a variety of friends and family. 22 in total, including three generations! Hickstead itself as a venue is iconic and had a sense of excitement when I first arrived, meeting up with our F&I Hon Secretary and our organiser for the day, Alison Craig, who accompanied us to the smartly-revamped BHS hospitality box. As it was early,…
Read MoreReport from the F&I Training Day with Judy Harvey FBHS
29th April 2024. Morning report – from Mandy Chaffin BHSI. I was privileged to have a lesson with Judy Harvey for the F&I study day at her yard near Milton Keynes. The experience was hugely beneficial to myself and my horse “Dailmer” who is a 9yr old warmblood as we have recently stepped up to Prix St Georges and have been struggling with the right to left flying change in particular. Judy had fantastic ideas…
Read MoreReport on F&I study evening with Becky Thompson, Life Coach “MINDHOP”
25th April 2024. Organised by Liz Eaton FBHS, report by Sarah Thorne BHSI. Becky Thompson presented a fantastically educational presentation and discussion on Mastering Energy Shifts in ourselves and in our clients by being aware of what energy they may bring to a session. She started with the explanation that we are all energy, with the potential for action, either being positive or destructive, coming from anabolic or catabolic energy, and how these play out…
Read MoreReport from Sam Watson Equiratings Evening
Sam’s presentation was truly excellent and a lot of food for thought was left for us to ponder. He started off by telling us how Equiratings started. It all began by him not performing well in the showjumping phase at the World Games in Kentucky in 2010 and at the next World Games in 2014. He decided it was not going to happen a third time! He then worked out that he was in the…
Read MoreReport from the Annual Course Dressage Training with Gareth Hughes
Firstly, very many thanks to Ann and all of the Committee Members for organising a fantastic and inspirational two days of training at the F&I conference. For all of us, this was our first visit to the conference since qualifying in 2018, 2023, 2006, and 2018 respectively. We met in Hong Kong and have been supported by many ‘F’s’ and ‘I’s’ whilst being overseas, but nothing compares to seeing and meeting so many people in…
Read MoreReport from the Annual Course Jumping Report
Addington is a venue I have not been to for many years. I remember being pretty impressed all those years ago. It didn’t disappoint this time, simple and smart new navy branding, many arenas and good signage greeted us as we arrived. Ann was on the door smiling as always. I never know how she manages to do this when she has the weight of such an extensive two days on her shoulders. Beyond the…
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Read MoreReport from the “Let’s Focus on Show Jumping” day
“Let’s Focus on Show Jumping” was the theme at this year’s Scottish F&I day, organised in collaboration with BHS Scotland & BS Scotland. Held on Monday 18th September 2023 at Netherton Equestrian, Perthshire, it was an exciting day with a full programme of Show Jumping experts. Organiser Jen Morris had put together an amazing panel for us to learn from, which comprised: Lucy Moss – BS Scottish Development Officer & Scottish Committee Chair Shaun Sands…
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