2 Day Dressage Seminar - "Quality is in the detail".

Fir Tree Stud, is delighted to announce that Peter de Cosemo will be holding a 2 day mounted seminar.
Peter de Cosemo produces and teaches all levels through to FEI Dressage level worldwide.

As well as a BHSI, trainer, judge and rider, Peter has a unique approach to combining bio-mechanics, horse psychology and dressage training with Yorkshire common sense to produce remarkable and long-lasting results in both horses and riders
The two day seminar includes:

* Wednesday morning - rides will be based on;
Balance, speed, tempo and rhythm in all paces. And understanding each one.
* Lecture/demo - ‘Effectiveness of rider position.’

* Wednesday afternoon - mounted lesson theme will be;
‘Lateral work according to level.’
* Lecture; ‘Understanding the scales of training.’

* Wednesday evening - Social gathering for all participants at local pub, TBA.

* Thursday morning - mounted lessons theme will be;
‘Canter work according to level’
* Lecture/demo - ‘School figures and some test patterns.’

* Thursday afternoon for all riders - ‘Simulating a competition environment’
To include how to warm up in a busy collecting ring. Mentally preparing for a test. All riders will ride through a simple test. Clinician and non riding students will be the judges.

All ridden places have been filled but we are taking a limited number of un-mounted participants, who will be involved in the proceedings throughout the day. They will be able to ask questions during ridden training sessions and participate fully in the lecture demos.
This is an excellent opportunity to find out more about the Peter de Cosemo approach to dressage training and to meet fellow dressage enthusiasts. All levels of rider from novice upwards most welcome.
Un mounted participants £20 for 1 day or £30 for both days. Spaces limited so book early.

To book contact Jenna at jenz.87@gmail.com

2014!

As our last post mentioned, we are regularly updating events on our facebook page (www.facebook.com/firtreestud  you do not need to be a member to view our page).
This means we are shocking at updating our news blog!!

The end of 2013 was eventful as always, kicking off our new monthly in house dressage competitions, new clinics etc

Also the arrival of our newly surfaced all weather round pen!!

We have also had a very busy start to 2014, with several BD dressage competitions to kick off the new year, and also a few BS for Thomas.


Please keep looking on our facebook as we update this regularly with things that are going on, and details of our clinics, and dressage competitions.

A happy BELATED new year to all of you!

Summer at FTS!

Summer at FTS this year has been a very hectic few months! The Show Jumping and Dressage clinics have been a fabulous success, and everyone has thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

Thomas & Monty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Janice & Borris

There have been many different competitions, and several liveries have ventured to Port Royal to do their first ever dressage tests. 

Krista and Pueblo after 3 goes came home with a 1st rosette! 

Pueblo modelling his dressage winnings!

 Echo has returned to FTS to continue his training and is doing very well in the dressage world. After only a few goes, he has scored +70% at prelim level winning both his classes last weekend. 

Echo and Thomas

 We have also spent alot of time preparing for the coming winter months by laying new stone path ways to all our fields & gateways in hope of making this winter a "easier" one!! 

This is only a small fraction of things that have happened this summer, and all of our liveries have in one way or another had a fantastic summer with their horses! 

Good job everyone!  

Summer Clinics

We are in the process of booking several exciting clinics at FTS this summer. So please keep checking back for more dates added to the list.

So far we have booked:

Sat 18th May - Joe Whitaker Show Jumping Clinic
Sat 1st & Sun 2nd June - Reiki Level 1 and Reiki for Animals Course
Sat 8th June - Jane Peberdy Dressage Clinic (List 1 BD Judge)
Sat 22st June - Joe Whitaker Show Jumping Clinic
Sun 7th July - Jane Peberdy Dressage Clinic
Sat 13th July - Joe Whitaker Show Jumping Clinic
Sat 27th July - Equine Massage for horse owners course

Please email Jenna at jenz.87@gmail.com for a booking form for these events.

Florian and Mac go home

After a few "delays" Florian and Mac have now gone home after an extended stay.
Their owners Gary and Sarah have worked very hard, and although their is still some way to go (Florian is no push over), their hard work is starting to pay off!

Here are some pictures of Florian just before she went home. You can follow their journey on our facebook page (www.facebook.com/firtreestud)

 

Sarah and Gary will be continuing their training with us with bi-weekly lessons on site. 

March at FTS

We are aiming for once monthly updates, as all our regular updates can be found on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/firtreestud (you do not need to be a member of Facebook to see our page).

This month has continued our aim of getting as many of our clients to try something new this year, with many giving Dressage Anywhere ago for the first time. Alison and Krista both did their first ever dressage tests at the end of February and scored a well deserved 59%, they are now working towards going out for their first competition soon.

Sarah & Gary who own the lovely Florian and Mac have been working with us whilst the two horses are on short term training livery, to kick start their competition season. All four of them have improved tremendously and we are very proud of all their hard work.

Along side going to Port Royal, Sarah competed in her first Dressage Anywhere and came 2nd in their very full class!

We have also had another Liz Harris Equine Therapist clinic day, and we have some big plans for the summer months, so please keep looking back for exciting opportunities coming soon! 

Equestrian Life Magazine

FTS's New Years Resolutions has made it into this months (Feb North) EQUESTRIAN LIFE MAGAZINE.

 

Well done to all our clients! We will hopefully be back out again on the 23rd Feb. See you then! 

FTS New Years Resolutions!

Happy New Year to all our clients and friends!
Sorry for the delay in writing, the first two weeks of January so far have been none stop for all at FTS.

Over the Christmas period we teamed up with our clients to ponder our new years resolutions, and we have decided to run monthly competition outings. This allows our clients to start their 2013 off with a bang with our first dressage outing the 6th January.
On these outings the whole FTS team accompanies our clients to an event to offer support and training, with the aim of developing the horse and rider combinations we are already working with.

On the 6th Jan we all went to Port Royal EEC for  Dressage classes of all levels. This competiton allowed some of our clients to kick start their new year. All combinations were urged to try something new, ranging from the first competition in 10 years to trying a novice test for the first time.
 Through the day, 14 tests for FTS clients were ridden!!

Everyone had a fabulous day, with all horse and rider combinations performing beautifully. Results varied with rosettes right through the scale from 1st to 6th place. Sam & Summer even traveled all the way from Whitby for their fabulous score of 72% and 1st place.

This will be a monthly event run for our clients and we will keep you posted with their progresses!  Well done every one!!

Fir Tree Stud in HORSE Magazine

Fir Tree Stud were featured in the November issue of Horse and Hound's sister magazine HORSE.
Andrew and Marchje's recent sucess in California was published in their News update section.

 

Other news from this month featured on our facebook page include:

Yard visit to Bishop Burton's Olympic masterclass, Sam and Summer the Friesian's dressage success and also the count down to the next Mark van de Donk clinic on the 1st and 2nd of December.

For those who are interested in the Mark dressage clinics, we will be allowing spectators on either day for just £5. If any one is interested please email us to book a slot.

  

Dulcie qualifies for British Dressage Regional Finals!

Dulcie Smith and Robbie V (who train with Janice at FTS) have qualified for the British Dressage Regional Finals (East of England) this February at Bishop Burton.
Dulcie and Robbie have qualified in spectacular fashion coming 1st in their BD test today at Port Royal with 67%.
Everyone at FTS are very proud of the pair and all of the hard work Dulcie (who is only 17) has put in this year, WELL DONE!

Andrew & Marchje travel to America!

As you all know, Marchje & her owner have moved to America this August. After 18 days of quarantine, Andrew traveled over to join them for 21 days of intensive training and fittening work in heats exceeding 40C for the INTERNATIONAL FRIESIAN SHOW HORSE ASSOCIATION WORLD FRIESIAN SHOW 2012, in California, USA.
The show was held over 5 days, competing against some of the best Friesians on that side of the world.
We are extremely proud to say Marchje and Andrew have won the following awards:
WORLD CHAMPION IN HAND MARE
RESERVE WORLD CHAMPION DRESSAGE
& 3 TOP 5 DRESSAGE AWARDS.

Although we are sad to see Marchje go, we are very proud of all her acheivements since coming to FTS.
Marchje came to us in late 2010 as a broodmare and has gone away a horse that has achieved the following:

Competing British Dressage Elementary
FHAGBI Ridden Champion 2011
FHAGBI In Hand Reserve Champion 2012
FHAGBI Ridden Champion 2012
FHAGBI Reserve Supreme Champion 2012
IFSHA World In Hand Mare Champion 2012
IFSHA World Reserve Champion Dressage 2012
IFSHA Top 5 Dressage award.

We wish her the best of luck for the future!

September update

It has been a busy last few weeks, hence the lack of updates!
We have had several new horses come, including the delightful Romeo, a 16.1hh Irish Sports Horse, on training for his owners Alison and Flo.

After a few weeks training, they went to their first ever dressage competition and came 1st! A really big well done to them, and we hope to see them at a few more competitions this winter.

We have also seen the arrival of Echo, another Irish Sports Horse for schooling, and he is progressing very nicely under saddle.

Along with this, we have seen some of our training clients go from strength to strength, with several first rosettes for our first timers!

Andrew has also gone to America for a month with Marchje the Friesian mare we have had on training livery, more details of their adventures to follow soon!

If you would like to keep more up to date with our activities please see our facebook www.facebook.com/firtreestud

Mark van de Donk Delights!

Dutch Dressage Trainer Mark van de Donk came to Fir Tree Stud, Spaldington, East Yorkshire, for another  training clinic last weekend. He had a variety of lessons, from working on "forwards" to Piaffe!
Everyone who came, throughly enjoyed themselves, delighted by Marks enthusiasm and sense of humour!!

On the sunday, we hosted a "Friesian Day", where Mark, who is extremely experienced in Producing Friesians for the IBOP Gradings in Holland, worked with 4 Friesians. The secretary of the Friesian Horse Association of Great Britain and Ireland (FHAGBI) came along to watch!

Janice Chadwick, Elaine De Boer Freisan Horse judge and FHAGBI Comittee member, Mark van de Donk and Andrew Chadwick with Marchje fan Fjildschit and Twirre fan 'e Aldedyk, two registered Friesians at Fir Tree Stud's Dressage Clinic with Mark van de Donk.

Mark will be returning for another sucessful clinic on the 20th-21st October, Please email Janice at fts@firtreestud.co.uk to book your slot, spaces will go fast!! 

Bespoke dressage training

Summer, a stunnning 6 year old Friesian has come to us for two weeks dressage training. As part of her training, her owner Sam will be coming and working with us.
During the stay, we took Sam & Summer for their first trip to Port Royal EEC. Despite the awful weather, they had a fantastic time, coming 1st and 2nd in their tests!

 While we were at Port Royal Helen and Monty did their second ever test at Port Royal. They received the worst of the weather but they did fantastically. Both ladies have qualified for the Port Royal Dressage Championship in October.

Friesian Horse Association Champion Show 2012

We took Marchje to the Ultimate Showcase of Champions Friesian Horse Association of Great Britain and Northern Irelands Showing show today. 

Marchje & Andrew did extremely well and we all had a great time!

They came: 

1st in the In Hand Mare Class

Reserve In Hand Champion

1st in the Ridden Mare Class

Ridden Champion

and Reserve supreme champion! 

All the pictures from the day can be seen on our facebook www.facebook.com/firtreestud (you dont need to be a member of facebook to see what we have being doing)!! 

Marchje Elementary test

Marchje & Andrew have completed a Dressage Anywhere test, it was judged by Barbara Amos, List 1 judge. They scored a fab 67.2%!
You can see the test here:

Well done you two!!

Dressage clinic booking form

As mentioned in previous posts, Dutch Dressage trainer Mark van de Donk will be returning to host another training clinic on the 18-19th August. 45 min sessions will be £65.

To book please download the following booking form and send with applicable payment to address on the form.
Mark van de Donk Booking Form
If you cannot download this form, please email Janice at fts@firtreestud.co.uk and we will send you a copy.

Thomas and Joey score a 9!

After 7 weeks Joey has now gone home with his mum. We worked out a strategy to help Joey develop. He is quite a complex character who is easily stressed if his environments routine is not kept to. That is not to say that things cant change, but it is how the change day to day is monitored at this stage. Joey also has some physical issues which means that he must be developed carefully. He has a capped hock and a possible minor tendon sheath issue. That said, he is a willing chap under saddle and has progressed nicely in his time with us.

Thomas and Joey had a go at Joeys first dressage test with us, Dressage Anywhere, Intro A. They scored 65.22% and also a 9 for some of their trot work!

You can see their test below. 

Arena Refurbishment 2012

This week we have undertaken an arena refurbishment adding 2.3 tonnes of Martin Collins award winning CLOPF arena fibre. CLOPF provides root structure to an existing surface, improving stability, allowing horses to move over it, not through it.
We are thrilled with the result of the addition of CLOPF to our exisiting Silica sand and rubber arena, and the liveries agree! Melanie with Darcey said " it feels softer and easier for Darcey to move freely on".

We are very pleased with this new addition to FTS, and  feel that this surface will reduce the impact on the horses joints during training.

FTS in Equestrian Life Magazine

Our dressage clinic with Dutch Trainer Mark van de Donk is in this months Northern issue of Equestrian Life Magazine, page 18.