Horse Hero Update - 3rd February 2012
Filming. This week we returned to dressage trainer Pammy Hutton who taught juniors and young riders some fascinating exercises for improving stability in the saddle and improving their lateral work. We are also filmed 4* eventer Flora Harris jumping several horses cross country, which will give you invaluable tips for the forthcoming season. Also, this week (it's a busy one!) we are visiting Grand Prix dressage rider Natalie Allen who will teach some of her students for us and ride her own horses. In a few weeks time, we are working with GB team rider Daisy Dick on jump training for eventers, and filming clicker trainer Amanda Martin. Clicker training has many uses from dealing with problem behaviour to teaching tricks, training for obedience and improving your horse's dressage! Horse Hero founder Fiona Price will be learning a few tricks herself in March with the stunt riders, Company of Horsemen!
Latest Blogs. Sarah Fisher has a traumatic time, Laura Bechtolsheimer skives off, Hannah Biggs gets off to a great start, Olivia Wilmot regrets her excesses, Jo Eccles prepares for the World Cup final, Anna Weston learns a painful lesson, Annie Perry is delighted, Joseph Murphy gets drilled at squad training and Sienna Myson-Davies is back in the swing. Melissa Beer amuses the judges, Alex Franklin prepares for an international, Jason Webb learns new tricks, Claire Gallimore makes an impact, Samantha Thurman-Baker has her hands full and Sophie Wells comes up trumps. Alex Peternell predicts the future, Fiona Price faces a home truth, Richard Maxwell gets a wake-up call, Maria Eilberg prepares and Natalie Allen's 'babies' have a party! (Click
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Site search. There are lots of ways of searching video content on Horse Hero designed to make it easy to find what you are looking for from around 550 videos now on the site! Firstly, you can browse in the Video Library (via the site navigation at the top of every page). Click on a category that interests you to see what videos are there, though in a number of cases such as Training, there are subcategories to choose from as well, eg. 'horse behaviour', 'dressage' and 'jumping'. Or click on Suggested Videos (on the Home Page just above the pictures of latest videos). We've grouped many (but not all) videos by subject eg. 'ridden work for youngsters' or 'how to ride a dressage test'. Also on the Home Page (near Suggested Videos) are Most Watched videos which indicate what's been very popular. Alternatively, there's a Video Search bar (to the right of Suggested Videos on the Home Page) where you can type in a subject, eg. lunging or jumping, or a person's name eg. Maria Eilberg and get a list of all the relevant videos.