12/08/2008 by admin.

We have decided to have a trial run of preparation for the Lairg show on Friday 22nd of August to ensure that all the horses have the full kit required in time for the show. Bring along your outfits you plan to wear on the day and we can advise you on this as well.

It is recommended that everyone who is a groom on the day also attends, but it is essential that everyone who is showing a horse or will be responsible for their turnout comes. We can try out plaits and practise our turn out techniques before the big day - it’ll be so much fun!!!

Here’s who you are riding/grooming at the show.

Catherine Showing Byron
Rachel Grooming and Riding Shadow
Iona Grooming for Foxy and Kirsty
Elizabeth Grooming for Brodie and Stacie
Sandi Grooming and Riding Shadow
Kirsty Riding Foxy
Joe Grooming for Pollei and Ella
Lauren Grooming for Joanne and Breeze
Ella Showing Pollei
Joanne Showing Breeze

For full details of which class you are entered in and what time your horse box is scheduled to leave the yard please contact Stacie for a copy of the timetable.
Some of you may need to be on the yard very early to help before traveling separately over to the show, and we will definitely need you all to come and prep the horses on the Friday night.
Have fun guys and Good Luck!!

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17/07/2008 by admin.

Hi there! I am Bru the Bear and I am the resident Security Guard at Highland Wildrides. I have been kindly offered through the medium of “Dog Whispering” to pour my many observations out on this blog for you so that we can share the excitement and mayhem of Highland Wildrides.

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The most newsworthy event of the week so far has to be my Mum’s newest craze of riding horses in head collars. Now those of you who already know me will be aware that I feel it necessary to keep an eye on those horses when they are around the humans, and as far as I am concerned you can’t have enough leads and collars on them. I have seen what they do to each other in the field and I have heard what they talk about, and I think my Mum is just far too nice to them! However she does love them a lot and this week she has decided that it is not fair to shove cold metal in the mouth of her best friends and crank it around until they start or stop. She has decided that she will ride them in those Monty Roberts Dually head collars. At the moment she is only experimenting while she trains them by using them when she rides herself, but she swears it will catch on and that soon everyone will be doing it!?!

Now I have to say that I am awfully glad that she has never tried putting a bridle on me (although there are constant jokes about my size making me lend well to trekking should a horse not turn up to work) as having a bit in your mouth would make even the nicest of creatures uncomfortable, but I am afraid that this may end in tears (or plaster casts). I would be interested in hearing about anyone elses experiences whilst riding in a head collar and whether or not you recommend it?

So far she has ridden the Fox who loves to trot and it slowed her down in the school, she has ridden the super fast Shadow (I can never catch up with the ride when he leads it!) and he stopped easily, and also Tash who is my Mums personal horse and has never had a rider on him before her. He didn’t know any different so behaved perfectly! However, I am very wary of those horse beasties and I shall be keeping a close watch to make sure it all continues this smoothly……………………….

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