Love the importance Simon places on your flat warm ups before jumping. It’s so much more than just walk trot canter jump and made such a huge difference to Wilma’s way of going.
Simon is an amazing rider! The best part is that he can impart his knowledge to his pupils. That’s not always easy. Wilma has so much potential. 🐴. Must remember that she’s still young and learning.
You've grown so much as a rider. Simon really knows you! Having been here for YEARS I feel like I know you a bit too. I totally understand relying on hand rather than leg because that is me too. That being said, when you sit quiet and let her move on, those little body adjustments make all the difference. She is such a different ride than Jam. (Like I've ridden either one of them) but as I said, I've been here a long time. Your progression, your confidence in your ability as a rider is so wonderful to see. It's rough you can't have a Simon coach you every day because in a month, all that muscle memory would be there. You know what you are doing, Meg. Wilma is lovely and really tries but an occasional stop (again I know) is usually because of ME and my uncertainty. Don't let that happen. You are a beautiful rider. Wilma IS a quality horse and she will take you anywhere you want to go. Jumping the bigger fences really helps too because it makes her use her body correctly and brings the strides to where they should be. Jumping off the soap box. Love the vlog and love you and Wilma (and the rest of the crew)
Well said! I agree with you, and I also am one to go to my hand before my leg. When I get nervous about a fence, I have a habit of taking a pull, and then another, and sometimes another, leaving me with a tiny crap canter and making my horse jump from practically underneath the fence with no pace. It’s actually a silly thing to do; it’s much safer to have a forward canter so your horse can clear the jump easier. But it’s just a habit which makes no sense, which I constantly try to break. It gets better the more I ride and practice, but if I have to take time off or I get a new horse, pulling is my default. Then if it’s a related distance I usually just pop in an extra stride. However, if I’m in a competition and pull to the first fence, then I really have to push (and I’m guilty of sometimes driving with my seat) to get the correct number of strides. Guess we all have our little bad habits we need to break.
Meg you are such an amazing rider, Simon is so great and he is a good trainer of you, Wilma is so cool, you suit her and ride her well. I am so impressed how Wilma jumps. I think you have improved so much in these few days well done meg. We all love you
I also wanted to say what a LOVELY facility Simon has! How wonderful to have the two arenas, the cross country jump fields AND a gallop track all in one place! I have a bit of stable envy now 😅
Great lesson Meg. Well done. Love Simie's training. He's really calm and quiet in his methods and very effective. You wouldn't think the calm professional trainer is the same silly funny Simie we all love. 😂
Wilma is a lovely example of a Connemara TB cross: proportions, movement, willingness. Really enjoyed watching your lesson with Simon. The warm-up transitions seem super smart so she gets used to listening between jumps so it doesn't become a power struggle with you just holding.
Isn't it amazing how a young and very different horse can humble you into recognising that you still have so much to learn. I think every youngster I rode away taught me more than years on one old favourite.
Wilma is looking great. She's maturing so nicely. Simon is great form as usual. So quiet and easy to understand, even for those of us not at your level of riding.
My coach says it takes a least a year, a full cycle of seasons, to get to know your horse. And you have a lot of horses to know so I think you are making such progress. Love watching your lessons and what you learn. It's helpful to me too! Keep playing the long game!
Your flat work before your jump school was fabulous and so helpful for both of you and you both looked great. At home schooling distances with poles on the ground, changing number of strides between poles by using your body, seat and fingers can be a great exercise. You had a fab lesson. Simon is the best and you did so well!!!
I also find using canter poles to be so helpful. I also change the number of strides I get to work on my horses’ adjustability. Such a great exercise you can repeat multiple times without having to jump them into the ground.
Just wanted to thank you…. Being able to watch this jumping lesson with Simon was brilliant. So many things in common with my daughter and her horse, she is 12 and has just moved up to horses so she has learnt a lot from this. We are farming in Devon with holiday cottages so you are always welcome here !! Xx
Great observation from Simon, she’s a horse not a pony. She will help you so much to get to the next level in your riding. You’re already doing an amazing job, imagine how good you’ll be in the future!
Wilma highlights the difference between ponies and sport horses to train and ride you will get there ! and with Simons help and consistency in your training you are going to be AMAZING together trust yourself and your riding ability too , well done you ! xxx
Simone put it nicely but nailed it on the head (48.20) you do the weight and "ski-legs" (use your knees and shins to bare down into the saddle and say "woah" with the body - where as you are like the majority of riders when they want a stop or slow they get handsy and yank on the rein. The reins soften the jaw and guide the shoulders. The legs are for ribs and hindlegs. You don't bend or stop a horse with the mouth! period! 😇
Great fun vlog Meg and Addie Jumped nicely she’s a lovely mare. The last part on the canter track was so nice to watch and Pete put a good song on loved it. Tfs🤗🏇🤗
How nice is that place meg , I have seen both of there channel's . Wilma is a dark bay ,we had two dark bay horses at a yard where I worked .back in my youth . Take care and all the best, I make mix cabbage colselor . And pickled cabbage and red onions . 😄😄😄😄 I addmer you all for sharing your journey .😄😄😄😄 Simon's such a good sport, And that must be such a priverlig .I love all your camp vlogs . 😊😊😊😊👍👍👍👍👍👍 Peter Thank you for doing what YOU do filming .
We do a drill for the people that are heavy-handed. Did you put your hands-on the next rap with your reins? And control your horse with your legs. You turn you jump everything with your legs and keep your hands. Equal part on the next rap. In control with the legs
A lovely combination of fun and informative content. Meg you asked Simon what you could do to help when you’re not in the saddle. He said something along the lines of ‘think about it and get it into your psyche’ (I’m paraphrasing). I’m a Solution Focussed Hypnotherapist and work with riders on improving performance. One of the most effective things we do is visualisations (within a very relaxed state), over and over again, working on the little things you want to improve. There are lots of research studies to show that this is really effective in improving performance. I’d be delighted to chat to you about it if you’re interested. Great vlog as always. Thanks for sharing .
I really loved this video, Meg! You did great on Wilma; she’s such a nice little horse, I agree with you that she’s going to be epic. You were a bit “sponsored by circles” in a few places, but you absolutely smashed it by the end. I love Simon’s style of teaching so much! I wish I could import his to the U.S.! If I ever make it across the pond and have a horse to ride, I’d definitely take some lessons with him. This whole vlog was so fun! Absolutely loved the drone footage of you three on the gallops; I’m a bit jealous, I want to do a pony camp too! I’m 47, but mentally never left my 20’s 😂 I also really enjoyed how you included the social bits as well as the lesson and riding bits. Another one of your videos I’m saving to my horse playlist so I can go back and rewatch. ❤ from the U.S.!
What a wonderful video! This is what it is all about, all that hard work. You are both doing so well, and I love when Simon is involved. Well done both of you 🎉 Wilma stretched out at the end of the video 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Huge Wilma fan here ❤❤❤
Such fun ❤. Wish there had been drones when I was riding. Galloping across Welsh mountains and Dartmoor, plus growing up in the Cotswolds, would have been great memories to record.
like he says (50mins) - tell her, but if she doesn't listen (or in the majority of cases, if you cant see the stride) just let her figure it out. Putting it politely, you are being a bit of a "control freak" in that if you can't control her stride, or see the distance or anything else that you imagine will make the ride/line "uncomfortable", you go and put in a circle (which is paramount to sacrilege)! Just ride the line, "guide the water" of her energy and the quality of the canter and give her the space and complement of having a brain between her ears and let her figure it out 💖 stoicism principles - the only thing you can truly control is you! It's your final stage in maturing. 🥰
I love how Simon makes sure you have a proper warm up not just walk trot and canter! Also the McDonalds you went to is my go-to one cause I love how it’s got two stories ahaha Well done Wilma and Meg!
Oh, we are all our own worst enemies LOL! MEG! She was NOT jumping flat (other than the fact that the fences were tiny so how else was she to jump?). Once the fences went up, her bascule got bigger because she needed it. She doesn't need it over 2 feet! Simey was great and really got to the heart of the matter--if you can just stop going to your hand all the time, it will all be good! You are a very good rider and she's a lovely horse, but the hand thing is causing problems for you both. I think you are right--you can get away with it on Jam b/c, honestly, she just ignores it LOL. You can't get away with it with Wilma. But that was lovely at the end--JUST LOVELY!!!! Watch this one back every time before you jump!
Holding a short stick between thumb and index finger between each hand whilst holding the reins…… stops you pulling and keeps the reins equal. Well done, you could see the improvement in both of you.
Great riding. Simon’s coaching is so on point, he is very calm. What surprise me is that your horses do not do flying changes? Jam, Wilma, Banksy none of them seem to know it. It is not that hard to teach. Especially in eventing, the flying changes are noted differently than in dressage. You don’t need them to be perfect. Why is that they don’t? Genuine question ❤
ironically - sizing down is what all the gym buddies/bunnies do to make their muscles look bugger so actually Sime has just happened upon accentuating his best features 😇
youve ONLY known wilma for 6 months! think about how long youve known your homebreds by the time you start jumping them. be kind to yourself and take it slow :) you both are already growing so much together, just a matter of trusting the process 🤞
The only thing I don’t understand from all of the videos is why every jumping horse doesn’t do a flying change? Why don’t you teach them? It makes your life sooo much easier than have to go to trot every time they land on the wrong lead. Here we teach them young so it’s a natural thing for them.
I was always taught Bay is Brown Body with Black Mane tail and legs and A Brown horse was a Brown Body with a Black mane and Tail no black legs Now wether that’s accurate or not is another matter
Love the importance Simon places on your flat warm ups before jumping. It’s so much more than just walk trot canter jump and made such a huge difference to Wilma’s way of going.
Simon is so calm, so knowledgeable and so loves the horses
Simon is an amazing rider! The best part is that he can impart his knowledge to his pupils. That’s not always easy. Wilma has so much potential. 🐴. Must remember that she’s still young and learning.
You've grown so much as a rider. Simon really knows you! Having been here for YEARS I feel like I know you a bit too. I totally understand relying on hand rather than leg because that is me too. That being said, when you sit quiet and let her move on, those little body adjustments make all the difference. She is such a different ride than Jam. (Like I've ridden either one of them) but as I said, I've been here a long time. Your progression, your confidence in your ability as a rider is so wonderful to see. It's rough you can't have a Simon coach you every day because in a month, all that muscle memory would be there. You know what you are doing, Meg. Wilma is lovely and really tries but an occasional stop (again I know) is usually because of ME and my uncertainty. Don't let that happen. You are a beautiful rider. Wilma IS a quality horse and she will take you anywhere you want to go. Jumping the bigger fences really helps too because it makes her use her body correctly and brings the strides to where they should be. Jumping off the soap box. Love the vlog and love you and Wilma (and the rest of the crew)
Well said! I agree with you, and I also am one to go to my hand before my leg. When I get nervous about a fence, I have a habit of taking a pull, and then another, and sometimes another, leaving me with a tiny crap canter and making my horse jump from practically underneath the fence with no pace. It’s actually a silly thing to do; it’s much safer to have a forward canter so your horse can clear the jump easier. But it’s just a habit which makes no sense, which I constantly try to break. It gets better the more I ride and practice, but if I have to take time off or I get a new horse, pulling is my default. Then if it’s a related distance I usually just pop in an extra stride. However, if I’m in a competition and pull to the first fence, then I really have to push (and I’m guilty of sometimes driving with my seat) to get the correct number of strides. Guess we all have our little bad habits we need to break.
Meg you are such an amazing rider, Simon is so great and he is a good trainer of you, Wilma is so cool, you suit her and ride her well. I am so impressed how Wilma jumps. I think you have improved so much in these few days well done meg. We all love you
when you're all trotting together in the drone footage and poor little affie's legs are going brrrrr to keep up its cracking me up ahahahahaha
Always impressed at how clever horses are to organise four legs over jumps with someone sitting on them. Well done Wilma and Meg 🐴😍
I also wanted to say what a LOVELY facility Simon has! How wonderful to have the two arenas, the cross country jump fields AND a gallop track all in one place! I have a bit of stable envy now 😅
Great lesson Meg. Well done. Love Simie's training. He's really calm and quiet in his methods and very effective. You wouldn't think the calm professional trainer is the same silly funny Simie we all love. 😂
Wilma is a lovely example of a Connemara TB cross: proportions, movement, willingness. Really enjoyed watching your lesson with Simon. The warm-up transitions seem super smart so she gets used to listening between jumps so it doesn't become a power struggle with you just holding.
Isn't it amazing how a young and very different horse can humble you into recognising that you still have so much to learn. I think every youngster I rode away taught me more than years on one old favourite.
Wilma is looking great. She's maturing so nicely. Simon is great form as usual. So quiet and easy to understand, even for those of us not at your level of riding.
My coach says it takes a least a year, a full cycle of seasons, to get to know your horse. And you have a lot of horses to know so I think you are making such progress. Love watching your lessons and what you learn. It's helpful to me too! Keep playing the long game!
My trainer says two years to form a real partnership.🤷🏼♀️
Love Simon’s teaching. He’s amazing and so kind
Wooo super Wilma !! She is looking like a cracking little event horse now Meg! Also lolling at Lucy fighting for her life on the gallops 🤣🤣🤣 xx
Your flat work before your jump school was fabulous and so helpful for both of you and you both looked great.
At home schooling distances with poles on the ground, changing number of strides between poles by using your body, seat and fingers can be a great exercise. You had a fab lesson. Simon is the best and you did so well!!!
I also find using canter poles to be so helpful. I also change the number of strides I get to work on my horses’ adjustability. Such a great exercise you can repeat multiple times without having to jump them into the ground.
Loving the camp vlog. Simon is just adorable 💜
Great lesson with Simon! Wilma is looking great! ❤
Great to see Hanna in the gang! Xxxxxx❤
The honesty in your debrief A+++
Just wanted to thank you…. Being able to watch this jumping lesson with Simon was brilliant. So many things in common with my daughter and her horse, she is 12 and has just moved up to horses so she has learnt a lot from this. We are farming in Devon with holiday cottages so you are always welcome here !! Xx
You and Wilma are such a good team❤ i love watching your videos so so much ❤
I very much appreciate this coach!!
Can’t wait for this vlog HAVE FUN MEGGGG!
Really enjoying following the training - thank you for including it in detail! ☺️
Great observation from Simon, she’s a horse not a pony. She will help you so much to get to the next level in your riding. You’re already doing an amazing job, imagine how good you’ll be in the future!
Wilma highlights the difference between ponies and sport horses to train and ride you will get there ! and with Simons help and consistency in your training you are going to be AMAZING together trust yourself and your riding ability too , well done you ! xxx
Simone put it nicely but nailed it on the head (48.20) you do the weight and "ski-legs" (use your knees and shins to bare down into the saddle and say "woah" with the body - where as you are like the majority of riders when they want a stop or slow they get handsy and yank on the rein. The reins soften the jaw and guide the shoulders. The legs are for ribs and hindlegs. You don't bend or stop a horse with the mouth! period! 😇
Loved this Meg. I can see you and Wilma bonding and you’re becoming a good team. I love her 😍
Such an exciting vlog! I love these types they are so fun! ❤
Great fun vlog Meg and Addie Jumped nicely she’s a lovely mare. The last part on the canter track was so nice to watch and Pete put a good song on loved it. Tfs🤗🏇🤗
How nice is that place meg , I have seen both of there channel's . Wilma is a dark bay ,we had two dark bay horses at a yard where I worked .back in my youth . Take care and all the best, I make mix cabbage colselor . And pickled cabbage and red onions . 😄😄😄😄 I addmer you all for sharing your journey .😄😄😄😄 Simon's such a good sport, And that must be such a priverlig .I love all your camp vlogs . 😊😊😊😊👍👍👍👍👍👍 Peter Thank you for doing what YOU do filming .
We do a drill for the people that are heavy-handed. Did you put your hands-on the next rap with your reins? And control your horse with your legs. You turn you jump everything with your legs and keep your hands. Equal part on the next rap. In control with the legs
what do u mean the next rap
Neck strap
I love vlogs with either Rich or Simon in them besides Megan!❤🎉
You are doing an amazing job, Meg! What fun - adult horse camp! 😂❤🎉
Yay for fun vlogs. Sitting out with my new mustang today so pony fun is just what I need.
A lovely combination of fun and informative content. Meg you asked Simon what you could do to help when you’re not in the saddle. He said something along the lines of ‘think about it and get it into your psyche’ (I’m paraphrasing). I’m a Solution Focussed Hypnotherapist and work with riders on improving performance. One of the most effective things we do is visualisations (within a very relaxed state), over and over again, working on the little things you want to improve. There are lots of research studies to show that this is really effective in improving performance. I’d be delighted to chat to you about it if you’re interested. Great vlog as always. Thanks for sharing .
I really loved this video, Meg! You did great on Wilma; she’s such a nice little horse, I agree with you that she’s going to be epic. You were a bit “sponsored by circles” in a few places, but you absolutely smashed it by the end. I love Simon’s style of teaching so much! I wish I could import his to the U.S.! If I ever make it across the pond and have a horse to ride, I’d definitely take some lessons with him.
This whole vlog was so fun! Absolutely loved the drone footage of you three on the gallops; I’m a bit jealous, I want to do a pony camp too! I’m 47, but mentally never left my 20’s 😂 I also really enjoyed how you included the social bits as well as the lesson and riding bits. Another one of your videos I’m saving to my horse playlist so I can go back and rewatch. ❤ from the U.S.!
Instantly made my day seeing you posted. Love you sm Meg! Without you, I dont think i would be riding like I am!
What a wonderful video! This is what it is all about, all that hard work. You are both doing so well, and I love when Simon is involved. Well done both of you 🎉 Wilma stretched out at the end of the video 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Huge Wilma fan here ❤❤❤
Such fun ❤. Wish there had been drones when I was riding. Galloping across Welsh mountains and Dartmoor, plus growing up in the Cotswolds, would have been great memories to record.
like he says (50mins) - tell her, but if she doesn't listen (or in the majority of cases, if you cant see the stride) just let her figure it out. Putting it politely, you are being a bit of a "control freak" in that if you can't control her stride, or see the distance or anything else that you imagine will make the ride/line "uncomfortable", you go and put in a circle (which is paramount to sacrilege)! Just ride the line, "guide the water" of her energy and the quality of the canter and give her the space and complement of having a brain between her ears and let her figure it out 💖 stoicism principles - the only thing you can truly control is you! It's your final stage in maturing. 🥰
Wilma is a dark bay as far as I can tell! Dark bay is a very particular look. Dark bay with no white seems to be pretty rare.
CAMP TIME YAY! ❤️❤️
As you showed the digestive biscuits I was eating the eggs act same one 😂😂😂 lone the vid❤❤❤
I liked this video while the start advert was playing😂😂
Just wanna repet that I wish I could be there! ❤❤❤ Would have really loved this 25 years ago!!!
Meg, found you ladies an anthem.
Chris Petersen - Horse People. Was listening to this and thought of you, Han, Lucy 🥰🤗🥰🤗
Wilma is lookkkng great your bringing her on so nicely and I just love simons way of teaching. Would love to sue him on jam’
I love how Simon makes sure you have a proper warm up not just walk trot and canter!
Also the McDonalds you went to is my go-to one cause I love how it’s got two stories ahaha
Well done Wilma and Meg!
I ltr can NOT wait forthis vlog I'm so exitedddd
Wilma is fab and a great size for you 👍🏼
Let’s get Simon to ride jam that would be a interesting video and you did great on Wilma
Oh, we are all our own worst enemies LOL! MEG! She was NOT jumping flat (other than the fact that the fences were tiny so how else was she to jump?). Once the fences went up, her bascule got bigger because she needed it. She doesn't need it over 2 feet! Simey was great and really got to the heart of the matter--if you can just stop going to your hand all the time, it will all be good! You are a very good rider and she's a lovely horse, but the hand thing is causing problems for you both. I think you are right--you can get away with it on Jam b/c, honestly, she just ignores it LOL. You can't get away with it with Wilma. But that was lovely at the end--JUST LOVELY!!!! Watch this one back every time before you jump!
I would say seal brown. Just started watching so I'm sure I will jump in again!
This made me cheer up I have to put my horse down and this made me a little happier❤
Ahhh cant wait to watch!! ❤
Holding a short stick between thumb and index finger between each hand whilst holding the reins…… stops you pulling and keeps the reins equal. Well done, you could see the improvement in both of you.
Is Simon single asking for a friend 👀😂 fantastic riding Meg Wilma is coming on beautifully ❤️
OMG aldis crisps are the best
Great riding. Simon’s coaching is so on point, he is very calm. What surprise me is that your horses do not do flying changes? Jam, Wilma, Banksy none of them seem to know it. It is not that hard to teach. Especially in eventing, the flying changes are noted differently than in dressage. You don’t need them to be perfect. Why is that they don’t? Genuine question ❤
Under 10 minutes gang 👇🏻👇🏻❤️
Ember has quite a unique gait
AHHH 18 minutes I absolutely love your Chanel meg it has inspired me so much if you see this know that I've been subscribed for AGESSS xx
OMG. THAT MCDONALDS AND ALDI WAS LITERALLY 20 MINS FROM MY HOUSE!!!!🎉
Camp woo hoo 😂😂❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤🎉🎉❤🎉🎉❤🎉❤🎉🎉❤🎉🎉❤🎉🎉🎉❤🎉❤
Camp timeeeee!!!!!🥳🥳🥳
ironically - sizing down is what all the gym buddies/bunnies do to make their muscles look bugger so actually Sime has just happened upon accentuating his best features 😇
New subscriber! ✋🏻 We need more pony swaps!!
I had to pause and rewind to check I heard correctly. Megan saying can you put the jumps higher.
Whenever I went to 'camp' at my instructors, my husband used to call it 'Saddleclub'...'Did you have fun at saddleclub?'
MEG ASKING TO GO UP?!?!? 😂🤯
EARLY LOOKS SO FUN ❤❤
Drone footage 👌
It would be such an interesting and fun video if simon rides jam for the first time
yayyy 1 minute ive been waiting meg
Will you teach Wilma flying changes?
youve ONLY known wilma for 6 months! think about how long youve known your homebreds by the time you start jumping them. be kind to yourself and take it slow :) you both are already growing so much together, just a matter of trusting the process 🤞
Wilma is dark bay. Genetically there is no difference between bay and brown. ‘Brown’ is just the darkest phenotype of bay
The only thing I don’t understand from all of the videos is why every jumping horse doesn’t do a flying change? Why don’t you teach them? It makes your life sooo much easier than have to go to trot every time they land on the wrong lead. Here we teach them young so it’s a natural thing for them.
They have to be correctly muscled up before teaching flying changes. A lot of young horses aren't strong enough yet.
You guys can do this , it’s just going to take time 💪 ps still think she’s so pretty you could do showing as a sideline 😍
Yaaaayy
I. Like it😊😊😊
Bays have b!back points, browns are usual!y a simi!AR seal brown colour all over 😊
In the winter Wilma looked like a seal brown or a seal bay, but now she looks like a dark bay to me
SO EARLY OMG
HIIIII MEGGG
How do you get Wilma so shiny? She’s gorgeous!!
I an going on a pony summer camp this Wednesday
A brown horse has no black points on their legs. I had a brown horse, King, who was a wonderful boy who looked after me.
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1:19 awooo JuMppSCaRRe
Wilma is so shiny
Early gangg!👇
UNDER AN HOURRR
Meg What sleeveless tops are you wearing and what's Baseball cap pls
EARLY!!!
I was always taught Bay is Brown Body with Black Mane tail and legs and A Brown horse was a Brown Body with a Black mane and Tail no black legs
Now wether that’s accurate or not is another matter
^whether
@@MissJools11 really your going to correct my spelling have you nothing better to do 🙄
Like 3rd ! Xx
First!!