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A day doesn’t go by when I don’t broach this subject with clients. Lucky I have the necessary experience to back up my convictions. When I was a working pupil to Ian Silitch (American GP winner) I learnt what a back moving horse feels like, I also leant what a bridle lame horse was, and how to fix it. Saddle lameness wasn’t something we discussed at the time, it didn’t occur at Ian’s stables, I’ll explain why later. On my return to the UK, I was working as a freelance rider a

I always take an interest in observing other people’s ground work, and when I’m working a big show there is always something to watch. A multitude of styles and techniques, good, bad and ugly.