Girls Just want to have fun, but why can't they do it quietly

Hello again,

So what else goes on down at the Equus Ranch.
As you can see, Lisa is starting to get the boys and girls in for what has become a weekly event.
As you see, she too, can sleep standing up !!






It has now become custom either on a Tues or Weds evening (depending really on the mad nurses shift patterns, Oops, I do hope thats PC)

What we have found is the migration of quite a few local ladies who come along in a large group to in my eyes ride round and round in circles whilst giggling a lot, with more often than not, loud music coming from one of the vehicles (another job for me is to rig up the music system, I'm told) though how they can hear it above all the cackling, I don't know.

What actually is happening is the girls are having lots of fun whilst Michelle instructs them in the ancient art of formation horse riding.

The riders are of varying riding abilities, but this really is not important, the emphasis is taken from the structure of lessons and placed into just enjoying the horse, the riding and the company.

As you can imagine this one hour of what I believe is actually quite a physical event, turns into two to three hours, as they have to discuss who's horse, jodphurs, boots, hat etc looked the best, and other important topics.

After this it has been know for a few of the girls to go off for something to eat somewhere local, and we are currently looking to arrange an organised night doing a similar sort of thing.

We are also attempting to encourage more males to "come and have a go if they think they are hard enough" though not sure that will catch on, who knows?

So below is a video of the now famous "Equus beautiful babes" doing their thang.

Enjoy, and apologies for the quality, we hope to get some better footage soon.


Please feel free to leave your comments.

Hand Painting with the Kids

Its Amazing the type of horses that are being bred these days, here we see mouse and his companion "mini mouse" from their Hippy Days.


What we actually find is this is a very practical exercise.

The horses love having kids about the place and the hand painting helps maintain the reassurance horses need.

More importantly, it gives the children, especially the novice learners a great boost in their
confidence around these "BIG SCARY" beasts.

They look terrifying don't they.

Equus is also looking to invite both adults and children from all walks of life who may benefit from the bonding that occurs when doing this simple hand painting.

And the most important aspect of this, is that the kids, their parents and anyone who may be on the yard has a fantastic time.
It's great fun. (as long as you don't mind getting a bit messy)


From this short video you can see it really bothers them.(not)




We are genuinely interested in what you think about this and whether you know of anywhere else in the uk that possibly uses it as a therapy.

BBC Interview Equus Riding School

The BBC newsnight crew came down to Roseisle last week to do some filming for a look at new businesses being launched in Scotland during a turbulent economic time.



The BBC will be showing the first part on Weds 24th October 2008 at 2300 and have reported a small piece on their Website.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7631047.stm






which included:-

Lisa Malone started her riding school in April.
She is worried that people may spend less on pastimes like riding if they are trying to save money.
She said: "It's still considered very much a luxury item. "I think it's probably one of the first things that people would look at with their own expenditure.
"They will ask themselves whether their children really need riding lessons."














Equus Riding School is owned by Lisa Malone near Forres.

Day one -

So where do we start?

We are located in Roseisle, Morayshire, Scotland.

Recently opened the riding school after requests from many people as to whether we would be teaching or offering livery and hacking.

The yard is run and owned by Lisa, with Michelle and Lisa teaching riding lessons to all ages.

We attempt to keep lesson numbers to a minimum, though we can also cater for larger group riding.

For example we have a group of lovely ladies, who regularly come down within a group, which has reached numbers up to nine or ten. This is a highlight of the week, as we normally all ride to music, and do some fun things and generally just enjoy the riding around the school without the pressure of lesson structure.

Hopefully what we provide is whatever you want, whether that is structured half hour lessons for the kids, to one to two hour hacks or a two hour beach ride, all of which are showing to be very popular.

We are always looking for new ideas and would always be interested in comments and feedback.

Lisa