And the Tinney Eventing home competition winners are ...............
1st Jane Wilcox, 2nd Gemma Tinney, 3rd Courtney Forster and Tara Rogers riding Sushi - 'Best performed young horse'
This blog is one of a kind, with COVID-19 affecting the horse community and competition circuit globally, keeping a positive, motivated approach to our training takes a team of 'happy horse individuals'. The Tinneys cannot thank their staff, clients, friends for keeping us all sane during these unique times. We have all managed so far to keep smiling.
Balance your life. Include fitness, good healthy living, laughter ... and above all 'love your 4-legged friends' - they will bring joy. Remember that our horses haven’t got a clue what’s going on! So, maintaining a regular program is essential for performance horses.
Our week here consists of normal arena work, but we have gone outside the square and taken horses to the local National Park, road work to keep them interested, doing a mock test off the property in local paddocks (that did not go as well the first time!) and repeating this on a weekly basis. With our horses not going out to competitions we feel that we have to give them variety, plus stimulate them. Horses are creatures with flighty, alert minds so getting them out now is essential to avoid any behavioral disasters!
We have had our own Tinney Team show jumping challenge with the winner being the one with the fastest time over 17 elements in our 70 x 30m jump ring!
Thanks to our sponsors CopRice, Bates Saddles, Horseland and Ceva for competition prizes!
Again, it was great to see the enthusiasm and engagement of our jumpers who are competitive and ready for our next challenge in two weeks’ – this time it will be a 1.20m and 1.30m round with Joker fence! Keep an eye out on our Tinney Eventing Facebook page and Instagram where you can follow our competitions at home to keep the horses and riders fit and sharp!
We’ll certainly be ready for the COVID-19 restrictions to be lifted for our sport and we’re hoping that information from our sporting bodies may speed up so that we will have some competitions with guidelines to work towards. Before we all get too used to this hibernation 
With the lock down being slightly lifted, it will help us all get back to having some time with others. We have started to take horses to training venues, something worth considering for your horses
Exercise helps, especially exercises with your horse so here's a little one to try at home and get ready for the coming competitions
Adjusting your canter with poles with Stuart Tinney
