Northern Lights Equestrian

25/05/2026

My 3 horses Euphoria, Cahira and Speedy. Speedy (27) is looking really amazing after the first 4 weeks of grazing in the summer pastures ❤️

23/05/2026

Upcoming workshop 7 June at Northern Lights Equestrian with Spence Horse Sense using positive reinforcement to build confidence/de-spooking. Beneficial for both young or green horses and older or more experienced horses. Limited horse spots and spectator spots available. Welcome!

15/05/2026

Great and helpful info and tips for this month's agility competition, thanks Claire Perilli IQ Equine

ACE YOUR AGILITY:
The trick with this month's course is to make the circle as small as you can while also giving your horse enough room to move. At the lower levels where you are walking or the Walk Only classes, you can put the obstacles fairly close together, trotting and cantering need more space between.
* Obstacle 1 - as close to 2HL by 2HL as possible.
* Obstacle 2 - photo in the comments of where the elbow is.
* Obstacle 6 - fill the gap, there should be no ground showing. You can use plastic milk bottles (I have been to McDonald's and asked for theirs) or crumpled up paper (you would need to bring it in every night or it will get soggy), horse feed bags. The idea is that it makes a noise and moves when your horse goes over it.
* Obstacle 7 - notice that the cones are in a STRAIGHT line.
* Obstacle 10 - build the inner side of your scary corridor lower so that your rope doesn't get caught.

PIVO POSITION: I took my Pivo off Horse Tracking and positioned it outside my arena, making sure the whole course fitted in. Think about what is important that the judge sees up close and what the judge could see from a distance , for example up close is important for the back over the pole, but it's not vital that the judge sees your scary corridor up close.

I thought I would chat a bit about process. This is the process I use each month so that I don't skip out an obstacle or miss something important.
I print the course out. I did try and read it from my phone for a few months but I made too many mistakes.
I highlight the important bits (photo in the comments), how long a halt is, is it walk, trot or canter through an obstacle, where am I supposed to be.
Then I build the course. My first practice is with my piece of paper in hand, reading the instructions again and my notes. I will then adjust the obstacle placement if I need to, the line into the obstacle, not enough space to change pace etc.
Then we do lots of practice and video. Once I have my video, I watch it with my course plan in hand, checking that I have read the instruction correctly on each obstacle, or that I have not missed out an obstacle.
Only then do I enter my video.

Good luck everyone. If you find yourself getting stressed with this month's course, remember - This too shall pass 🤣.

The International Horse Agility Club

12/05/2026

From the Target training workshop by Spence Horse Sense

12/05/2026

Our first workshop by Spence Horse Sense took place on Sunday and we had a great day of learning target training. A big thank you to the participants and especially those who did the training with our horses, you did a great job.

Special thanks to Helen Spence for doing these workshops here and at other venues, for your teaching and for sharing your knowledge with us all.

Helen will be back here at Northern Lights Equestrian for another workshop on the 7th of June. If you would like to find out more about how to build confidence in your horse and you, this is your opportunity to come along. Bring your own horse or use one of ours, or come as a spectator.

Hope to see you then, info about the workshop and how to book on will follow but save the date 🙂

06/05/2026

April Liberty Gold Euphoria 94/100 (handler mistakes didn't read it right but she did a great job with what I asked her to do) solo entry so 1st place

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06/05/2026

April OLHA First Level Cahira 98/100 Third place

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06/05/2026

April Liberty Bronze with Cahira scored 99/100 First Place

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06/05/2026

April OLHA Medium Level with Euphoria scored 99/100 first place

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14/06/2025

Training prep for a variety of agility obstacles for June's course