Viewmount Equestrian

05/10/2026

02/10/2026

Diary of a talented but lazy warmblood (Work Shy Wolfie)

Day 3 - so, on day 3 of the torture sessions, I felt it was time to be nice to the witch and I behaved impeccably, trotting and cantering serenely over the raised trotting poles, still on the lunge.
She, who must be obeyed, has told me that I must mention that we do go for some short road work rides out too, it's not all torture .....
I'm not sure how often I will work nicely, I do like to keep her on her toes so I may do a couple of con-sessions (concessions for those who are wondering), lulling her into a false sense of security.
I've heard talk of her using the TRT method this winter, hmmm, let's see how that goes then. She has set out many goals for the cold and wet season and I'll endeavour to scupper those too .... watch this space!!

29/09/2026

Diary of a lazy but talented warmblood, day two

Well, the witch clearly didn't learn anything yesterday as she dragged me out to the arena again. Honestly, you'd think she would have realised that despite my talent, I am at heart, a lazy git 😁.
Anyway, to give her her due, she did persuade me that a single trotting pole could be worked over on both reins, despite my best efforts to avoid doing it correctly. I tried every angle of approach with every leg doing something different whilst negotiating said pole and still she persisted in being nice to me (if you can call working "being nice").
After a fairly long debate about the exercise I did manage to trot over the one pole and even manage three at different parts of the circle.
Even then I wasn't finished as she made me go
to the raised pole exercise and do that a few times. I was exhausted and I even managed to raise a very undignified sweat, how dare she.
And then, to top it all off, she WASHED me, yes, you read that correctly, WASHED the royal body, I got wet. I may concede that she used warm water .... but even so, the audacity of the woman.
Part three will follow if I can't escape her grasp 😏
(Picture below shows me flicking my toes with my preferred rider)

26/09/2026

Diary of a talented but lazy warmblood.

Day 1 - mum brought us in (that's Beamish Ales and myself) and gave us our breakfast.
An hour later and she (let's call her the Witch) came out and dressed me up in the lunging gear (leather roller, proper leather lunge cavesson, bum bands, Harbridge and lunge rope).
We had different ideas of how the exercise would be executed - I offered Wolfie's Pratting Service but she appeared to want something entirely different. Hmm, let's see who has the better resilience (staying power) .....
she won, of course, after 20 mins on one rein of leaping and jumping a single trotting pole, I conceded that she was "on a mission". Bad day for me to play hard ball. Once I conceded, she actually made me trot over said pole 10 times in each direction. I was whacked!
Then, because that wasn't the only exercise of the day,apparently, I then had to trot over a raised trotting pole, just the one, but all the same, the audacity of the woman.
Anyway, suffice to say that I got praised for my efforts and was rewarded with field and hay turnout with my girlfriend.
Day 2 tomorrow, watch this space, I'll see if I can get the better of the Witch then, ha ha

24/09/2026

Late September mornings .... what's not to LOVE ❤️

24/09/2026

This is selling fast, slots still available are 9am and 3:30pm on Saturday and 10am or 12pm on Sunday.

13/09/2026

BD morning at Viewmount. Top arena 60x20 ready for competition and bottom arena 60x20 ready for warm up. A lovely day for riders and horses alike

08/09/2026

Don't forget that our BD show is on this coming Sunday 13th (I know, it's the day after North Cup but it can't be helped, sorry 😏).
You can find details on HorseMonkey, we run a very relaxed venue with two superb 60 x 20m arenas with the best views on the circuit.
Affiliated for those who wish to start climbing the ladder to qualification and unaffiliated for those who just want a decent opinion from a highly qualified and experienced judge.