Training

What We Do

We offer personalised training face to face as well as valuable online resources to assist in your development at home. From POD days, camps and clinics to horse training and competition support.

Training & Assessment

Personal assessment for members and their equines with hands-on training.

Personalised

Assisting members from start to finish to develop and implement their personal plan.

Community

A positive community of practice focused on development through collaboration.

Regional POD Days

We offer a range of training opportunities aimed at all levels, from recreational driver to international competitor every 4-6 weeks (at suitable local venues).


  • 2 Driven sessions per day
  • Help with riding/ lunging /long-reining
  • Dressage – breakdown and practice individual movements (e.g. all trot work)
  • Obstacles - practice rhythm and balance
  • Cones – exercises and technical elements   
  • Video use, ‘homework’ to build on work in Pods
  • Benefit of facilitated peer observation/learning opportunity


Held at various locations £60.00 per day (based on 2 sessions per day) Facility hire is extra. We try to keep the facility charge as low as possible and is paid direct to the venue. Drivers are encouraged to observe and contribute to other sessions.


On foot: Spectators £20.00 per day. These are interactive days and valuable learning opportunities.

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POD Days at Trainers Facilities

  • Driven sessions on own pony/horse
  • Driven/Ridden session on schoolmaster possible
  • Observe Dressage / Event Ponies / Horses work
  • Discuss any aspects of training
  • Video and feedback with homework given
  • Lunge & Long-rein
  • If possible ponies/horses to have residential training spells to aid their development to higher levels, thereby reducing the timescale needed to reach International level more cost effectively.


Robert Buck: £60.00 per driver per day to include 2 sessions on your own pony, Opportunity to drive / ride schoolmaster (extra £30.00) and observe daily training of horses & ponies working in several different disciplines. Max 3 per day. Spectators welcome at £20.00 per day.

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Competition Support - Club, National and International

  • Advice and mentoring at events
  • Help with training, dressage, warm up, obstacle and cones walking
  • General advice for travelling abroad. Compete alongside trainers
  • Video of event to be analysed, receive feedback and personal development plan updated.
  • Discuss experience at competitions.
  • Have fun, team building


Club and National Events: £30.00 per driver for full support throughout every phase of the competition (dressage warm up, cones and obstacle walks).


International events: Contact Julie Camm

Additional sessions at comptition £25.00.

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Residential Training

Residential Training Spells for pony/horse at Trainers Yard – with or without Driver.


Robert Buck: £180.00 per week to include livery and training. The ideal way to stabilise your pony/horse and see maximum return for your investment. Suitable for those who wish to step up to a higher level. Aids ponies/horses when undergoing retraining from unsuitable training traits and misunderstandings. Worth chatting with members who have experienced the process for feedback. Drivers are welcome to view training when possible. Includes free hook up.

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Barefoot POD Days

There is much to gain through observation and understanding in the horse training process. To this end The POD is offering you an opportunity to “drop in “for a day on your own or perhaps with a like-minded friend, needing only much enthusiasm and willingness!


Together we will work many horses and ponies from Novice to Advanced level, across the Dressage, Jumping, Driving scale. Perfect to sharpen your “eye” and bring your appreciation of the scales of training into clear focus. 


To this end you will need to come equipped to drive, ride and work horse from the ground. Warm clothes for outdoor conditions on the Cotswold Hills and the occasional wet moment, £45.00 for Pod Members. This is ideal out of season and we feel it represents good value in training opportunities.

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Eye Spy Dressage

An informative fun way to explore analysing dressage training and the under pinning methods to improve and enhance your horses way of going on line together! 

Ideal for one and all from Novice to Advanced to focus your eye and qualify your thoughts and judgement. One of our resident trainers, Robert Buck has developed a system of analysing performance and thus far we have over forty sessions produced. We are fortunate to have one of our leading BC Dressage Judges Andrew Council and other Guest Judges to keep us in line on values and marking structures and how good is that! 


Without pressure we develop more knowledge around the subject which allows us to make valued assessments with confidence individually and as a group. Ideal format to focus your abilities and have an enjoyable time.

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