#equestrianhelp

Whilst out hacking on a beautiful summer’s day recently, my horse, Waldo, was badly spooked by a cyclist coming up behind us on a beautiful tree lined bridleway without warning. The result? My horse bolted and stumbled on the uneven ground. I somersaulted over the top and as I landed, I felt my head whip back on the soft, slightly cushioned earth in amongst the stinging nettles. Great! Don’t you just love cyclists!

Whilst my fall was on to soft earth, the simple fact is that I did bash my head. For all riders, this alone is the single reason why you need to get a new hat. Sadly for some this will not be the case. Even though they’ve bashed their heads hard enough for it to hurt, it will not be enough to galvanise them in to buying a new hat despite it being the most important piece of kit they’ll ever need along the fact that they’ve only got one head.

After recovering and returning to my desk at EQUUS HQ, I sat down and wrote a buying guide for riding hats. You may not be looking for a new hat at the moment, but when you do I hope you'll find it an invaluable and impartial guide to everything you need to know about hats.

Read my buying guide for riding hats here > https://www.equus.co.uk/pages/riding-hat-buying-guide

Bookmark it today, and if you know a friend looking for a hat, do them a favour and share it with them.

Q has become stronger and he's begun to rush and get super keen on the right lead while cantering. 

He was like that like a year ago and we worked on that a lot and he had been cantering relaxed for ages but now all the work seems gone. He canters super good on the left lead but on the right is a nightmare. I don't know why he's got back to that habit or how to fix it. 

Don't know if he might go better in another bit? He's in a snaffle and I don't want to use something stronger if it's a training problem, but I tried working on it for like eight months and it was nice, but now I see it didn't work.