Interested in Roman Riding?

[John Conyard]

Hal has a very long name, which shows his breeding, but is known as Halcyon or Hal for short. He has been introduced to the horse box and is now in a field with our other horses to get him used to them. Currently he doesn't like going near our other horses, which makes parts of our display a problem.

He's used to the Roman saddle but not to being "dressed up", and this was the first time he had to put up with me in relatively full armour. It was the first time I've ever worn splint greeves and they didn't effect the horse in any way, although my legs are now much longer.

Last October Hal was scared of me, the tack, saddle, mounting block and everything else. He's come a long way. I want to use him in our first show of the year at Chillingham Castle on the early May Bank Holiday, and we have many hours to put in before then.

My Deurne is in for repair so I used the Concesti, and it was easy to wear with good visibility and hearing.