Recommendations

Rico- Broken in, in only 3 weeks

When Rico had turned 3 I sent him away to be backed as he was a big lad and I wanted to get him done as soon as he turned 3. Rico had been great to handle on the ground and was a star to Lunge and accepted his equipment without bother. However when I sent him away to a lady in Cheshire to be backed she was having real problems when it came to him having a rider on as he wouldn’t accept it and kept trying to chuck her off. When I had heard the news I was distraught as I felt that I would never get to ride my youngster.

However I looked in the Equitrader and rang a few people up one of which was Ryan. After speaking with Ryan we arranged a visit to talk through Rico’s issues, from as soon as I met Ryan I knew he was the one to do the job.

From the moment we arrived at the yard Ryan was easy to talk to about his horse and very honest about their ridability and temperament. He tacked up Koko in front of us and then rode her in a very windy outdoor school.

When Rico arrived at Ryan’s in July 2009 he settled in straight away as the environment was fantastic as every horse was settled and happy. When I went down to see Rico to check he was ok and to see how his 1st day went with Ryan. Ryan had told me had had been sat on Rico and he wasn’t any trouble at all. I couldn’t believe it his 1st day there and Ryan was already on him walking round the yard, I was so happy as it made me realise that I was getting closer and closer to riding him. After a couple of weeks went by Ryan was Trotting, Cantering & Jumping Rico in the Indoor & Outdoor arenas at one point he had Rico doing Flying Changes!!

Once I got Rico home, Ryan came down the 1st couple of days to help me settle Rico back in and to give me some help and advice on to what I should do with him and that I could always call upon him if I had any problems. Therefore I would HIGHLY recommend Ryan for breaking any youngster or even a youngster that may have an issue with backing like Rico did, as Ryan is not only good at what he does but he is great support afterwards

Now that Rico is a 4 yr old and has only been backed under 12months he has been out winning many Dressage & Jumping Competitions and is attending regular training clinics with many other horses with the Riding Clubs and hasn’t batted an eye lid at anything.

Ryan I can’t Thank You enough!

Stacey Jones