Maximise the minutes
WOULDN’T IT BE lovely if there were more hours in a day? Or at least lighter hours for longer in winter, rather than the endless trudge of having to muck out in the dark, fetch horses in from the field wearing a head torch and schooling under spotlights even though it’s only 5pm. Unfortunately, we don’t have a magic wand to make this happen. But as fellow horse owners, it got the team at Your Horse HQ thinking — what do we do to save time on the yard, probably without even realising it? We put our heads together and shared our ideas — and now we’re sharing them with you too. After all, at this time of year every second counts and if you can shave off a few minutes here and there, it means more riding time. Result!
1 BE ORGANISED
One of the best ways to save time is to be organised. Invest in a calendar and work out your windows of opportunity to ride in the week. Do this on a Sunday evening ready for the week ahead and have a brief plan of what you’ll do, such as when to hack, school or lunge. This has the bonus of making you accountable for your actions.
