Emily Ham

Emily Ham's driving blog: why my ginger cob is joining the dressage horses

H&H's driving blogger explains the importance of ridden work and long reining for driving horses

Emily Ham's driving blog: have a go at TREC

H&H's driving blogger explains what's involved in the fun sport of driven TREC, from map reading to pegging out washing

Emily Ham's driving blog: a busy weekend at the indoor finals

H&H's driving blogger finds her work pays off in the dressage and cones at the indoor championships, but Mr J is not on top form in the obstacles

Emily Ham's driving blog: desensitising your horse ready for the showring

Our driving blogger offers some advice on desensitising horses for busy showgrounds and gives some ringcraft tips

Emily Ham's driving blog: how to dress… and how to show a shoe

H&H's driving blogger gives tips on turnout for grass roots showing and points out some pitfalls for first-timers

Emily Ham's driving blog: time for an MOT for carriage, ponies and equipment

H&H's driver blogger is getting organised ahead of the start of the season — there is a LOT of kit involved with her sport

Emily Ham's driving blog: how to plan a season of competition

Our driving blogger explains how she plans her year for her 2 ponies, taking into account what events are on offer and her academic commitments

Emily Ham's driving blog: Nola's story shows how much we have to offer disabled drivers

H&H's driving blogger relates how Nola — who struggles to fully partake in riding due to disability — enjoys the exhilaration of driving

Emily Ham's driving blog: enjoying a social drive on New Year's Day

In her latest blog Emily explains why so many drivers like to get out on New Year's Day, the benefits of being a member of the British Driving Society and how best to ensure driver, horse and carriage get seen by other road users

Emily Ham's driving blog: Talented Mr J is a perfect gentleman

Our driving blogger had a great day out at the Mid Wales Indoor Driving Trials, despite feeling rather under the weather

Emily Ham's driving blog: helping others take up the reins

H&H's driving blogger speculates on the value of volunteering and tells us about how drivers start learning to control the horse from the carriage

Emily Ham's driving blog: tackling the challenges of driven dressage

H&H's driving blogger acts as a dressage writer for the ridden discipline and considers the challenges of teaching ponies to go in a manner suitable for driven dressage

Emily Ham's driving blog: you can't beat a Welsh pony for performance

H&H's driving blogger reflects on the success of Welsh ponies as ridden and driven animals, as her own ponies collect honours in the Welsh Pony and Cob Society performance scheme

Emily Ham's driving blog: keeping ponies fit on the side of a mountain

H&H's driving blogger discusses the difficulties of keeping her ponies fit with tricky terrain, bad weather and her university schedule

Emily Ham's driving blog: introducing myself and the sport of carriage driving

H&H's new driving blogger Emily Ham explains the phases of driving trials — and why she thinks it should be an Olympic sport