There are rides when everything feels polished, and there are rides when the partnership reveals itself in small, almost invisible ways. The horse softens…
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The Moment My Horse And I Became A Team
What a Good Ground Person Means to Me
Eventing is often described through the three phases of competition: dressage, show jumping, and cross-country. From the saddle, I feel every transition, every…
How I Build Riding Fitness Without a Horse
There are weeks when the horses are getting fitter, the competition calendar is moving closer, and I am nowhere near a saddle. Work, weather, family plans,…
The Unexpected Challenges of Riding in Windy Weather
Wind can turn an ordinary schooling session into a lesson in adaptability. A calm arena may suddenly feel unfamiliar when plastic fencing snaps, tree branches…
Why I Prefer Early Morning Stabling at Competitions
Competition mornings have a particular kind of energy. The lorries are arriving, stable doors are opening, radios are crackling, and everyone seems to be…
What My Horse’s Coat Condition Tells Me About Health
A horse’s coat is one of the first things I notice when I walk into the barn. Before I check the water bucket or pick up a hoof, I am often looking at the…
Staying Positive When Your Equestrian Season Gets Interrupted
An interrupted season can feel strangely personal. You may have spent months conditioning your horse, polishing your dressage tests, schooling combinations,…
The First Stallion Ride That Changed My Eventing
I had ridden plenty of opinionated horses before, but I had never taken a stallion to an event. That distinction mattered. A horse trial already brings its own…
Why I Keep A Training Journal For Each Horse
Every horse teaches me to pay attention in a slightly different way. One might arrive tense and distracted, another bold but easily frustrated, while a third…
What a Broken Dressage Test Taught Me About Eventing
There is a particular kind of silence that follows a dressage test gone wrong. It is not the peaceful quiet of a settled horse walking back to the trailer. It…