BEAUTY POST: Travel essentials

Between travelling for my job and travelling with the horses to shows and training, I can rack up a lot of flights over the year. I am still a work-in-progress when it comes to packing “light” (just ask my husband) but one thing I am pretty accomplished at now is spotting a good product or…

EQUESTRIAN: MY TOP 5 WINTER RIDER ESSENTIALS

The winter weather has arrived and I really hate being cold (I’m in thermals from October usually) so I have shortlisted 5 of my favourite winter essentials for keeping warm and dry while riding and around the stables, click on the titles to see places to purchase each item.   NEUMANN WINTER RIDING GLOVES:- The winter…

EQUESTRIAN: Handling Competition Nerves

Hearing both professional and amateur riders in the sport talk about how they don’t get nervous or feel pre-competition anxiety makes me just a teeny bit envious. My nerves teeter on the edge a lot of the time, balancing on the fine thin between performance enhancing and performance destroying and have on a number of…

Finally getting started…

Starting to write this blog has been something I have been thinking about doing for about 12 months as a way to share the experiences I am lucky enough to have as an amateur horse rider competing internationally with my horses alongside co-running a company (non-horse related) with my husband. I am not a professional…