Travelling abroad to a show with horses can mean packing tons of equipment as (like me) they haven’t yet mastered the art of travelling light! A tack locker becomes the centre of the stabling set up and works as a horsey wardrobe storing all the obvious things like saddles, bridles, boots etc but also other…
EQUESTRIAN: 5 mins with presenter ALY VANCE
You will probably recognise Aly Vance from top events such as the Longines Global Champions Tour and Olympia 5* shows as she interviews the world’s best show jumping athletes for all the top sport TV channels. A talented busy sports journalist and presenter giving us the post competition run downs with the big GP winners…
EQUESTRIAN: 5 mins with ELLEN WHITAKER
5 mins with show jumper, mum and business owner ELLEN WHITAKER Between being a mum to the gorgeous brothers Harry and Frankie, riding, training, competing and co-running the Marinas Whitaker stable with fellow showjumper and fiancé Tony, Ellen is the epitome of a multi tasker and is a showjumping wonderwoman. Being born into…
EQUESTRIAN: Travelling abroad with the horses
With the horses back into full work following their end of year break, I am now only 6 weeks away from my first trip of the year to Europe. I’m just starting to plan our travel arrangements and although after doing the trip a lot over the last few years it can still take some…
EQUESTRIAN: Starting 2018 the right way
Happy New Year! This is my first post for 2018 and although I had a very relaxing break over Christmas from work and the horses, I am feeling very unfit/rusty and ready to get back in the gym (did I just say that??) and start fitness work for both myself and the horses. To start…
EQUESTRIAN: Christmas wish list
Anyone who knows me well will know that this is my favourite time of the year! I am Christmas obsessed and not just with the 25th December but generally everything leading up to it including the food, decorations, films, even the weather (yes I know thats weird as I hate being cold) and of course…
EQUESTRIAN: A riders perspective on dealing with nerves with Tiffany Foster, Tess Carmichael and Emily Moffit.
Following my recent post about how I suffer from pre-competition nerves (click here if you missed it), I received lots and lots of messages from people at all levels of ability saying they also felt the same. So as a follow up, I thought I would ask some other riders in the sport their…
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…
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