I love Summer.  I love it when it’s hot and sunny every day and your hat gets soggy after your first horse LOL.  Selena does not have this problem, she got a fabulous new hat from Charles Owen that has removable ‘inside’ which can

It may well be that I am preoccupied by the UK’s unceremonious “outing” of itself from Europe, but this week I can’t help but be more intrigued by the circumstances around the notable riders out  of Rio as opposed to those still hoping to be

I have to comment on a couple of articles which recently appeared in various other equine media and gave cause for reflection. The first one was about weekend warriors and trying to avoid battles during your horse time. According to the dictionary, t

Everything seems to have gone into overdrive.  The activity level at the farm is in it’s usual runaway train mode.  People say to me, why don’t I take a few days off ….they have NO idea.  I am not complaining mind you, if I had t

So theoretically the Olympic Eventing team was meant to be announced yesterday…but it wasn’t.  It’s stressful.  You try not to think about it or let it make any difference to the day but it’s the elephant in the corner. Frid

There have been a number of articles appearing in various publications recently about rider fitness and how to get back in shape if you’ve taken the winter off. Of course, getting your horse back in shape is part of the equation, but how do you eve

Two of my last three blogs were about the speciousness of FEI rankings lists and the injustices of the individuals’ qualifying procedure for Rio. So it was interesting that both topics come together in the matter currently dividing the jumping comm

Tuesday we arrived at Bromont and the weather was lovely. Tori, Anne Marie & I unloaded into the main barn and then took the horses for a quick walk and some grass before heading to the vets for “in barns”. After that I took Zephyr on

We are getting within sight now of the Olympic Games and the final selections of team managers are starting to appear in the news. Some teams, of course, don’t need to make a selection for the equestrian disciplines, having only qualified one o

I often find that many people are much more concerned about how their saddle fits their horse (which of course they should be) than how the saddle actually works for them. Beyond ‘feeling comfortable’ not much attention is usually paid to the oth