At the start of this month Eva and I had a week filled with jumping, it started with two jumping lessons and finished with a jumping night. After all the jumping we did Eva is now getting a well deserved break from it over the next week or so, therefore we will be focused on [...]
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Equine Osteopathy
Osteopathy - a system of complementary medicine involving the treatment of medical disorders through the manipulation and massage of the skeleton and musculature. For a while I have been wanting to get a specialist out to have a look over Eva and make sure she is comfortable as I start to really push forward in [...]
A day at the races
Racing is a big equestrian industry, and while I have been around horses ever since I can remember I have never been to the races before. I've seen races on TV and read various articles on races so I was quite excited to actually go along and see it for myself. There was certainly plenty [...]
Our First Arena Event
Arena Eventing - Competitors first complete a round of show jumps immediately followed by a cross country course, finishing over a joker fence set at 10cms higher than the rest of the course. As I do eventually want to compete in eventing as soon as I saw that this event was being held at the [...]
Driving home for Christmas…❄☃️
In the run up to Christmas it has gotten a little busy around here. I have finally sent out my Christmas cards at the start of this week and I am going to buy all the presents on Friday and do a bunch of household chores before I drive to my parents house for Christmas. [...]
Shopping for a Horse!
Before anyone gets excited... Its for a friend... I promise. Don't get me wrong, I would not say no to another horse, not that I would ever sell Eva but, you know, I think she would love a sibling... (But in all seriousness I do plan on getting a second horse in 2020 for various [...]
Jumping lessons
Last week I booked myself in for another jumping lesson as it has been a while since I had one. This was my third lesson with this guy and I really enjoy them. The lesson was in the same format as our first lesson were we started with poles then canter poles in to a [...]
Clipping …
As winter draws in it is time for a clip, something I love when it has been done but dread in the run up to. As much as I would love Eva to have a full clip or a hunter clip this is just not on our Evas schedule. Since Eva gets friendly with her [...]
Blair Atholl Horse Trials 2017
Ok before I start I did a thing... I made a vlog! I have written up my Blair experience below but at the very bottom I have made a small video so I hope you guys like it and if you do then I will think about making some more 🙂 Enjoy! Having been to [...]
The Equestrian Bank Account – Camping at Shows
With Blair at the end of this week I need to get packing. So once you have your shopping list sorted as we all love a good splurge but lets be honest when can we ever afford to buy everything we really want? So have a think and then you can keep your eyes peeled [...]
