Last month we entered our sponsors EquiMind’s new Jumping with style class. And I am pleased to say we managed to come joint 2nd out of about 7, which isn’t…
Yesterday we had our first jumping show in over 2 years. It was at our local equestrian center who were holding their first of their summer show jumping series. The…
At the beginning of the month I was sent a carrot ball from Equine-Innovations to review for you. This is a relatively new product and I’ve had my eye on…
I have teamed up with Equine-Innovations to offer a lucky Facebook user their own set of Fly Off tags! These tags use essential oils to create an effective fly repellant…
Much like us, as horses get older, they can lose teeth. Also like us, if they have dental issues in early life, these can contribute to more issues in later…
We’ve all seen the photos and videos showing a horse over jumping a small jump on Facebook. These posts are usually accompanied by a comment such as “future show jumper.”…
After our fantastic cross country lesson at the weekend, I am already looking forward and making plans for the rest of the year. One of our local equestrian centers has…
Thanks to changes in European law and GDPR coming into practice, I have had to make changes to some of the things we do here on EquiPepper, mainly our email…
Yesterday we had our long awaited cross country lesson with Petros and I am pleased to say it went incredibly well! We broke the spell of falling off every time…
A little while I wrote a guest post for Bridle and Bone about how I was getting ready to face some potential demons around jumping after my fall and our…
On Monday I made the most of the cool bank holiday morning and decided to school Scottie before it got too warm. It turned out to be a pretty fantastic…
On Saturday we had our first proper jumping lesson of the year in preparation for our cross country clinic next week. We have had a few jumps before then, even…
This week the Racing Post has done an online feature on ex racehorses and what they are doing now. This is part of a horse welfare feature they were doing…
I’m sure we have all been at a show where a horse has got loose in the lorry park or seen a horse dump their rider during a race and…
Virtually every lesson we have leads to a discovery that Scottie has learnt a new way to avoid having to work properly. Our lesson o Saturday was no different! Squeezing…
Our sponsors EquiMind have recently announced that they will now be hosting a jumping class to run alongside their other online competitions. With me currently really focusing on getting our…
Summer finally seems to be here. With the warmer weather and clean, dry legs, it’s the perfect time to pull out your matchy bandages and go riding. But is this…
You may have seen that I recently reviewed a rubber matting fork for Equestrian Co. but they also sent me this Fyna Lite Eco-Friendly Corn Broom to review for you…
Some of you may have seen on our social media that a little while ago we were sent a Sticky Trap from Equine-Innovations to review for you. This glue allows…
I’ve just realised that I haven’t done a proper Scottie update on lots of the injuries and conditions he has had in recent years. So while things are a tad…
Just before Badminton I was sent this Fyna Lite Rubber Matting Fork from Equestrian Co. to review for you. (They also sent me a new witchy broom, so keep an…
I have been holding off on writing about this topic as what with all the drama on social media this week around the topic I didn’t want to get caught…
After a very close competition at Badminton with it almost seemed guaranteed to see Oliver Townend taking home first place on one of his top 5 placed horses, Jonelle Price…
Yesterdays cross country was incredibly challenging for all the horses and riders competing thanks to a number of factors. The leaderboard was really shaken up, largely thanks to the changes…
Today the second half of riders took to the dressage arena for the first phase of the competition. With a change to the dressage scoring, making Show Jumping and Cross…
Some of you may have seen that I was extremely lucky to win a cross country course walk with Sam Griffiths today. This was a fantastic opportunity to not only…
So by the time this post goes live, I should be well on my way to Badminton for the week! I loved being there as press last year and I…
While there is only 1 ex racehorse competing at Badminton 4 star this week, the American ex racehorses had huge success at Kentucky 4 star at the weekend! Donner and…
So far this year we have had some truly awful weather. This has led to many events being cancelled, which in turn has affected training programs and led to lots…
This time next week I will be at Badminton Horse Trials and during my time there I plan of having a good look around all the shops. But with all…
