The Horse had a really good webinar last week about the transitioning of racehorses to riding horses. They had two fantastic guests joining the host, vet Janik Gasiorowski and racehorse…
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This year 4 of the 61 horses competing at the prestigious 4* event the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials were ex racehorses (who I introduced to you in a previous…
With the Dressage kicking off yesterday at Burghley 4*, I think it is about time I did my introduction of the ex racehorses competing at Burghley this year. This year…
The fourth of our interviews with riders eventing with ex racehorses is with Laura Jane Meller. Tell us a little bit about yourself, how long have you been riding? Have…
I’m so pleased that our eventing interviews so far have been so popular! Today I am bringing you an interview with Amelia Hutchinson. Tell us a little bit about yourself,…
The Show Jumping today at Badminton has been a real nail biter with me cheering on for Andrew Nicholson to finally win his first Badminton and with 2 horses in…
The leading riders after the Cross Country phase were all in agreement that today’s cross country test was a real challenge. They talked about how they had to really concentrate…
It has been a really exciting couple of days of dressage here at Badminton. There have been some truly beautiful tests from the leading riders and some really unfortunate tests,…
The second interview in the series of eventing with ex racehorses is with Lisa Spence from Hemps Green Equestrian. Tell us a little bit about yourself, how long have you…
So tomorrow we head off to Badminton Horse Trials and I am pleased to say we have got some exciting things to bring you! Like last year, we will be…
Today I took Scottie to our first ever dressage show inside. I’m unsure how many times Scottie has been in an indoor arena, but before today he had only every…
Some of you may have seen a few mentions of the Ex Racehorse Database I created on social media over the past week. This is because after talking to someone…
We had a very good month for E-Dressage’s new(ish) showing classes. Since Scottie’s injuries have healed enough that they are not easy to spot, I planned to enter the ex…
Once again this month I wasn’t too pleased with our 2 dressage entries. They were both fine tests but I just knew they weren’t our best and that Scottie can…
I’m sure many of your saw the horse and hound article recently about RoR announcing that they will be disqualifying rider’s the judge deems to be too heavy for their…
Today I came across a rant on Facebook about people referring to their ex racehorses as racehorses and how they found it stupid and unnecessary. This was an interesting one…
Today I sat down to write my usual monthly E-Dressage update on our progress. But after getting rosettes today and looking at all the rosettes Scottie and I have won…
For a little while now I have been toying with the idea of creating a database where owners can share information on their ex racehorses and people who are looking…
Sorry it has taken so long to write about last months dressage. But I have had a very busy week being away with work, then my graduation and then a…
The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials was very challenging this year, especially the cross country with no one managing to get inside the time! Although I think Jonelle Price could…
I recently saw a post on one of the ex racehorse groups on Facebook and I just had to contact them and ask them to share their amazing story with…
Eventing I know it’s a bit late, but I got more than a bit distracted by my very exciting news I announced yesterday! But here is the final part of…
I’m sure everyone who watched the cross country phase yesterday will say that it was a bit stressful! The course was very challenging with only 3 riders making the time,…
The Equestrian kicked off this weekend with the first 2 days of dressage for the Eventing. It was a very close 2 days of dressage with the majority of riders…
Online showing isn’t a new idea. These competitions are all over the internet and usually consist of sending in a photo of your horse and it will be judged by…
As I previously mentioned, we did very well in our E-Dressage last month! We got a lovely feedback video where the judge said our trot work was “excellent!” and yesterday…
We had a very successful weekend! On Saturday we got our feedback video and results from E-Dressage, where we came 4th for our Intro and got 60% for our Prelim!…
May was an interesting month for us. I had my final exams, finished my degree, moved me and Scottie home, lost a shoe and still managed to get our test…
This week is my final week of my degree. I have an exam tomorrow and Wednesday and then I am done and moving home to start becoming a grown up!…
Well after seeming to crack our right canter lead, I decided to do an intro and a prelim with Scottie this month. They were both nice tests and Scottie went…