As someone who works full-time in Digital Marketing, my favourite thing in the world to do is learn a new strategy, test and iterate. Again and again. I soak up new schooling tips like a sponge, and ask way too many questions during my lessons. Here are my favourite schooling tips I have learned over … [Read more…]
Paddy and I have been trialling the LeMieux Merino+ Sensitive Eurojump Pad for a few months now, and as well as featuring a lot of words in its name, it also packs a lot of features into one pad! The Sensitive Eurojump pad was designed for – you guessed it – the sensitive horse, namely the … [Read more…]
Having just done my first ODE on Paddy, and having done a few ODEs on my last horse, Betsey, I have learned a few things along the way – I also chatted to the good people of #twittereventing to get their ‘first timer’ tips too. Enjoy! Expect to get up at ridiculous o’clock – even if you … [Read more…]
I had two goals for our first One Day Event at Monart Equestrian: Get home Have fun! Doesn’t sound entirely ambitious, but for me just getting to a One Day Event is an exciting achievement, so completing it would have been icing on the cake. As the day approached, my nerves and anxiety continued to … [Read more…]
Hands up whose pony is a pig?! Whether it’s his dinner, his evening haylage, or a packed haynet on the way to a show, somehow Paddy always seems to plough through his portion in about half the time a normal horse should. A 45-minute journey to a show often results in an almost empty haynet, … [Read more…]
Friday morning, 6am. I drag myself out of bed and look out the window to see, yet again, more torrential rain. It’s been like this for days now. I get dressed, wrap up, and say goodbye to my boyfriend who looks blissfully cosy under those blankets, still asleep. I suppose its at this point that I … [Read more…]
Sunday night. The night of Sunday February 22nd, 2016, to be precise. I was sitting on my living room couch, smack in the middle of a two week holiday, questioning my decision to finally set up what has now become my personal blog, Inside Track Eventing. I had no idea how to design or … [Read more…]
As a Psychology graduate (and a firm over-analyser), I am fascinated by how this can be applied to the horse world, in the form of Sports Psychology. I am constantly amazed by how a change in our thought patterns can have such a profound impact on our physical performance, and improve results significantly. I attended a talk … [Read more…]
We are now Horse Health Official Bloggers! In November 2016, I applied to become part of the LeMieux/Horse Health blogging team, and I was lucky to be shortlisted from hundreds of applicants to showcase our product review and blogging prowess. To start with, Horse Health sent me a box of some amazing goodies – the LeMieux Teknique Tendon & … [Read more…]
I recently had the misfortune of experiencing engine failure in my beloved Kia Sorento – conveniently it went kaput on me just a week before Christmas, which wasn’t ideal! However I think my lucky stars that I was not towing at the time, and that I just happened to be pulling into a service stop … [Read more…]