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I am not an eventer. I was an older beginner and fell once a year for my first 10 years of riding. I record all my falls and my bp...

OH had one, quite a substantial coat. However, I hack on a sharing yard where one is not allowed to attach oneself or anything else to...

There is no programme but it can happen on a horse that one knows and rides regularly. My RI called it "thought transitiions" and her...

We walk regularly and see a dog walker's van in the car park where we park our own car. He walks several dogs at once. I think the local...

After riding for a couple of years, I rode twice a week, one hack and one lesson. In my lessons, riding a lowly RS pony I began to ride...

For years I led (and later rode) my lesson horse whom I later shared, back to the yard at lunch time. Her lunch was ready and after I...

A new coach is most likely to make or suggest changes because they will assume that you were not satisfied with what you were doing...

One can ride happily without owning, as I have done by riding RS horses or sharing. Three of those shared horses I have ridden long...

My winter boots are Mountain Horse. They are now over 20 years old and yes OH gives them a good polish every week in winter.

I now ride in short boots and half chaps, wearing M&S men's wool socks. Still available as Merino Wool blend. Luckilly OH and I take the...

I learned to ride as an adult in the UK and hacked out in my second year, as soon as I could canter. If one has a lesson out hacking...

But the big HSI skullcap (I have one too) is not as safe as a modern mfi. My current hat is Charles Owen mfi.

Hat safety and hat design has changed a lot since my grand children started to ride. Improved hats for cyclists have begun to influence...

I wear a bp. In almost all my falls over the years, I have rolled onto my side, so I like it that the sides of my ribs are protected...

For years I rode my old share in a Podhajski training saddle, re created by Ideal. It is a very open saddle, One can move about on it...