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What a fabulous six weeks Myka has had at Somerford! She has made so much progress. I wanted to keep a record of our time there all in...

I feel very conflicted over racing because I love seeing quality horses where a huge amount of thought has gone into producing them to...

I'm not sure kept inside 90% of the time from being backed at a year old and fed in such a way that the vast majority have ulcers is...

I don’t believe that horses are ever deliberately 'naughty', I don’t think they have the capacity for that kind of thought. They are a...

And not forgetting the little guy…. Joe lesson today. But he’s retaining everything and there’s nothing else he needs to learn before...

Myka meets show jumps! She continues to wear her golden halo. 3 days off, no turn out and she was happy to accept tack and go round...

25th December Ozzy's first Highland Christmas! We've been taking Ozzy out with the other two recently (as we have another rider...

This is what dressage should look like. Beautiful harmony and the music is so unassuming as no highlights required...

It stems from when we thought of them as "dumb animals" and trained by force as we didnt know better. We do now. We know they use their...

If I'd followed my vets advice I would have been lunging in a pessoa & back riding 6 weeks after ks surgery 🙄 Yes listen to your vet...

Why do we need more doing for dressage when it's just a constant barrage of horses being shafted for medals? I honestly don't get this...

Or just a very thick skin coupled with zero remorse? Was that a one off ill judged moment? No chance.

I accept Andrew rode the Chestnut well, considering what he was up against. But my view is that the horse should not have been in the...

No, you make mistakes and you have to learn from them. If you get things wrong/make mistakes and are in the public eye then you have to...

Good point. Hugging bunnies may also be unethical. Perhaps "species appropriate and consent-led bunny interacter"