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10 Things horses taught me… about Dating

Dating is hard, yo. But you know what is harder? HORSES. ANYTHING WITH HORSES. They are bigger, more expensive to spoil, less easy to communicate with, and temper tantrums can legitimately hospitalise you. For equestrians, relationships pale in comparison, but to be honest we could actually be damn good at them if we just apply our training principles to our [...]

An Open Letter to Young Equestrians

TEN THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT BEING A YOUNG EQUESTRIAN (Part 1) I have been a top level dressage rider and coach for over a decade now. In that time I have won national and provincial championships. I have travelled around the world with horses. I have coached pupils to win for their provincial teams in […]

SA HAS 4 HORSES IN THE TOP 100 OF LONGINES WORLD’S BEST RACEHORSE RANKINGS

South Africa had 4 horses in the Top 100 of the Longines World Best Racehorse rankings in 2019 - and a total of 21 on the 250 best racehorse list, according to tabnews.co.za The rankings, for horses (three-years-old and upwards) who raced during 2018, are topped, jointly, by Great Britain’s Cracksman and the infamous Australian, [...]

SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE… SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT FOR EQUESTRIAN BUSINESSES

Social Media is a subjective topic when it comes to which platforms are most effective, how often to post, what content to post and how best to manage it. One thing that is for certain though is that it’s immediate, it’s interactive and has the ability to do as much bad as it can good if not effectively and responsibly planned, [...]

HOW TO CALL A DRESSAGE TEST…

It’s one of the most difficult, yet undervalued and thankless roles in equestrian sport…. calling the Dressage test! To the non-horsey family members who get coerced into reading, the innocent by-stander who is in the wrong place at the wrong time (ie conveniently located alongside said dressage arena in time for your test) and the […]