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Grabbing Mane – Book Review
In Grabbing Mane, Natalie Keller Reinert breathes new life and complexity into a tale as old as time. Girl rides horses. Parents fund horses. Girl takes a break from riding in order to secure a career to fund horses. Girl is eventually lured back into the wonderful world of horses. We meet Casey in her […]
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April Fool’s 2020
Let’s be honest 2020 has been off to a… weird start. From the Bushfires to floods in Australia and now the COVID-19 pandemic. In an attempt to bouy people’s spirits I thought I would pull together the horse themed April Fool’s days jokes that did the rounds this year. Ranvet gave us a science based […]
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The Hidden Horses of New York by Natalie Keller Reinert
Warning: once you slip into the pages of a Natalie Keller Reinart book it will be impossible to pull yourself away. Life and deadlines be damned! Nothing makes the prospect of your first international long haul flight less daunting than being gifted a copy of the new Natalie Keller Reinert novel to review. I’ve been […]
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Horse treats – The ultimate hierarchy
I’ve got carrots and apples aplenty, I’ve got liquorice and pellets galore, but I want more…. I want more horse treats. The human tells me that there has been a trend of late for ranking all sorts of things. But apparently no one bothered to rate horse treats? Clearly equine intervention is needed to correct […]
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So I started a podcast – Equestrian Pulse
For anyone who knows me personally you’ll know that I start a significant number of conversations with the line, “So I was listening to this podcast…”. For someone who loves to consume information and conversations in this way, it seemed natural that I would eventually start my own. But I’m also a bit of a […]
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Days 1 – 15 of the Horse Riders Challenge
What is the Horse Riders Challenge? The Horse riders challenge is a 31 day photo based challenge for yup you guessed it – horse riders. It was started by Becca Hart (aka @the_farriers_wife) in response to other photo challenges she had seen and enjoyed following. When my friend Lindsey of Alta Mira Horsemanship nominated me, I […]
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10 more signs that you are a true equestrian girl
Last year I talked about fifteen of the common signs that you are a true equestrian. But of course there are more signs than just 15. So here are another 10 tell tale signs. 1. Your wardrobe is 3/4s breeches and shirts from your favourite brand. So naturally you have ten pairs of breeches, 2 […]
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Diary of a Wimpy Eventer – Book Review
Like so many of the wonderful things in life, I am late to the party that is Diary of a Wimpy Eventer. On a whim whilst waiting for a plane, glass of champagne in hand, I made the decision to download the e-book. When you pick up a book and are laughing out loud within […]
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7 times your ability to rationalise an equestrian purchase was next level
As equestrian’s we all know that it is much easier to rationalise spending money on our equine partners and on our own equine related needs than on the daily necessities of life, you know like food. In fact you could probably argue that the skill of rationalising equestrian purchases is as necessary as being able to […]
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April Fools Day 2018 – Equestrian Round Up
In amongst all the Easter eggs yesterday you could be forgiven for forgetting that it was also April Fools Day. 2017 brought us Valegro’s new career in eventing, a water fountain statue of Michael Jung and Rocana and the new sports of cat dressage and seahorse racing. 2018 brought some absolute rippers as well. USEFs […]