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Rainy cross-country rounds create a particular kind of visibility problem. Water runs across the outside of the visor while warm air from my face collects…
The morning was already warm when I pulled into the float park at Boneo, earlier than I needed to be because my stomach had been doing flips since half past…
The warm-up arena at any eventing competition has a particular kind of energy that takes a while to get used to. Horses circle past in steady rhythm, riders…
Jump-off turns are decided in the few strides between fences. A horse can jump cleanly and still lose time by drifting through a corner, landing wide, or…
The alarm went off at quarter past four on a foggy Saturday in late autumn, and I was already half out of bed before the second beep. Archie had been clipped,…
Archie and I have slogged through more muddy cross-country courses than I care to remember, and choosing the wrong footwear on a wet day has cost me more than…
There's a particular kind of knot in my stomach that only shows up when I open the course map and see the dreaded blue square sitting right at the bottom of a…
There is a particular kind of frustration that hits when you finally have your horse feeling soft and round in the warm-up arena, the contact is light, the…
The first time I really felt the problem, Archie and I were halfway down the centre line of the long format at a Sydney International Three Day Event-style…
I swap Archie's bit between phases at every event, and friends who don't event often find this strange. Surely one correctly fitted bit should work for…