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There's a sinking feeling when you ride a bad distance into an oxer, your horse chips a stride, and suddenly the lines stop flowing the way they did in…
Archie's first attempt at a flying change was, frankly, a mess. He swapped in front, then scrambled in behind, then threw his head up like he'd been stung. We…
For a long time, my everyday eventing tack included a simple nylon girth. It was light, easy to hose off and inexpensive to replace when it became grubby or…
That final salute rings out, the judge clicks the stopwatch, and my brain is still rattling off the next movement while Archie is already puffing like a steam…
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…