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At a horse trial, I walk the course looking for obvious questions: the angle of a spread, the distance between combinations, the ground line under a coloured…
The entry confirmation arrived on a Tuesday afternoon, and I read it several times before telling Archie. Technically, he could not understand the significance…
Riding without stirrups has become one of the most useful parts of my training with Archie. It looks simple from the ground: take your feet out of the irons…
When Archie’s hind end starts to lose energy cross-country, I treat it as useful information rather than something to push through. The hindquarters are doing…
When I started riding Archie at small dressage days, I treated my helmet as another piece of tack that could be left in the float. That habit changed after one…
The start box is a small space, but it can hold an extraordinary amount of pressure. Archie knows that we are about to begin, I know that the cross-country…
Life around eventing is built on preparation, timing, and knowing when to act. A dressage test rewards precision, show jumping demands concentration, and…
Horse riding teaches patience. A good round with a horse such as Archie comes from preparation, rhythm, and knowing when to make a careful decision rather than…
Horseback riding has taught me that steady preparation matters more than a dramatic burst of effort. Before Archie and I enter a dressage arena, a show-jumping…
Australians are used to managing everyday payments from a phone, whether that means tapping a card in Melbourne, sending money through PayID in Brisbane, or…