Category Archives: General

We’ll Be Counting Stars

What’s your goal? A friend asked me this earlier this year. I think my answer was something along the lines of keep the body count at zero and don’t get arrested. The truth was it takes your friends to know you and to know when you have lost your mojo not just your car keys.ContinueContinue reading “We’ll Be Counting Stars”

Prep & Perform – Dressage Test Training

One of the things we have been enjoying lately are test riding training clinic combining a thirty minute lesson with a coach followed by fifteen minutes with a Dressage Ireland judge to ride through a test and recieve written feedback. Recently, Barbara and I qualified for the British Dressage area festivals and she and IContinueContinue reading “Prep & Perform – Dressage Test Training”

WSI Give Green Light to Emerald Dressage 

WSI award Pompidou AF Stallion approval at the Stage 3 inspection at Coilog EC in October 2023. Photo by Sabine Smit foalforsale.com Hanging out with Pompidou AF at the WSI Stallion Inspections One of the things I have been asked about most recently has been the fabulous Emerald Dressage Stallion Pompidou AF (Desperado x FlorencioContinueContinue reading “WSI Give Green Light to Emerald Dressage “

Is Your Vagina Getting in the Way of your Diagnosis?

This piece is one I chose to write for Equitas. I believe its a phenomena that affects many women. When we experience symptoms that affect our ability to enjoy our sport or to have a quality of life we are often written off as emotional / over sensitive / anxious / hormonal. Often this assumptionContinueContinue reading “Is Your Vagina Getting in the Way of your Diagnosis?”

“A tale of two Sammys”

I headed up to Coilog this morning and left the horses at home in the field (rather nice of me I thought instead of them standing in the box ) while I helped out with the running of the show. Id planned to pop back and pick the horses up. I got a text fromContinueContinue reading ““A tale of two Sammys””

Photoshoot with Equieire

Well, Saturday was a little bit different!! My friends and I took part in an amazing photoshoot with local Irish Equestrian business Equieire I cannot WAIT to see the photos by the fabulous Caroline from Ascent Media. Sammy was in his element posing with everyone where as Oisin and I changed dressage for showjumping forContinueContinue reading “Photoshoot with Equieire”

Getting There

Oisin on Sunday I love that Louise O’Brien Equestrian Photography takes so many shots as it’s a learning experience for riders and there’s always one you love. There’s so many photos where I could pick myself apart as I’ve so much to work on and practice (honestly sometimes I wish I could wear L plates!)ContinueContinue reading “Getting There”

The Rise of the Equestriennes

“The rise of the Equestriennes” #wearenotdoneyet

#iamnotdone

A wrote a post for the Grassroots gazette this week. It centered around the fact that in my opinion we have way too many melancholic posts doing the rounds on social media about being “done” and about being tired of pretending to enjoy competing. My issue was the insinuation that professional riders resent these amateursContinueContinue reading “#iamnotdone”