Making a Show of Yourself Part 2 – Tack & Turnout

Rider Turnout Aim to look professional, tidy and workmanlike. Footwear – Adults long leather boots. (leather short boots and gaiters may be permitted, check rules of class). Adults cannot show in short boots only. Children under 12, short boots with jod clips. Children over 12, as per adults. Have your groom wipe your boots beforeContinueContinue reading “Making a Show of Yourself Part 2 – Tack & Turnout”

RDS Dublin Horse Show – Things To Look Out For

A teenager that looks like a Spooks or Kingsland stall threw up on them.   A child with a face plastered in chocolate or ice cream.   A child crying because they want ice cream.   A pony with a cracking jump.   A child jumping higher on a 12.2 pony than you would everContinueContinue reading “RDS Dublin Horse Show – Things To Look Out For”

Oops….I Did It Again

  I went to the RDS Dublin Horse Show last week which can only mean one thing, well two things. 1. Cups of strawberries covered in chocolate (which ends up with me covered in chocolate) and 2. Shopping. Last week in an attempt to control myself I set myself a very specific short list ofContinueContinue reading “Oops….I Did It Again”