As some of you may or may not know I have recently acquired the lovely Smartie who is a gorgeous piebald mare. But unfortunately Smartie comes with baggage and that baggage is terrible sweet itch! I knew Smartie had sweet itch when she arrived, however I didn’t appreciate how bad her skin was! My pony …
Where does the anxiety come from? Anxiety can be thought of as a very natural response to impending danger. It’s a good mechanism to have. The stress of a situation or the anxiety beforehand, was always a fabulous alarm system for caveman humans. It prevented them being killed by bears, sabre toothed tigers and wild …
For a while now I have been wanting to use my blog to help people. I am working on it being a more inclusive and diverse place. But also as I am building up a small following of people now, I thought it would be great to use as somewhere we can raise money for …
After a few weeks of uncertainty on the horse front some very good news arrived! A friend of Kate’s Fiona, who is moving away has two horses that were going to be put on livery at a nearby stables. Fiona needs to find herself and the horses a new place to live in the Dordogne. …
Feeling sad but getting back into it. About a week after I shared the news that I could no longer ride Mya due to her injury. I went for my first riding lesson after lockdown with my coach Noelie. Noelie had been coming to my yard to teach me on Mya. But as I no …
Hi everyone! I havent blogged much since my lockdown here in France has lifted for two reasons, the first being that the blog was being worked on and moved domains to Black Nova Designs, and secondly sadly we received some bad news about my horse Mya. After nearly going mad in my apartment for 60 …
Welcome to the last in the series of our Equestrian Lives in Lockdown. Today we hear from Raquel Lynn based in California. Raquel is an equestrian blogger and has 2 popular blogs Horses and Heels and Stable Style. Social media is a funny thing. It inspires us. It discourages us. It offers us a selective …
As we are coming to the end of our ‘Equestrian Lives in Lockdown’ blog series we hear from Abriana Johnson from North Carolina, USA. Here’s what she had to say… I walked into work one day in late March to hear that I was an essential employee. I was handed a letter and an ID …
Today we hear from my Equestrian Pulse co-host Andrea AKA The Sand Arena Ballerina in Australia. You’re living in leggings, you’ve not worn makeup in weeks and you’re spending way too much time looking at your own face on zoom calls… Welcome to life in isolation! All jokes aside I cannot express how fortunate I …
Today’s Equestrian Lives in Lockdown comes from the U.K from Emily Bailey. We’re all currently living through a pandemic, yet everyone is having a different experience and will have different stories to tell. We will be telling our children, and their children, about these unprecedented times for years to come. This is my story… The …