Crackberry of the super front end

Crackberry Scone 3DE 2007. Main Event Photography Willy was 2nd at the 3DE in the Pre Novice. What a little star! Crackberry Albury 2007. Main Event Photography Always the bridesmaid….2nd again in the Pre-Novice

Crackberry. Dressage at Camden ODE

Crackberry doing dressage in Camden. Main Event Photography This was Willy at Camden in March of 2007. I loved doing dressage on him, but he was hot this day. See, no spurs:). I remember he wasn’t warming up quite according to plan but then clicked in to gear and he pulled off a test above…

Warwick Winter School 09 Cross Country Lesson

Rio’s Lesson With Jamie Coman

If you have a favorite horse, it’s a given that you really want your coach to like it. Really like it. If you get the “good horse” seal of approval, life is good. You approach your first lessons with excitement but also slight trepidation, to get the coach thumbs down could be ruinous to future success.

Rio’s Road To Recovery

The thing about Rio is that his antics in the past have always been hugely amusing due to his ability to add drama to most situations. It’s made detailing his Wiley Coyote exploits a lot fun.

Rio at Sydney ODE

The challenge to training eventing horses extends beyond simply mastering the three phases, it includes finding enough time to do it! There is so much to work on, dressage, x-country schooling and show-jumping.

Rio the dressage queen!

Truth:… I love dressage. I don’t want to do a Heath or anything-yet, but I really do enjoy shifting around that 20 x 60 arena. Rio, unfortunately hasn’t reached that whole appreciation level yet, he thinks it’s all a bit hard. He does dressage like I do yoga- stiff and awkward but with potential!

His Name is Rio Lobo

The last couple of years have been a bit of a desert in the production of competition horses for myself. Things have been really busy and I got caught up in the day to day business of riding, teaching and the tricky shuffle of a hectic competition schedule.