Equus

02/09/2026

27/08/2026

Do I HAVE to pick his feet out? Yes!!!!! Imagine working with all of this in your feet?!? A whole shovel full from just 4 hooves, so YES, always pick out hooves! It also gives you a chance to check status of shoes, health of hooves & legs, check for loose nails etc. No hoof, no horse 🐎

18/08/2026

Very excited for our upgraded rubber flooring on our walker. Yay!

18/08/2026

Beautiful day for some hacks out in the bush. Boss & Dante sure loved it. Dante not such a fan of his worming paste though 😭

12/08/2026

A well earned roll for one of our incredible unicorns, Dexter. The sand roll is one of his favourite things 🦄

11/08/2026

03/08/2026

There's a specific kind of quiet that happens at the barn when someone asks, "So, are you competing this season?"

You smile. You say something like "not this year" or "maybe next season" — and inside, something tightens. Because what you actually feel isn't indifference. It's shame. And it's the kind nobody talks about, because on paper, not competing shouldn't feel like failure. But it does.

I've sat with so many riders who carry this exact weight. They watch their barn mates load up for shows every weekend. They scroll past ribbon photos and personal-best scores. They listen to conversations about levels and qualifying scores and championships, and quietly, they start to wonder — what's wrong with me? Why am I not out there too?

Here's what I need you to hear: not competing does not mean you're falling behind. It means your journey looks different right now — and different is not the same as less.

Maybe you're rebuilding confidence after a fall. Maybe your horse needs more time, or you do. Maybe finances or family or work don't allow for a show season this year. Maybe you genuinely don't know if competing is even something you want, and you're tired of feeling like you're supposed to want it just because everyone around you does.

None of those reasons are something to be ashamed of. But shame doesn't run on logic — it runs on comparison. And the equestrian world, more than most, is built on visible markers of progress: placings, levels, scores, ribbons on a wall. So when your progress doesn't look like that, it's easy to feel like it doesn't count.

It counts.

The hours you spend building trust with your horse count. The lesson where you finally stopped gripping the reins counts. The day you got back on after being scared counts. None of that shows up on a scoreboard, but all of it is real progress — arguably the kind that matters most, because it's the foundation everything else gets built on.

Competing is one path. It's not the only proof of commitment, growth, or being a "real" rider. You are allowed to be exactly where you are, on your own timeline, without shrinking yourself in barn conversations or apologizing for a season that doesn't look like everyone else's.

So if you've been carrying that quiet shame — I want you to let it go today. Your worth as a rider was never measured by how many shows you enter.

Have you ever felt that quiet pressure to compete, even when you weren't ready? I'd love to hear your story below. 👇

01/08/2026

Boss & Toro out for a lovely morning stroll in the Winter sunshine 🌞

31/07/2026

Happy Horse Birthday 🎁 To all our beautiful souls (in no particular order)! Dexter, Floral, Que, Gally, Rush, Paddy, Fergus, Havi, Boss, Chester, Rocky, Dante & Toro. We are so grateful to have such a fantastic group of horses who will all get extra licorice & scratches today 🎉🎂🦄