S&T Equestrian

11/10/2026

Today was a BIG milestone for me and my boy 🥹🥳 We entered and completed our very first Inter I! I can finally say I’ve trained my very first horse to this level ❤️

Sylvester was a good boy and happily had a jolly round, trying his best 😂 Me, on the other hand, needs to go back to school and learn how to count! 🤦🏻‍♀️😂 We scored just shy of 65% and, more importantly, enjoyed every minute!

But the biggest win today wasn’t the score… it was my mindset. ❤️

Instead of worrying about what might go wrong or all the reasons we might not be ready, I was genuinely excited to see what we could achieve. I trusted myself, my training and stayed in the moment.

I know I say it a lot, but the biggest change in my riding recently hasn’t necessarily been the lessons, the training or the shows. It’s been the work I’ve done on my own mindset, away from the horses. 🥰

We can invest so much in improving our riding, but if our minds are busy convincing us we aren’t good enough or ready enough, we can hold ourselves back without even realising it.

Sometimes, it isn’t that we aren’t capable. We’re just so busy worrying about what might happen that we don’t give ourselves the chance to find out what could happen. ❤️

Mindset is a skill, just like riding. It takes practice, consistency and work.

So, train your horse, train your skills, but don’t forget to train your mind, too. Trust the process, stay in the moment and give yourself a chance. You might surprise yourself with what’s possible. 🥹❤️

Silvolutions - Performance, Mindset & Wellbeing
Dengie Horse Feeds - Steph Wright
LJB Services & Supplies LTD

Pictures of my boy in action and at home blissfully unaware of how cool he has just been 🥰🦄

09/10/2026

Buddy’s first little mention in the Horse & Hound 🦄🥹🥹

22/09/2026

What a high to be ending the season on. Long post incoming!

🐴 Buddy showed his class at Allerton Park this weekend, taking the win in the Novice Masters.

A horse that has taken me from the very start, all the way through my eventing career, and one that owes me absolutely nothing. He is possibly one of the cheekiest horses we have, but the quote “It’s Golden Boy, he’s allowed to do what he wants” is a term that gets used heavily!

Being able to ride a dressage test in front of two judges in a tailcoat was a privilege, and he then managed to finish on that score, adding nothing in either the Showjumping or Cross Country. What a way to finish.

🐴 Not forgetting Shy, who was also in the same class and unfortunately just added a pole to his dressage score, leaving him in 10th. Another horse proving himself to be a true competitor in the sport — but that is a post for itself!

There are endless amounts of people who make all of this possible, but I think the main person behind it all is my wonderful wife, who absolutely none of this would be possible without. She juggles every role possible — Wife, Mother, Groom, PA, Trainer, Driver… and that’s just to name a few! ❤️

Val, who was there right at the beginning of Buddy’s career, always supporting when she can and offering endless amounts of luck and congratulations from the sidelines.

Samantha Arnold and Jeff who make it possible for me to run Shy. Samantha makes her way to training events when she can and they appear at every event to fly the flag!

Dengie Horse Feeds - Steph Wright, for providing endless amounts of feeding advice, keeping the horses looking in top shape and checking in throughout the year to weigh all the horses.

Chris Bartle who has played an imperative part in starting to develop a system which he always preaches. Making me a lot more confident in various situations and having something in place that tries to minimise error but gives us options when things just aren’t quite right. There are endless amounts of sayings that go round in my head which I can hear him saying from training.

And finally, Allerton Park, who ran a fantastic event, and horsequest_uk for generously supporting such a great series. It’s always exciting receiving goodies at a prize giving… and a sash! I’m sure you’re supposed to get excited about these things, aren’t you? There seems to be a real hype about them in the dressage world, right?! 😉

A huge thank you to everyone who has played a part in what has been an incredible season. 🥂🐴❤️

20/09/2026

We are so lucky to have such a fantastic horse 🥹🦄🦄

31/08/2026

Great opportunity to work on your mindset and control (been a huge help for my riding over the past year!) something I believe we all as riders should invest in ❤️

Maybe give it a try if you have a Tuesday evening free 🤩

🐴 Something new is starting at Silvolutions tomorrow evening…

I’ve been thinking for a while about how I can make the psychological side of what I do more accessible, particularly for people who might have thought about hypnotherapy or getting some help with their confidence, but aren’t quite ready to commit to individual sessions; whether that’s because of cost, curiosity, or simply because one-to-one support feels like a bigger step than they want to take right now.

So… welcome to The Tuesday Tack Room - Between the Ears. 🐴🧠

Every Tuesday evening we’ll spend the first part of the session exploring something that affects us psychologically as riders - confidence, nerves, overthinking, competition pressure, fear of judgement, motivation, bouncing back after a crap ride, or whatever else happens to be going on between the ears.

I’ll bring some psychology, practical ideas and different ways of looking at things, and there’ll always be space for questions and conversation if you want it.

But you absolutely don’t have to talk.

Camera on or off. Microphone muted. Use the chat if you’d rather. Change your display name if anonymity makes you more comfortable. Or just sit there with a cuppa and listen. ☕

Then for the second half, we’ll stop talking, get comfortable and I’ll guide you through a hypnotherapy and relaxation session based around what we’ve explored that evening.

No pressure. No judgement. No expectation to share anything you don’t want to.

Just 90 minutes to spend a little time working on what’s happening between the ears… and then give your brain a chance to switch off for a while.

🐴 The Tuesday Tack Room
📅 Every Tuesday
⏰ 8:00–9:30pm
💻 Online via Zoom
🎟️ £15 PAYG | £45 Monthly Tack Room Pass

The first Tack Room opens tomorrow, 1st September at 8pm.

If you’ve been curious about hypnotherapy, want to work on the psychological side of your riding, or just fancy pulling up a bale and listening for a while, you’re very welcome. 😊

24/08/2026

We can’t let the event horses leave us behind 🤭

Sylvester had a trip out to Northallerton for the PSG, and it was a really good day where so much of the work we’ve been doing at home came into the arena with us, 66% and a win 🥳

He was so rideable and really let me think more about the lines and the control that I usually forget about! 😂 Sadly, he decided he needed to sneeze midway through each line of tempis, which wasn’t particularly helpful for the counting… especially when the changes were so lovely! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣

Still lots of work to do to keep improving, but I feel really excited about where we can progress to 🤞

I feel so lucky to be able to ride at this level and to be able to learn so much along the way. It was all once just a dream 🥹❤️

Silvolutions - Performance, Mindset & Wellbeing
Dengie Horse Feeds - Steph Wright

24/08/2026

Both horses showed great form this weekend at frickleyparkhorsetrials. 🐴

Shy ran Double clear round the Novice track with a couple of time faults to finish 4th.
Buddy then had a great run in the Intermediate, finishing Double clear with a few time faults to take 3rd.

A great day had by everyone involved, and it was nice to feel the horses really loving their job and staying on their lines throughout! They don’t get enough credit, but they really are amazing, and I feel very privileged to ride them!

It was also lovely to have his old owner and very good friend Emma there to support us and see what a wonderful little event horse Shy is turning into! ❤️ e.littlewood

Dengie Horse Feeds - Steph Wright
Samantha Arnold

10/08/2026

Shy on his way to his win in the Novice last weekend 🤩 🥂🥂