M.A Equine Services

07/06/2026

2 whole years of non-stop chaos with Stormzy🥰

Can’t believe it’s only 2 years ago today that Stormzy became mine🖤 After a successful racing career, when he decided racing wasn’t his thing anymore, his lovely owners at the time very kindly gifted him to me🥹 Having cantered up the gallops on my first day, 4yrs ago, and being runaway with I loved him ever since but never thought I’d be lucky enough to eventually call him mine! As with most horses, we’ve definitely had plenty of ups and downs but I’ve enjoyed every minute(maybe not the ones that have involved the vet).

I feel like we’ve only really just scratched the surface of Stormzy’s talent and I can’t wait for what the next few years bring! So long as I have a happy and healthy horse, anything else is a bonus🖤

♠️🐎

05/06/2026

🏆Winner🏆

Proud of for taking home the win yesterday, with her gorgeous homebred Britannia’s Pose in the 2yr olds, at Royal Cornwall Show. She’s now Won her yearling and 2yo classes! I’ve been so excited for Pose since she was bred from Becky’s lovely Connie Rosie and Britannia’s Bijou, a super talented 148 stallion who’s granddam WON Badminton😳 I’m secretly hoping she matures bigger than expected so I can steal her and not look ridiculously big🤣

03/06/2026

Chard 02/06/26 🤩 We headed to Chard for some evening showjumping last night to jump the 80 and then again HC. He warmed up nicely and jumped a nice round for 2 poles where he would get keen and run to the bottom of the fence and the exact same thing in my second round. Super pleased with him given how spooky this arena is and that the jumps were blowing down around us when we went in👻 I’m absolutely loving every outing with Stormzy, he’s so rewarding and such a fast learner🥰

01/06/2026

Might be biased but he is the cutest🥹

By no means perfect but it’s a start! Changed plans and we’re off competing tomorrow evening over a bs course and not going eventing training on Sunday. After him slightly overboiling in the 90, I feel that an even bigger atmosphere, being on grass and more horses around might overwhelm him slightly and we’d probably spend more time waving our front legs at everyone😅 I’d rather take smaller steps and keep him reasonably within his comfort zone for a positive experience- I’m in absolute no rush and just grateful for all the fun we’re having together🫶

31/05/2026

Stormzys first ever competition report🏅🥉 We ventured to The Grange today for some Unaff Showjumping! This was his first ‘competition’ besides the egg & spoon race he did at home a year ago😅 His 80 round was overall very good, slightly hairy in places but given his lack of experience I was pleased with how he jumped. We tried a new bit which gave more room for his tongue but I wasn’t a fan so back to the drawing board on that! He jumped clear coming 3rd🥹 Leaving the warm up to go and jump the 90, he had a different buzz about him this time- much more on his toes! This was an educational round, both for the jumping and how we manage him going forwards when he’s wired😂 The poles he had down were inevitable when he thought leaping & running sideways into the bottom of the fences was fun😅 When he took a breath and relaxed I was pleased with how he jumped the rest of the course but for the most part he found it too much fun to focus! Just like with the lessons, I’m hoping frequent outings will settle him and we can be competitive at these heights before moving up⬆️ Next stop will hopefully be an eventing training day on grass next weekend which will be interesting as he’s never show jumped on grass or done a dressage test yet so fingers crossed he stays in the boards🙈

28/05/2026

Couldn’t agree any more with this🙌

Why are so many horses being “mis-sold”?

I’m not entirely convinced they are.

You go and try a horse, in its home environment, with people it knows, in a routine it understands. You like what you feel. Maybe you go back and try it again… same place, same setup. It all feels good, and you think this is the one.

Vetting passed and you bring your new horse home...and then everything changes.

New yard. New field. New stable. New people. New routine. New smells, sounds, expectations.

You give them a day. Maybe two. Sometimes not even that.
Then you get on. New tack, different bit, new arena, people watching.

But suddenly, you’re not sitting on the same horse you tried.
They feel different. Tense. Sharp. Spooky. Not quite what you remember.

So now you’re on edge. Watching for everything. Questioning every step, every reaction, every feeling.

And this is where it starts to unravel.

Because what we often forget, or maybe underestimate, is just how big that upheaval is for them.

We’ve taken them out of everything they know, everything that felt safe and predictable, and dropped them into something completely unfamiliar… then expected them to perform exactly the same, almost immediately.

When they don’t, it’s easy to assume something’s wrong.
That the seller wasn’t honest. That the horse isn’t as advertised.

And so the horse gets labelled ''not as described''. The lucky ones are sent back, the unlucky ones are sold on, some going on to boomerang from one place to the next.

But what if the problem isn’t that the horse was mis-sold…
What if it’s that we expect instant consistency from an animal going through complete change?

Horses don’t just arrive and slot neatly into our expectations. They need time to settle, to understand, to feel safe again. They need space to adjust before they can show you who they actually are.
If we don’t give them that, we’re not seeing the horse we bought, we’re seeing a horse trying to cope, and that’s a very different thing.

Maybe the question isn’t “why are so many horses being mis-sold?”
Maybe it’s… are we giving them a fair chance to be the horse we thought we were buying?

27/05/2026

Heaven🌅

26/05/2026

My kind of happiness💛🌻🐝

The most beautiful memories captured by the talented Mia Olivia Photography 📸

24/05/2026

Henry was thoroughly enjoying his new paddling pool👙🏊 Nobody was brave enough to dip their toes yet🥹☀️🌻