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November Blog Hop ~ Riding Ambition. #EquestrianBlogHop #EquestrianBloggers

This is my first month taking part in the equestrian blog hop hosted by Bridle and Bone. Each month we receive a theme or a question and write a blog post about this, including a bit of code allowing readers to hop between different blog posts involved. For more information about getting involved in the blog hop visit Bridle and Bone or have a look in the Equestrian Bloggers Facebook group.

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I spent a long time searching for a pair of long riding boots which were brown, affordable, stylish and most importantly, fit me! After avoiding Mountain Horse boots after hearing that they tend to come up small, I wandered into their stand at Badminton Horse Trials after trying what felt like hundreds of boots on to try their Sovereign High Boots. They took some measurements and put me straight…

This year really hasn’t been our year. What with my injury, followed by Scottie’s injury we haven’t achieved many of the things I had hoped to. However, now that we are starting to get back on track, I think I have found our silver lining!

I have noticed now that I am back in the saddle, that Scottie has made some improvements despite all of the hiccups.

Firstly, he seems stronger in his self…

Scottie’s Racing Blanket Clip

When I worked at the racetrack, I remember being really surprised at how virtually none of the horses racing on the cold winter evenings were fully clipped. Yes the majority of them had pretty fine coats already, so it’s not quite the same as our fluffier riding horses. But it was still rare to see a fully clipped horse there. Instead many of them had blanket and chaser clips. One of my friends…

Incase you have missed the news on your equestrian social media this week, it is No Stirrups November! It’s a fantastic to see so many people embracing this idea and sharing their No Stirrups November stories. But you might not want to take the stirrups off your saddle just yet!

Why are people doing it?

It is widely accepted that riding without stirrups is fantastic for your seat. It means you…

Feedspot Top 100 Equestrian Blogs

In case you missed my rather excited social media posts yesterday, I am really pleased to tell you that we made Feedspot’s top 100 Equestrian blogs/websites! Not only did we make it, but we also ranked 42nd! Just behind our friend The Dressage Tipster.

Unlike some other rankings of this type, it is not all based on who reads your blog! It’s also about how strong your blog is both creatively and…

There have been a lot of stories on equestrian social media recently about fireworks. There have been tragic accidents where horses have been spooked by nearby firework displays and more recently I read that there are now thousands signing a petition to make it impossible for members of the general public to be able to buy fireworks. I am really struggling with this idea. As a horse owner and…

Horse & Hound have done some really interesting articles recently interviewing top riders from different disciplines and talking about how their top horse will be fed throughout the winter. This is really interesting to read and it’s eye opening how many of these horses have 3+ feeds a day.

However, this got me thinking that as brilliant as this insight is on how to help keep horses in fantastic…

New Weekly Round Up

I have been doing a lot of thinking recently about how is best to improve EquiPepper and after a lot of research I have found that promoting old content is just as important as creating new content. I am really lucky that I now have a really good following both via WordPress and social media, so my new blog posts are seen by a lot of people.

I feel that some of my best and most interesting blog…

Introducing Interviews ~ No Bucking Way

Today I am pleased to introduce you to Orla & Darielle, co-writers of the blog No Bucking Way. Their blog tracks their progress training both of their young horses which they hope might help others in the same situation.

How do you two know each other?

Funnily enough, we originally met through work about 6 years ago! We were both waitresses in a hotel but it wasn’t until another 3 years…

We want to hear from You!

I have a few exciting projects in the pipeline here at EquiPepper and to help move things along I would love to hear from you all!

It would really mean a huge amount to me if you could take a few moments to fill out the below contact form about your experience with EquiPepper. This of it as leaving us a review and feedback on some of your favourite blog posts.

Once again, things have been very quiet with Scottie this week. Last Monday morning was a very exciting time with all the horses already out in the field galloping laps and leaping in the air when it came to turning Scottie out. So Scottie being Scottie put in some pretty impressive bucks as soon as the head collar was off and galloped down the field before looking a bit sheepish.

I gave him the…

Why are we scared to Fall?

Horse riding is a dangerous sport. Every time we get in the saddle we have to accept that we could fall off. I was recently trying to explain to a non horsey friend about how Scottie can be cold backed when I first get on and what this means. Their response was “that must be pretty scary” and I found myself trying to explain that it is and it isn’t.

This got me thinking that everyone is scared of…