Blue Metal Equestrian

02/07/2025

WANTED TO BUY!!
A second hand Passier Sirius Dressage Saddle. Please contact Amanda on 0407213399

30/06/2025

Matt Ryan is back at BME the weekend before TIE so get in some training in show jumping and cross country at BME. Entries open on Nominate now.
https://www.nominate.com.au/EquestDn/Event.aspx?e=856F622EA13B4A10A7285B06B34238D4&eventlist=4

07/06/2025

Due to popular demand we have opened up another class - SHOW JUMPING WITH Matt Ryan - Bonza Eventing at BME. Next Sunday 15th June - 3 spots left. 1 x 60-80cm & 2 x 90cm+ Enter on Nominate !

07/06/2025

Such wise words ! Love this gal 🙌🏽

Learn to seek satisfaction in doing simple things with excellence. Most of us are not going to win bridleless freestyles, become champions of something, or have perfect hair every day. Learn to develop a sustainable mindset, don’t become enraptured by fluff and “too good to be true” catchy stuff so that you’re unsatisfied with what is in your power to work for. You wouldn’t like what was behind the scenes of a lot of that stuff anyway.

Magic is happening in every interaction around you every day. Tune in to it and love it back - stop waiting for instagram worthy reels to be your life. Most of it is smoke and mirrors, and those who are truly attaining it often do it at great cost.

Live simply, with excellence. Ride each wave as if they all were the only wave.

03/06/2025

DID YOU GET YOUR DENMAN ENTRIES IN ?
Sharpen up your jumping act with Matt Ryan - Bonza Eventing at BME Sunday 15th June. Spots available: 1 x 45-60, 1 x 80-90 and 2 x 90+. Matt can help you get your competition hat on and our all weather arena surface is super ! https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nominate.com.au%2FEquestDn%2FEvent.aspx%3Fe%3DD369AE19A12F4DE982403A3A11288029%26eventlist%3D4%26fbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExTXRYOWlOemEzZDkwYVgxSgEePtKzGRhwcPmYGsuKdwnHSMo21kj7qPEtksHzCTwAqnqXFEr3ES8mKppDIw4_aem_zej8yxBIsaLyftmJiDgIQQ&h=AT0vivI_hQesIo4nanx9MOZM_p06GHsKRKEhF341TYQzdphb3fzdpoK9YsLWtE-zTIdPyqsWCGWPwLtU7sBuZ9jCeIRewliNeg2XfOBPjyklnu-SGg3m6LCoHoWnAsI

Blue Metal Equestrian at Possum Brush is a family owned and operated boutique equine facility on the Mid North Coast of NSW. Offering coaching, clinics and protocol days to provide education, support and encouragement. We are committed to helping you reach your riding goals.

02/06/2025

SHOW JUMPING with Matt Ryan - Bonza Eventing going ahead.
Sunday JUNE 15th. Entries on Nominate now.
https://www.nominate.com.au/EquestDn/Event.aspx?e=D369AE19A12F4DE982403A3A11288029&eventlist=4
Our all weather surface is the only thing that loves all this rain, so come and use it ! 😉

31/05/2025

The struggle is real. Stay safe everyone 🙏

29/05/2025

!! WE STILL NEED A FEW MORE RIDERS TO FILL SUNDAY 15TH JUNE WITH Matt Ryan - Bonza Eventing!!

28/05/2025

We need a full day of lessons to get Matt Ryan - Bonza Eventing down to BME - please let me know if you are keen!

28/05/2025

IS ANYONE KEEN FOR SHOW JUMPING WITH Matt Ryan - Bonza Eventing ? We cannot run cross country for Matt's clinic at BME on 14/15 June but Matt is happy to come down to coach show jumping. I need expressions of interest for the Sunday please. If I can fill Sunday then I will open up possibilities for Saturday. PLEASE MESSAGE ME ASAP IF YOU ARE KEEN TO SHOW JUMP WITH MATT ON SUNDAY 15TH JUNE !! Cheers Amanda

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14/05/2025

I think Bob has got something here!
Probably also applies to dogs too.

A man was gored by a buffalo in Yellowstone Park on May 4th, sixteen days after the park opened for the summer and it won't be the last one of the season. People continue to be dangerously ignorant in spite of this being a regular news story. They refuse to accept that animals are not all pets, not all fur babies. Each animal is a distinct being with a complete set of impulses, instincts, actions and reactions.

Of the pictures below, which animal's behavior do you believe is closest to a horse? The dog? The buffalo? And which one is most like us? The answer is simple. The horse and the buffalo are prey animals and we and the dog are predators, so are cats. We relate well with animals as our pets that are like us. Still, as untrue and irrational as it is, people think of their horses as pets, and every year people get injured or worse with horses just as people get gored in Yellowstone Park. They prefer to see all animals as pets.

The horses-are-pets people never consider how this intentional misunderstanding that they impose on their horses negatively impacts the horse they love.

On the most basic level, the insistence of the pet mindset results in horses being forced to adapt to confusion. This constant denial of the horse's authentic nature is a form of subtle, and today a normalized form of stress based abuse. Animals don't like this. They want stress generating people to go away. They might gore, bite or kick people who don't acknowledge this and stop imposing stress that ignores the authentic nature of horses.

Many horses will adapt to the human impositions forced on them. However, some horses cannot easily adjust to the repeated confusion from being denied their authenticity. Some of these horses will shut down and become dull while others will resist to the point of sometimes kicking, biting, striking, rearing and other actions in order to create a private safe space around them.

Many horse owners say that they only do the pet thing to their horses only to a small degree. This is splitting hairs while redefining the horse's real needs. Horses are horses. Every moment we don't think of them and treat them like horses, we miss so much about them, and they suffer in silence as a result. Horses need to be understood and treated as horses.