Barbury was a blast to do Phoenix’s first 80 ODE, he definitely learnt a lot and I can’t wait to take him BE next month 🤩 Nice dressage but two green mistakes for a 35.3, super easy clear SJ, and just a green mistake XC on the home stretch having to circle to the B element as he didn’t clock it until too late. Think he was a bit mentally tired after those barbury hills!
Overall super proud of him, he’s still green but such a willing, exciting pony to ride! He is entered for a BE90 at Aston in a few weeks which I’m really looking forwards to! 🤩
He’s jumping so well in his beautiful custom @devoucoux_uk saddle, he was hard to fit to due to his massive shoulders and typical welsh frame, but we were able to design a saddle with cut back panels around his shoulders and wow it makes such a difference!! He has so much freedom of movement, but also keeps me perfectly stable and balanced at all times 🙌🏻😍
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Paddy being an angel in our lesson with @callumbanfield 🙌🏻 He’s finally feeling back on top form ❤️ Back for round two at Lyneham on Sunday 🦄
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Blenheim 100cm Eventer Challenge with Paddy was great fun! Few clumsy poles but jumped fantastically and was good in the big environment 🙌🏻 Love my main man so much 🥰 Last run of the season is on the 8th at Swacliffe in the 100 - an extremely cursed event for us so not sure why I entered 🤣 Last time I was there I left the event in style in an ambulance with a fractured hip and brain bleed 🤦🏻♀️😅 Hopefully we won’t be repeating any of that this time! 🤣
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Finally got round to doing Paddy’s Barbury video too! Not great at getting things out on time 😅🤦🏻♀️ He was super and put in a really nice dressage with just a small mistake in the canter to get 30.5, followed by a nice but sticky jumping round in the mud for a few poles and a fab clear XC inside the time. Overall a very successful day with both boys, I’m a very lucky lady to have two amazing and kind horses in my life! ❤️ Paddy and Phoenix are the dream team 🥂😍 #horsesofinstagram #horsesofinsta #horsesofig #oxfordequestrian #equine #equestrian #equestrianlife #horse #horserider #irishsportshorse #irishhorse #eventhorse #eventrider #eventing #britisheventing #showjumping #xc #crosscountry #dressage #barburyinternationalhorsetrials #pararider #multiplesclerosis #paraequestrian
Finally! The video of baby Phoenix’s first time Eventing at @cotswoldcupevents Barbury in the 70 🥰 Such a good egg! He finished with a 34.5 dressage and foot perfect double clear picking up some time to drop him from 2nd to 8th 🤩 He wasn’t even handled, let alone backed this time last year! Such a special pony 🖤.....#horsesofinstagram #horsesofinsta #horsesofig #oxfordequestrian #equine #equestrian #equestrianlife #horse #horserider #eventing #cotswoldcup #britisheventing #welshsectiond #welshpony #blackhorse #pony #blackpony #showjumping #dressage
The boys thoroughly enjoyed their time up the gallops! Last bit of fitness training before Paddy and Phoenix both go to Barbury Castle eventing next weekend 🏇🏻🏇🏻 #horsesofinstagram #horsesofinsta #horsesofig #oxfordequestrian #equine #equestrian #equestrianlife #horse #horserider #gallops #galloping #irishsportshorse #eventhorse #fitnesstraining #intervaltraining #welshsectiond #welshcob #eventpony #eventing #fitness #smoothoperator
Still so proud of my main man! Beautiful dressage and clear show jumping 🥳 can’t have everything though! ❤️
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We finally managed to get out eventing! We had our first run of the year in the 100 at Goring and it was a blast 🤩 32 dressage which we were super pleased about due to the showjumping being next door on one side and someone chainsawing down a tree on the other - thank god we had the acoustic ears on 😳 definitely helped him keep a lid on it 😅 A few down showjumping and then Paddy’s gold standard clear inside the time XC 🙌🏻 Overall a fab day out in the sunshine with my bestest boy, the family, and super groom @alicebarkx ❤️ Bring on Barbury 100! 😍
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Trying to turn paddy into a bouncing bunny just in time for Easter! 🐇 Paddy is still definitely feeling very well 😅 so we decided to do some bounces to get him to sit on his bum more and not accelerate on landing which he loves to do! Funnily he found it more difficult oxer to bounces which was very surprising! 🤔 We had a diddy play on the XC course after and he was a very happy boy for sure 🤩 .....#horsesofinstagram #horsesofinsta #horsesofig #oxfordequestrian #equine #equestrian #equestrianlife #horse #horserider #showjumping #training #irishsportshorse #eventhorse #eventrider #jumping
Old but gold 🤣 🏇🏻🏇🏻🏇🏻 #horsesofinstagram #horsesofinsta #horsesofig #oxfordequestrian #equine #equestrian #equestrianlife #horse #horserider #showjumping #fall #fail #horseridingfails #sh*teventersunite #speedhasneverkilledanyone #eventhorse #showjumper #training
Fist time jumping paddy round a 1.20 course at home 🥰 be bossed it as normal, I just have to be brave again! It’s so easy to be brave when you’re a kid, but I have to work at it the older we I get 😅👵🏻#horsesofinstagram #horsesofinsta #horsesofig #oxfordequestrian #equine #equestrian #equestrianlife #horse #horserider #showjumping #eventhorse #britisheventing #irishsportshorse #training
Paddy long legs always eating up the strides between the jumps 🤣🏇🏻
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Day 1 of Event Camp! 🏇🏻
Paddy bossed everything making it all feel easy! So much fun 😍😍 As soon as those XC jumps come out, I get a firecracker underneath me 🤪🚀
Lots more videos to come next 🥳
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Paddy pinging round the 1m clear at @cherwellcompcentre 😍
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Eating is my hobby 🤪 So great to be back at the amazing @chilternxc 🏇🏻 I tried Paddy bitless XC as he’s so much happier in it showjumping, but we wanted to test how my breaks would be and he was actually foot perfect 🥰 still strong meaning I’ve got some sore tummy muscles this morning but worth it for a happy hoss, just means I need to do some more sit ups 😅
Thanks to @alicebarkx for being the best wingwoman and getting down on one knee for me 🤣📷
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Crazy pony is obsessed with pot noodles 🤣🍜
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My muddy fluffy oversized pony is finally coming back into work 🥳 All very boring, but I’d like to keep it that way instead of going splat in a hedge like last time he came back into work 🤣
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So proud of this little floof today, always so kind and quiet 💙 he’s so much fun to do everything with 😍....#horsesofinstagram #horsesofinsta #horsesofig #oxfordequestrian #equine #equestrian #equestrianlife #horse #horserider #showjumping #showjumpingpony #welshpony #welshsectiond #blackpony #blackhorse