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Jess Grundy Equestrian

Currently taking an extended maternity break after baby no.2 so mostly just riding for fun at the moment
Experience as a trackwork rider and amateur jockey.
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Also dabbled in eventing and show-jumping.

18/08/2024

Little play with Foxy for a friend today. Once I had convinced him he's actually not half llama he was super cute and I think going to be a cool horse when he's matured a bit

11/05/2024

I've changed my mind about a lot of things with horses over the years and these days a firm believer in not using any lunging gadgets and letting the horse find their own balance. Here is 4 year old ottb Gucci lunging quietly in a headcollar in a large paddock. We ventured out of the arena today to use some gentle slopes to get himself working and balancing himself up and down hill without having his head restricted in a certain position and it worked a treat.

23/03/2024

Soggy but happy after the opening meet with the Maramarua hunt. Grateful to have the ride on the wonderful Mickey (ex racehorse of course) who was very enthusiastic despite the weather and had fun jumping. That was the longest time I've spent in the saddle since sometime in 2022 so I'm just off to run myself a large Epsom salt bath!

06/03/2024

The lovely Ryder who I rehomed end of 2022 now named Jimmy and being produced beautifully as an eventer

15/12/2023

Abderry Dec 13th. More fun showjumping this time with two pintos. Very grateful to have the rides on these two horses.

30/11/2023

Spot of showjumping training Abderry last night. Now 4 months post partum and feeling great! Very lucky to get the ride on the wonderful Chris who is totally oblivious to my ring rustiness and just the perfect horse to get back jumping.
Making the most of having family here to help with the kids and little helper no.2 is up there with world's most chilled babies and quite happy to spend his evenings hanging out at horse shows.

10/11/2023

Managed two successful outings this week with the kids in tow. Thankfully the one where I was riding I only had the littlest helper with me, who is still immobile, so definitely a bit easier to manage.
Thanks Abderry and Pongarosa Equestrian Centre for putting on some great fun confidence building showjumping evenings. It's been a while since I did any showjumping myself and I'd forgotten just how much I love it!

19/10/2023

Happy day today. Feels like summer and I had my first proper schooling ride back. Bit wobbly but not as bad as I expected and baby was very cooperative just sitting in the shade watching. Looking forward to lots more of this

22/09/2023

And we're back 🙂 I have got slightly shaky legs after a quiet hack round the block but feeling super motivated for getting back into more regular riding. Baby no.2 is the most chilled little guy ever and napped through it all. Thanks to Jess for lending me the lovely Rueben to ride, who was the perfect first ride back, and coming for a walk with the pram

14/09/2023

What I used to do for fun on my birthday vs. what I mostly did yesterday.
I did actually get out to two different yards to at least pat some horses and watch from the ground and feeling ready to get back on board any day now.

15/06/2023

Life After Racing

I recently got a lovely update from Monkey's new owner after just less than a year together.
"Finished the season whipping in and jumping full wires 😍😍 love this horse!!"
He was such a special character at the track and generated a lot of interest when he finished up at Clotworthy Racing but he needed the right home to come up, even if it was the opposite end of the country.
He's been beautifully produced as a hunter and is literally smiling about it 😁

25/04/2023

Lovely day watching from the sidelines, reunited with Marge about 4 years after I last saw her! Great to see her so happy with her new owners and doing so well. Watched her jump three beautiful clears to help her team win at the Auckland pony club team showjumping today

03/03/2023

And that's a wrap! Hanging up my boots (temporarily of course) after enjoying a last ride on Zoe at 5 months pregnant. Good timing too seeing as my boots have been just about held together with gaffa tape for the last few months! I've felt totally safe on Zoe throughout and it's been nice to have something to keep riding after finishing up at the track a while ago. She's improved a lot despite very sporadic work with her out of shape, wobbly rider 🤦
She's gone off to her new home today where she will be enjoying a pampered life and continue to learn about life in the slow lane.
In light of current events I am going to be donating 20% of her sale price to the charities supporting the cyclone relief effort

01/02/2023

Zoe from yesterday. Looking for a new home....

31/01/2023

Zoe schooling today. She's getting better every ride and I'm quite enjoying the fact she's still here!

14/01/2023

Zoe from her first ride back. Absolutely no drama getting someone back on board after several months off. No lunging required!
Walk, trot, canter in the arena. Trotting poles, first attempt at jumping and a little hack down the drive on her own. Happily splashed through all the puddles round the place and did everything asked.
Available for viewings now

13/01/2023

A raw clip of Zoe working today. She's for sale now as realistically I can't keep her while expecting baby no.2. She's just under 16.2hh, 5 yrs mare by Sacred Falls and I think will be a lovely eventer and all rounder.
She finished racing Aug 2022 and has had a quiet time since then, chilling in the paddock, letting down and gaining some condition and is now ready to be produced.
She ticked off a lot of things today
✅Flatwork
✅Poles
✅Puddles
✅Jumps
✅ Hacking by herself

All of this after 3 months off and only her third ride since finishing racing, safe enough to hop straight on, no lunging required. She's obviously super green but very sweet and willing and will be fun for someone to produce
1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ ono

02/01/2023

I just got sent this photo of Donella, a mare I sold to the South Island about 5 years ago with her first foal and it seemed like a hint for me to explain why it's been a bit quiet on here recently...
This year I will also be joining the broodmares paddock
I have already stopped riding trackwork and just ticking over with some lessons and riding a few existing clients quiet horses which I am shortly going to combine with my first non horsey job for nearly a decade!

27/11/2022

They don't come as quiet and easy as this off the track at 3 yr old very often and when they do they don't hang around for long! Gordy was tried yesterday, and as I expected he was foot perfect and taken straight home with his new friend, (who wasn't overly impressed with meeting his younger model replacement 😂 )
Great to get feedback like this after a first ride ☺️ He's gone to a lovely home and I'm looking forward to seeing what he gets up to.

24/11/2022

Gordy is the quietest and most obliging 3 yr old you'll find! 15.3hh gelding by No Nay Never (AUS). Has had a handful of trials and two very slow races so is looking for a new job. Absolutely aced his test ride in all the wind and rain today. His trainer and trackwork riders we're not surprised, he's been like this from day 1. Hacked down to an arena on his own, way out of sight of any other horses to have his first go at flatwork. Puddles, quad bikes, sheep, cows and poles all ticked off with no fuss.
Probably doesn't have 4* aspirations but then neither do most riders! He's the kind of ottb that most riders need. Straightforward, sane and obliging. Yes he's in plain brown packaging but he's in lovely order and more than makes up for it with his temperament.
Has been trucked and on an angle float. Heaps of video footage from today available.
Located Waiua Pa
Low 💲💲💲, must go asap

12/11/2022

Gorgeous 16hh, 3 yr old gelding by Darci Brahma looking for a new home. He had a handful of trials and then raced this week but finished near the back so being retired sound to a sporthorse home.
He got dragged in from the paddock today, stood perfectly to be brushed, have a shoe put back on and get geared up for a ride. Quite cuddly chap and not bothered about having mates around him. Will make a super sporthorse.
Lots of video footage from today available.
Located South Auckland

31/10/2022

Today I had the pleasure of a ride on the lovely Idaho who is currently up for sale. If anyone is after a nice fun small hack well worth a look.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/sports/equestrian/horses-ponies/horses/listing/3835455809

24/10/2022

Zoe trying hard during her first go in the arena last week

21/10/2022

Zoe would really like a new home now! 16.1hh 5yrs Sacred Falls mare. Sound, just too slow for racing. Straightforward ride and no dirt, will be super easy to retrain or would make good addition as a broodmare. Not marish and happily paddocks with mares and geldings. Has been turned out for a couple of months after racing so is ready to get up and working for the summer
I ride a lot of racehorses for their first go in the arena and not many are as balanced as her! She also had a look at poles and cavaletti with no dramas.
Very budget friendly as she needs to go. Someone will get a steal!

17/10/2022

How's this for an out of work horse, first time in an arena and missing a front shoe!?
Zoe got put on the back burner while I was away so she has just been chilling in the paddock. I hopped on her for a little test drive in the arena today and she was fab. Took her 5 minutes to work out what I was asking her to do and then settled down to some beautiful work and is a lovely big moving mare.
16.1hh, 5yrs by Sacred Falls

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A raw clip of Zoe working today. She's for sale now as realistically I can't keep her while expecting baby no.2. She's just under 16.2hh, 5 yrs mare by Sacred Falls and I think will be a lovely eventer and all rounder. She finished racing Aug 2022 and has had a quiet time since then, chilling in the paddock, letting down and gaining some condition and is now ready to be produced. She ticked off a lot of things today ✅Flatwork ✅Poles ✅Puddles ✅Jumps ✅ Hacking by herself All of this after 3 months off and only her third ride since finishing racing, safe enough to hop straight on, no lunging required. She's obviously super green but very sweet and willing and will be fun for someone to produce 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ ono

Knees 3yrs Vanbrugh filly

This lovely filly by Vanbrugh has just been sacked after her third very slow trial and is looking for a new home. 3yrs old and a big girl. I estimate at least 16.1 and she's a solid build. She has to be one of the quietest horses that has ever come through the stables and has no desire to run fast. So sweet to do everything with and will stand in the tie ups for hours as company for others being shod, never hots up under saddle and not wound up by other horses being silly around her. Video taken just after a gallop in company. No buck rear or spook. Perfect for hacking/low level riding club home Only negative is she has ugly front leg conformation (stable name is 'Knees' 😂). She's slightly back at the knee but has always been sound in race training Will get more photos and put a stick on her tomorrow.

Bean

My first ride on Bean today. A very cool little mare coming back into work after having babies. Enjoying this bonus bit of sunny weather ☀️

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