Aiyana Levin Dressage

11/07/2023

20/06/2022

Big handsome Teddy trotting his way to 70.09% in the Prelim 1B yesterday at Hawkesbury Dressage Festival 🧡

Thank you for coming with me at the last minute when Mum couldn’t come, so grateful to have had your help and company. 🙏🏻

Looking forward to this coming weekend back at SIEC for the second week of competition. 💃🏼

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28/05/2022

It’s the tail flick for me. 💁🏼‍♀️🏎
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16/05/2022

Happy Monday! Looking forward to a week of training without rain.🤞🏼☀️
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10/05/2022

Happy Birthday to my beautiful, sensitive and quirky heart horse, Jackson.🍑🍊🧡🥕🦒

04/05/2022

Progress over perfection with Teddy. 🧸🧸
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29/04/2022

Orange is the new Black. 🧡🧡🧡Looking forward to getting back in the saddle tomorrow after a few (5) unscheduled days off this week thanks to the wet weather and a raging chest infection. 🫠🫠
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26/04/2022

Heart horse. 🧡🦒
Thank you for the beautiful photo! 🥰

25/04/2022

Super pleased with both my red boys at the Sugarloaf Dressage competition on Sunday! Huge thank you to super groom for your amazing help, you’re the best! Thank you for making sure I got in the ring despite being very unwell (if I’m well enough to ride I’m not that sick I keep telling myself 🫠) your efforts are always appreciated greatly, thank you. Big thank you to my coaches for the virtual tune up and for the bootcamp with both boys the day before. I’m really excited by how they’re both progressing! Teddy ended up 3rd in the 1C with 65% after a big fright in the 1B, I know there’s more marks to be gained with him. Jackson was totally focussed in both medium tests, I took the handbrake off in the 4B for a nice 68.3% and his final score for States! We’ll continue to train hard over the coming months ready for Winter competition to commence. 💪🏼💪🏼
Thank you to my amazing sponsors: 🖤🖤🖤

14/04/2022

My little ray of sunshine. Enjoying the sunshine while it lasts!☀️☀️☀️

10/04/2022

🕊Wentworth (Portland Edition) - 20/11/99-9/4/2022.🕊

My dear Bobby was sadly laid to rest yesterday. He truly showed his stoicism and strength until the very end. It’s never an easy decision to make but I feel it was the most dignified and kind choice for our big old boy. Bobby was my first hack and together we achieved so much including qualifying and competing at my first and only EA Nationals. He earned his well deserved retirement at the beginning of 2013 and lived a happy life with his best mate Pally, who will no doubt miss him dearly. It feels somewhat fitting that this was the anniversary of his 2009 Champion Show Hunter Hack win, he was a true champion in every way and the epitome of a show horse. Thank you for everything sweet boy, you can finally rest.

15/03/2022

“Understand who you are, understand where you want to be and put in daily steps to get there.” ✨✨
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11/03/2022

Half-passing into the weekend like… 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼
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09/03/2022

Isn’t it amazing how you can ride a nearly faultless test and still not think it was good enough?

My self doubt had completely clouded my judgement at Willinga Park. I was smiling as we left the arena because I was relieved it was over. I didn’t know if I’d done enough. I was told my score and I didn’t believe it until I read the live scoring myself. That’s how full of self doubt I was!

I’m a highly competitive person, I love to do my best and this can sometimes be to my detriment. This isn’t a post seeking sympathy it’s a reminder that dressage is a bloody hard discipline and a mental game. It’s ok to not be perfect all the time, your best is good enough!

I’m so lucky to have such a talented horse who trusts me and a very small but close network of people who support me and I’m starting to believe I can do this. ✨✨✨

Thank you for the beautiful photo. 😁

06/03/2022

Trotting into 3rd place at Dressage By The Sea 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼
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02/03/2022

“Courage is about what you do when you think nobody else is watching…”
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01/03/2022

Willinga Park CDI spam incoming! Thank you to the entire team for putting on a huge and accommodating event. It was my second time as a competitor but first time competing Jackson and he really tried his heart out for me in what can only be described as an overwhelming atmosphere. 😳 Warming up for our 4A test we had an ambulance in the warm up which limited the space we had to warm up but he didn’t seem to notice. As we were riding out to our test to compete the supporters of the rider before us screamed and cheered when they finished their test which really upset Jackson - he’s a noise sensitive horse and hadn’t paid much attention to the grand stand until this incident. Needless to say our test was tense and not our best work but he kept it mostly together and stayed with me to finish low down the ranks and 61%. The next day he was much more relaxed and calm and after a quick warm up from the very generous we went out and rode an almost faultless test for 69.5% and 3rd place in our division (about combinations)! Thank you Robert for the much needed help, it’s greatly appreciated! Huge thank you to the sponsors of our Medium Division A and to all the stewards, organisers and volunteers at Willinga Park. Huge huge thank you to head groom and support for helping me believe in myself and Jackson! This was only our third competition at medium level and third competition in about 9 months so I’m thrilled! Thank you to my coach for your virtual help and fitting us into your busy schedule. Thank you to my generous sponsors for keeping Jackson and I looking and feeling our best! Onwards and upwards. 🚀🚀🚀Thank you for the beautiful photo. 🥰.

22/02/2022

“Results are just an outcome. They are not your worth.” - Dr Pippa Grange. ✨

18/02/2022

Pre-test chats with Teddy. 🧸🧸🧸

16/02/2022

Just out here trying to control the controllable’s. 🤓🍊

14/02/2022

Dusted the cobwebs off yesterday at February event held at SIEC.

Lots to work on with Teddy - it was his first competition and he thought the judges cars were horse-eating monsters in his first test then settled in his second test for a more relaxed ride.

Jackson produced two almost clean medium tests, I just have to let him out of first gear and not ride so conservatively for bigger scores!

Juggling full time work, two horses and a normal routine has proven tricky but I’m not giving up just yet and I’m so grateful to have two happy and healthy horses. 🧡

Thank you to the hard working committee for putting on an friendly and well run competition! Thank you to my support crew yesterday and for making my day easy and fun. Thank you to my sponsors for all your continued support! 🧡🧡🧡


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13/02/2022

So happy to be out and about again, it’s been 9 months since Jackson’s last competition and it was Teddy’s first competition! Two very tired boys tonight. 🙈🙈 Thank you so much to for you amazing help!! And of course thank you head driver/groom/moral support 💕💕 Onwards and upwards!

23/12/2021

Swipe for Christmas cuteness 🎄🎅🏻🧡

08/11/2021

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01/11/2021

What a great weekend we had with super coach 🧡🧡🧡.
Wearing new 🖤🖤🖤

31/10/2021

A snapshot of my chestnuts this weekend during our short but sweet clinic with super coach Jacqui Van Montfrans at Greenhills Equine 🍑🥕🍊🧡
Wearing the new black range from Decoll Sport - I’m obsessed 😍🖤

19/09/2021

12/09/2021

Darius is absolutely blooming at the moment 😍❤️‍🔥🖤 Greenhills Equine Poseidon Equine Hairy Pony