Intermediare 1 Dressage test

How to ride the Inter 1 Zig Zag

This week I asked Lynsey Rowan to show me the Intermediare 1 Zig Zag. This movement was always one that I struggled with when I was competing in the Inter 1 in 2019. I used to dread it when I knew it was coming up in the test. This is a tricky movement. Starting with […]

December 3, 2022

Caledon Dressage show Success!

This past weekend my coach Belinda Trussell and her assistant trainer Lynsey Rowan showed at the Caledon Dressage show in Palgrave. The weather was pleasant temperature wise but a very strong wind was blowing. You can see that from these flags. The first horse from Team Oakcrest (Belinda’s farm is Oakcrest Farm) that I watched […]

September 12, 2021

I’m in Charge!

I can make a mistake but I had better correct it quickly!

November 20, 2019

Tina Irwin: When Dreams Turn Into Goals.

Sometimes things happen for a reason.

March 20, 2019

Discipline!

Internal Discipline: This is the discipline that sets your alarm at 6am and actually gets you up at 6 am and off to the gym and then you do the 3 sets of 12 reps of those strengthening exercises. External Discipline: This is the discipline that the gym’s trainer exerts when he or she counts […]

March 13, 2019

Silent Sunday

All photos by Joanna Jodko Photography. White Fences Show February 22,23 2019

March 3, 2019

Not Lost, Just Wandering!

Video lesson with Belinda Trussell.

October 22, 2018

What is on the Other Side of Fear?

“Everything you want is on the other side of fear.” This is a quote I read last week. It got me thinking. I was heading to a competition and I decided it would be worthwhile to examine what “fear” meant to me. What were the sources of “fear” for me? Physical fear? No. Despite the […]

August 26, 2018