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When Blondie was first diagnosed with PSD, her hind foot X-rays showed a 0° plantar angle. That lack of support in her h...
17/08/2025

When Blondie was first diagnosed with PSD, her hind foot X-rays showed a 0° plantar angle. That lack of support in her hind feet was a huge contributing factor to the strain on her suspensories. I think a lot of this was due to her not being very easy with farriers so they likely didn’t spend very long trimming her hind feet. Thanks to all the work we have been doing (video coming soon) she is so much more confident and Chris is able to trim her far more accurately than previously.

Over the past year, we’ve been carefully managing her with corrective trimming. One of the biggest changes we’ve seen is in her frogs I don’t have a before picture which is really annoying but they looked flat and flaky and always suffered with a bit of thrush I believe due to the lack of proper contact with the ground — they’ve developed and strengthened to the point where they now make proper contact with the ground, and look plump and healthy. This shows us her heels are finally growing and functioning the way they should. 🥳

The improvement isn’t just visible in her feet. Compare her previous pictures to now, and you’ll notice how much straighter her cannon bones are. That straighter limb alignment means she’s no longer overloading her suspensories, and the strain is being taken off her entire posterior chain, right up through her back and all the way to her mouth. Their whole body is so linked that something like long toes and under run heals can effect their entire body and show up in how they hold their mouth.

Blondie’s journey with PSD has been long and careful, but her posture, comfort, and strength today show just how powerful correct foot balance can be. So grateful to for guiding me on this path and my wonderful farrier for trimming Blondie every 2 weeks to get to this point ❤️

07/08/2025

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This is a really beautiful trend I saw on another app, you write about what it would be like to have coffee with your yo...
09/02/2025

This is a really beautiful trend I saw on another app, you write about what it would be like to have coffee with your younger self. I try and sit with my younger self often. Give her space and support that I didn’t feel I had at the time when I check in with her. I try and be the adult for her that she needed in those moments and that brings me peace, even more so when I can be that adult for young people around me. We can’t change what happened to us when we were younger, but we can shift some perspective of the experiences we had. Acknowledge how hard things were and how they made us who we are today. Even if you don’t feel like sharing your coffee moment it’s a nice thing to do to sit and write about yourself back then and how you are now. See the growth, the love the journey. ✨

So we created a podcast, Rhi and I, This Equestrian Life it’s called. a space for open honest bold discussion. An oppor...
29/01/2025

So we created a podcast, Rhi and I, This Equestrian Life it’s called. a space for open honest bold discussion. An opportunity to shed light on hard things, to laugh at the good times and sometimes the bad. To share stories and create space for others to do the same.
Over the last two weeks I have really enjoyed sitting down with Rhi and opening some conversations we feel are important and hopefully valuable to today’s equestrian community.
We come from similar situations in some ways, non traditional, not horsey families. Both with a burning desire to be have horses as part of our lives but having to find our way to them in different ways. Rhi inspires me with her dedication and determination to making her way to horse ownership having established her corporate career first. A pathway I thought I might end up on myself when I was young. Have a proper job to pay for the horses was the goal, but dyslexia and trouble writing essays paved the way for a very different path. So here we are, Rhi and I, two different perspectives opening conversation in many different directions. We have discussed winter survival, goal setting and how to achieve them. The importance and value of a hot chocolate on a hard day. And that was just the first episode. You can listen to episode 2 right now, an insight into our take on difficult yard situations, our mental health challenges and a good amount in between.
I hope you will give it a listen and let us know what you think. It took us a long time to get this project off the ground, perfectionism, being time poor, and various other issues but we managed and I’m really glad we did. I hope you enjoy joining us as we share This Equestrian Life and all it entails
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OUR PODCAST HAS LAUNCHED 🥳Over a year in the making (the longest tease in history?!) we are so excited to share with you...
22/01/2025

OUR PODCAST HAS LAUNCHED 🥳

Over a year in the making (the longest tease in history?!) we are so excited to share with you episode 1 of This Equestrian Life - available now in all your favourite podcast places and via the link on our profiles

We have always had long conversations on drives that spanned so many things, from how we keep our horses, to changes in the industry and everything in between. We don’t always agree, we love to discuss and perhaps most importantly, we love to have a laugh along the way.

We are excited to have you join us in these conversations, beginning with an episode dedicated to surviving winter.

Series 1 will be available every Wednesday and we can’t wait to hear your feedback. Be sure to tag us in your stories!

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At this point we have to mention our incredible producer without Amy this podcast would not have made it to your ears. We are very grateful for her support ❤️

I thought you have probably all had enough of that “and with that the 2024 season comes to an end” I have 😂2024 the year...
01/01/2025

I thought you have probably all had enough of that “and with that the 2024 season comes to an end” I have 😂
2024 the year my body, brain, both said enough is enough, the year I wasn’t given a choice in choosing to rest I was forced to. I grappled with burn out for most of 2024 fighting the need to slow down, I still am to some degree. The most humbling, transformational experience of my life so far I think. Being faced with fear every day is not something I have ever felt before, having to choose to keep going and refuse to let it own me has been exhausting in itself.

I may not have achieved huge things in 2024 a fair plateau occurred in most areas of my life, but I did survive and I’m still proud of myself for that because I am most definitely not the same person I was in January last year. I have skills and knowledge I didn’t have before.
I have trudged through the blackness that was my mental health, drowned in the discomfort that is anxiety. But I have survived every intrusive thought, every feeling I thought was the worst I could ever feel, every sleepless night when my mind ran away with my body. I know I don’t have to believe every thought, I know I can choose not to disturb myself by leaning into them. My anxiety is allowed to flow now, and my energy levels are to be bloody listened to!
I don’t think I’ll be clear of this because place I have been lodged in for a while yet but I have certainly accepted it as the journey I am on. No resistance is left just acceptance and awareness.
Here’s to good habits in 2025 that bring us peace and joy, to starting again any moment we need, not just at the new year. And to be so kind to ourselves it radiates off us like a glowing light beaconing others to do the same 💫✨

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Buckwood Lane
Kensworth
LU62PQ

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
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