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Balanced Equine - Producing a mentally and physically balanced equine. Full livery
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28/10/2026

👀 Looking for...

Crombie is a rug wreaker so Gin has to wear an old light weight rug over her good rug to stop him ripping it 🙈🙄.

This one is just about ready for the bin so she is looking for another one.

Does anyone have a 6'3", light weight rug that they are selling cheap?

Many thanks
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27/10/2026

Another wild morning 💨🌪🙄.

Forage is so important for our horses and in an effort to provide the 3 F's, friends, forage and freedom, we feed hay and haylage in the field all year round.

We use lorry tyres to stop it blowing away in the wild weather.

What top tips do you have for managing horses in the stormy weather?

26/10/2026

Gin and Crombie headed to Howe Equestrian Centre for their BS show on Saturday.

On paper not our best show with only one out of four double clears.

I could make excuses but I'm not going to. One big factor for Crombie's first round was that I worked out my timings wrong and he didn't get hardly any warm up.

I never do that.

I always write the times down and allow plenty of time. This time I didn't write the times down and got it wrong in my head 🙈. Lesson learned.

We still had a 2nd, 5th and a 6th and it was great to go along and jump nice jumps in a nice arena, inside with lovely organisers.

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25/10/2026

Well that was a wild few days...

How did you all survive the storms? Two in as many days was a bit much wasn't it? And I'm not sure it's done with us yet. 😵‍💫

I'm so impressed with how well our arena has stood up to all that rain, no water sitting on it and it is riding well.

This little cob we have in for schooling is an absolute gem. She was ridden in heavy rain on Friday and as you can see in the video, in strong winds today and she just gets on with it. She is super safe and will be looking for her new person soon.

We will also have a space for training livery coming available very soon, for backing, schooling or handling. Get in touch for more information.

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23/10/2026

I'm looking for a Bombers Ultra Comfy Lock Up Universal in 135mm, does anyone have one for sale before I buy new?

11/10/2026

🐴 Backing 🐴 Bringing on 🐴 Schooling 🐴 Handling 🐴

Training livery offered at St Michaels on small, professional yard with a horse first approach and lovely low energy.

A sympathetic approach where happy horses are our priority.

Great facilities and knowledgeable staff experienced with a wide variety of horses and disciplines.

Lots of turn out in individual paddocks with friends over the fence on all sides.

From foal and young stock handling, to backing, and schooling the older horse we are happy to help.

Balanced Equine, producing a mentally and physically Balanced Equine.

For more information see https://balancedequine.co.uk/training/.

Due to a cancellation we have a space coming available in approximately three weeks time.
Bookings also being taken for 2027.

To enquire or arrange a viewing contact Jo on 07742 103815 or email [email protected].

05/10/2026

*Edited to add I'm super proud they came 5th 🩷*

Kaydee has been helping me with the training horses for a few months and riding Crombie.

It has been great to be able to take Crombie and Gin hacking together and to do their fitness work together and when Gin needed support getting her confidence cross country schooling it was great to have someone to ride Crombie. Kaydee is a really kind rider and does a great job with all the horses she rides.

Kaydee hasn't had lots of opportunities for jumping and competing so I thought it would be great for her to have the chance to take Crombie round the 80 at Gleneagles.

Crombie was so good at Alnwick last week and was a dream to ride round the cross country, I told Kaydee all she would have to do was steer him round.

It was windy at Gleneagles, there was a shoot going on, Gin was shouting for Crombie from the lorry park and we got him to the warm up about 15 minutes too early as the class was running behind, so Crombie was, in Kaydee's words, 'a cheeky boy'.

That is NOT what I was calling him.

He can be anxious and get his nickers in a knot but he doesn't usually buck but he couldn't get out of a trot in the warm up without bucking. Kaydee ended up not getting a warm up fence and I released them into the start box as the starter got to 3 seconds in the count down.

He redeemed himself by taking her round and jumping anything she pointed him at. I was waiting for them at the finish and think they looked great over the last few fences.

I hope Kaydee had fun and sees now what she can deal with. When we take Crombie out again we will try and manage him better and hope that he remembers how old he is and all the things he has been to. Warm ups are over rated anyway right?

Great job Kaydee.

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05/10/2026

Yesterday we headed to Gleneagles Equestrian School for their hunter trial.

Gin and I did the 90 and after he was so good at Alnwick last week I thought it would be a good opportunity for Kaydee to ride Crombie in the 80.

Gin was absolutely super, on great form and flew round for a fab clear. She was quite spicy in the warm up and even thought she'd throw in a few moves after fence 3. She was lovely and bold at the water and cantered straight through.

It's so lovely to have her feeling confident again. Hopefully I can find the balance of keeping her happy and I'm really looking forward to see what we can achieve next year.

*Edited to add she was 🥇🥇🐥🍽, so please with my girl.*

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28/09/2026

Gin was up next at Alnwick Ford Equestrian.

Her last British Event was Badminton Grassroots back at the start of May when she lost her confidence so we just entered the GOBE90 to see how she went and it wouldn't matter if we were eliminated or decided to retire.

I should not have doubted her as she was on top form all day, feeling keen and confident to take the win on her dressage score 💜.

We've taken it slowly to re build her confidence and to try and keep things fun with no pressure.

She was lovely in the dressage for her best score for a while of 27.3. Show jumping was great, a little look at the first fence but then totally switched on for a fab clear.

I didn't use my watch cross country as I wanted no pressure and to just let her do what she was happy with. She was buzzy at the start and ready to get going and flew round giving a great feeling.

The last few times cross country she hasn't been confident with the water so I let her take her time and gave her a look at the novice water first so she knew what was coming. She cantered through confidently to to finish her round in the time.

It was lovely to see the owner and breeder, Julie Lawson, of Gin's sire Primitive Faerie Tale Advanced Event Stallion and also one of Gin's siblings who took second place in the same section. Julie was also third making it a great section for her.

It's a shame that there aren't any more events for us but I'm super excited for next year with Gin.

Thanks again to all at Alnwick and to section sponsors Houghton Country who provided a goodie bag which was a lovely surprise in the GOBE section.

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WOW Saddles

28/09/2026

We had a great day at our last British Eventing Official event of the year yesterday at Alnwick Ford Equestrian.

Both Crombie and Gin were there, Crombie in the 90 and Gin in the GOBE90. Wallace - adventures of a yard dog was of course there overseeing proceedings as well.

It was pretty full on with not much time between horses but Sandy Smith was top groom, horse holder, practice fence alterer, videographer and moral supporter to keep us on track.

Crombie was up first for dressage and produced his best test of the year to score 27.8, putting him in the lead after dressage. The lorry was parked near to his dressage arena so with Gin calling to him as we went round the outside of the arena he got pretty up tight but I managed to let go of the neck strap just in time to trot down the center line and he held life together in the test. His tongue does make a cheeky appearance, anybody spot it in the video? Lucky it seems the judge missed it 👅.

Story of his life with a pole down in the show jumping. Listen out for Sandy's exhale as the pole falls 🙈. But I would say over all a good round for us and we will be working super hard over the winter to try and better this phase.

Cross country was great fun, he's such a good, honest boy cross country.

We fished up 3rd so a little bit of diesel money and a lovely goodie bucket from section sponsors Equine Products UK.

Massive thank you to everyone at Alnwick Ford for such a lovely friendly event.

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WOW Saddles

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St Andrews
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