VH Freelance Equestrian Services

01/06/2026

My evenings look like this🐮🌅😍🤠

After working all day with horses🐴it has certainly been a very busy start to the week!😁😴

It isn’t all glory it’s hard graft but it’s my lifestyle and I love it🫶🏻what a pleasure to work with such amazing creatures🐴

31/05/2026

30/05/2026

A little reminder for anyone who needs it today… 🩷

You’ve already survived days you thought would break you.
You’ve already adapted, rebuilt, restarted and kept going when your nervous system wanted to hide under a blanket with snacks and zero responsibilities.

Sometimes we get so focused on how far we still have to go that we completely forget:
✨ how much we’ve grown
✨ how much we’ve learned
✨ how many battles we’ve quietly won

Horse people especially are terrible at this 🤣
We normalise the hard stuff: 🐎 early mornings
🐎 confidence knocks
🐎 financial stress
🐎 setbacks
🐎 heartbreak
🐎 starting again

And yet…we keep showing up.

So before you tell yourself you “can’t do it”…
remember: You already have.
Over and over again.

Be gentle with yourself today.
You’re probably doing far better than you think 🖤

29/05/2026

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27/05/2026

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One thing I’ve learnt in the horse world… 🐴✨

Someone else doing well does not take anything away from you.

Another rider getting the qualification.
Another horse winning the class.
Another person having their “moment.”

None of it makes you less talented.
Less worthy.
Less important.
Less capable.

There is room for all of us.

Room for the happy hackers.
The nervous riders.
The ambitious competitors.
The comeback stories.
The teenagers with big dreams.
The riders juggling jobs, kids, bills, mud and exhaustion whilst trying to keep the horse alive and maybe themselves too 🤣

And honestly?
The horse world feels so much lighter when we clap for each other instead of competing over who deserves it more.

Because behind every rosette is usually:
early mornings,
self doubt,
financial stress,
sore muscles,
mum guilt,
horse injuries,
tears in the lorry,
and someone trying their absolute best.

Supporting another rider won’t ever make you less.
But bitterness?
Comparison?
Quietly hoping others fail?

That steals your own joy faster than anything else.

Be the person who cheers loudly.
Compliments freely.
Supports genuinely.

The horse world needs more of that energy. 🖤

27/05/2026

Supporting small businesses🫶🏻🐴what a great idea

So... when i want to tidy a mane for a more natural look without pulling i confess, i use a clipper blade... cos i already have loads of those lol.

Thinning knives/blades have been around for ages, u used to get them out your local tack shop for a few quid, but they were cheap metal and didnt last long.

Some of the big brands around now that are much dearer also dont last long so i just never bothered getting one... so why have i got this one?

Because this one is from Prestige Equine , i have known Amelia for years as a fellow clipper, i trust her opinion, and ive been on the other end of the phone with her from the start of this process of now bringing out her own range of turnout products, so i know firsthand how much time she has spent testing everything, and know from that how well the "Sculpt Blade" will last!

Fyi, theyre available in both left and right handed!

Ive been growing Codys mane especially for its arrival so stay tuned tomorrow!

27/05/2026

27/05/2026

Another beautiful groundwork session,always love our groundwork sessions together. Parker is so in tune with what I’m asking and understands every part of my body language which is so rewarding and fun😁 afterwards we gave him a good bath after all the hot weather we’ve had,I can say he certainly enjoyed it! 🚿🛁

26/05/2026

Keeping the horses cool during this heatwave🥵
The boys showing us some tips to keep cool and enjoy a pamper too!😁😍
- Insuring the horses have access to a constant supply of fresh water 🚿
- Providing access to shade/field shelters,stables to go in and out of to get out of the heat and sun 🌞
- Adding salts/electrolytes to feeds and/or waters.
- Hosing horses down until the water runs off them cool and don’t sweat scrape‼️

26/05/2026

It always seems there are people who need to hear this, and this weekend seems a good time to share it again: Leaving water on a horse will not make it hotter: expert busts the scraping myth. More below