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Blake - Trainer and Rider A trip to Christchurch saw an opportunity arise to purchase a section A mare and the dream has started.

BJM Equestrian has been formed between brothers 8 year old Blake and 9 year old Jayden Mouat with the goal to compete at the 2020 Horse of the Year show on Blake's new school master lease pony. Inspired by Vicki WIlson having broken in her first pony at 10 years of age Blake longed to break in a pony before he turned 10. In his younger years Jayden showed miniature horses competing very successful

ly at the 2013 NZMHA National Show. Jayden has no desire to ride but enjoys the ground work and inhand aspects of showing and is keen to get back in the ring with small ponies. Blake has been riding for 5 years and has a phenomenal drive and passion for horses. The 2016/17 season saw Blake forgo the first ridden ring and went to the hunter pony show ring. He competed well in registered level one dressage and rodeo barrel racing. As a member of Invercargill Kennington Pony Club he has started jumping and is keen to pursue a future in show jumping and eventing. This page is Blake and Jaydens story on their journey of kids producing a kids pony.

27/07/2025

Busy weekend for Jase who has started Blakes new arena. The first step, done I might add on Jases birthday was digging the top to move dirt to the sides to create a wider space as the arena is on the top of a hill.

20/07/2025

Day 70 from Blakes illness starting
Been a bit slack updating where Blake Mouat is at as life settles in the current normal.

Blake is now only on 2 anti coagulant and 1 anti seizure pills twice a day. All his antibiotics have been stopped after having excellent blood test results. And his PIC line is out.

With no riding Blake has rediscovered his enjoyment of building. His first project was to install a new tie up rail (photo shows Donkey not too impressed with being tied up). Then he recycled one of his wall fillers into dog crates for the back of his ute. Next he is removing the floor and old rusted panels on the old float and refit a new floor and walls.

Today we went and helped at the third round of the Telford Winter Showjumping Series. Blake was a very proud coach with two of Blakes students Ameila and Olive riding six beautifully ridden calm and controlled rounds.

A busy month of August coming up with an appointment with neurosurgery at the start of the month to hopefully get a date for Blakes cranioplasty (putting his skull back in), the Telford ball, a course building seminar, the final round of the Telford Winter Showjumping and continuing on with his two final assignments to complete his level 3 Equine course.

All in all Blake is feeling really good and just trying to get on with life.

04/07/2025

All black today 🖤 because it's not just the rugby team gearing up this weekend 😎
GO ALL BLACKS! 🇳🇿

25/06/2025

Massive thank you to Southland Show Jumping for their generous New World voucher.
With the amount of food Blake is currently eating it is definitely going to come in handy.

24/06/2025

Day 44 of Blakes Brain Journey

Two weeks tomorrow since getting out of hospital

Day 1 of the next chapter in Blakes Equestrian journey- COACHING

What started out as 2 young riders keen to have some jumping coaching lessons turned into 3 oops let's make that 5.

Not sure who was having more fun going by the smiles the girls or Blake Mouat . And to make it even more special two of the ponies were half brothers to Blake's beloved pony Dewey.

So proud of this kid and the awesome progress he is making both physically and mentally.

Blake is outfitted head to toe with Equestro cap, sponsored rider jacket, jodphurs and socks which he wears with pride from Horsempire

Quote of the day had to be from Blake "that was fun and successful because no one fell off"

22/06/2025

Days 40 -42 what a weekend of extreme lows to great highs.

Sadly on Friday morning we found Roman deceased in the paddock. Thursday night he was looking better than he ever has happily munching away on his baleage. Roman gave Blake his one and so far only start and placing in Junior Rider. He had so much talent but was sadly to good for life on earth. Blake is devastated and heart broken on the loss of his only gelding.

Saturday saw Blake back into boy stuff duck shooting and building.

And today the great high. We made the trip to watch and help out at the Telford Showjumping Winter Series round two. Earlier in the week Blake offered the ride on Roxy to one of the Telford Ag students who has been riding Roxy in course sessions.
Blake Mouat was a nervous wreck watching Roxys rounds and thinks watching a horse you own being ridden by someone else is far more nerve wracking than jumping a 120cm course yourself.
Issy Laugesen rode beautifully in her 70cm for one rider course error and 80cm a double clear for the win. Blake through down the challenge to compete in the 90cm and again Roxy was a wee superstar with another double clear for another win and Issy's first ever clear 90cm.
Thank you Issy for giving Roxy a very kind ride.

It was so good to catch up with fantastic people and have Blake out at a competition he would have been riding in helping and supporting others. Lots of plans for the coming season I think Blake is going to be even busier than riding and competing 6 horses.

19/06/2025

A very special delivery for Blake today. Massive thank you to Mandy Phillips Judy Hunt and John Phillips of Ellangowan Welsh Stud for this very gorgeous replica of Kelly the one and only Ellangowan Chianti. Blake Mouat number one girl of all time. Kelly was beautifully crafted by Judy and Blake is absolutely besotted with her. Thank you so very very much for Kelly and your other generous gifts for Blake.
Comment of the day from Blake "what did I do to deserve all this I only had half my head cut off" lol
Truly grateful to so many people helping Blake get through this hiccup in his life.

Ps new hair do courtesy of Blake lol hopefully it looks better after a wash 😅

16/06/2025

Look away if you are squeamish

Day 36
Things are ticking along. Physically Blake is doing fantastic. Mentally he is having his ups and downs as reality sets in.

Today's photos courtesy of Blakes wonderful surgeon. The first photo (the steak) is the after picture showing Blakes brain (and yes much to the surprise of his brother he does have one).
The second photo (steak with scrambled eggs) is the before photo showing the infection and pus that needed to be scraped off.

The official diagnosis for Blake is

Lemierre syndrome - mixed organism bactereamia (streptococcus intermedius and streptococcus arginosus) with the following complications

Meningoencephalitis with left fronto-temporo-parietal subdural empyema and heamatoma

Significant clot burden- cavernous sinus thrombosis, superior ophthalmic vein thrombosis, IJV thrombosis, sugsegmental PE

All I can say is that we were very lucky to have been in the emergency department when things started going pear shaped. His first two ed presentations showed absolutely no infection or clots on imaging. But it was brewing

12/06/2025

WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW

We are absolutely beyond words with this amazing hamper turning up today.

Our heartfelt thanks to Gaia Cristiano for organizing this for Blake. To everyone who helped make this happen we sincerely thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Whilst this has definitely been a journey from hell we have been astounded and extremely grateful for the support, gifts, visits and financial donations we have received from so many people. Many of these people are only acquaintances or even complete strangers.

It is very heartening to know that in times like this when the country as a whole is struggling that many people come together to help.

They say it takes a village to raise a child and we are very very humbled that our Equestrian village has helped us in our time of need.

It is definitely not in our nature to accept or ask for help and when this latest hiccup in Blakes equestrian career is over we will find a way to repay each and ever one of you.

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