Meet Budding Paralympian Chelsea Butcher
Hi, I’m Chelsea Butcher a para dressage rider competing in Grade 3 level. I’ve been involved in para dressage for…
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Meet our invited Athletes as they share their inspirational stories and offer advice we could all use in training, competition or everyday riding.
‘Take the risk or lose the chance’
Name: Amanda ShirtcliffeHorse: Ranger (Owned by Averina Snow)FEI Classification Driver Grade: 1Driving credentials: Absolutely none! That’s right, you read that…
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It was always going to be emotional!
Last Summer Winnie gave us the feeling that she was ready to come back into the world of Para Dressage.…
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I’ve learnt as I’ve got older to really listen to what the people around me say about others
In the UK, approximately one in four adults suffer from a mental health problem each year. Personally, I think…
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Pam Hardin Para Dressage Rider Team USA – My Upside of Lockdown and one text put the whole barn on guard
On June 22nd, with a last sip of water and a final girth check, Snickers (aka Quaterjack) and I cantered…
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Holly Norris – I genuinely thought we’d never see this day!
Welcome back! The last 8 weeks have zoomed past and I can’t believe we’re racing through the summer at such…
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Amy Maris has become quite the creative entrepreneur during lockdown…
Safe to say my world has been thrown into utter chaos, since my last blog. Had to literally put the…
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Grade IV Para Dressage rider Marcelle Ward – its like juggling jelly
Working full time as a nurse and competing two horses internationally is like juggling with jelly. It can be a…
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Di Green, Grade 1 International Para Dressage – she feels and looks like a completely new horse!
The last couple of months have been great for #teamunicorn and as we are all now back training at home…
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Holly Norris – miles of fencing, back to teaching and a discovery in my training of Ruin
Hello again! May has ended somewhat differently to how it started, as a result of some lockdown restrictions easing. My…
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Holly Norris – my pride for G and unlocking more ‘niceness’ n less ‘death’ in her work
Welcome back! It feels like we’ve been on lockdown for a long time now and we’re quite settled in to…
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Di Green, Grade 1 International Para Dressage – new RDA Ambassador role and more…
Gosh how things can tip so quickly – one minute we were campaigning towards Tokyo and the next being advised…
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Holly Norris – Friday finds her wings and Ruin dances his way to a win
Well I should be careful what I wish for! At the end of my last blog I said I was…
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Amy Maris – it was all going so well and then it happened..
What a rollercoster February has been! We had 2 storms, 3 months-worth of rain and flooding, and the Coronavirus started…
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New ride for Grade IV Para Dressage rider Izzy Palmer
Izzy is a 19 year old grade IV para dressage rider from Leeds, currently on the BEF UK Sport, Lottery…
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Holly Norris – She is so feisty sometimes it’s a very good job she’s cute!!
Hello again! We are now properly in to 2020, which is scary. January has been quiet for us, intentionally, because…
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Amy Maris – my 2019 roundup and exciting plans or 2020
As the winter months and the end of 2019 drew ever closer, so did the time for exciting changes. November…
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The Para Vaulter – National Championships, a new horse and a misbehaving body
Last time I wrote was preparing for the English Vaulting Championships and hoping to qualify for the British Champs. It…
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Di Green, Grade 1 International Para Dressage – it’s a tough sport and it is tough on everyone!
2019 was a difficult year on #teamunicorn losing my dancing partner at the top of her game hit me so…
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Holly Norris – My top 3 highlights of 2019 and the excitement of going into 2020
Welcome back! November and December were jam packed full with lots of lorry outings and a quest to qualify for…
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Top Trendy Equine rider Hayley Watson-Greaves on how she gets through the Winter season.
Crisp sunny mornings and the satisfying feeling when the horses are tucked up for the night in deep beds and…
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Holly Norris – Yep, we’ve created a monster!!
Hello again! October was a full on month with lots of competing and Ruin back out at parties after a…
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Amy Maris – A new yard for Benji and IV Procedures for me
Sorry for the radio silence from this end, but lots of shenanigans happened during September and October and I didn’t…
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Holly Norris – Winning streak continues but is it another case of pat the horse and slap the rider!
Welcome back! It’s been another busy month but not involving Ruin this time as he’s had a light September after…
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Lucy Mckeown – Trailblazers Elementary Championships with Terry
Day one I was feeling quite excited about my plan of using the quieter warm up, for anyone who knows…
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Jemima Green Grade II Para Dressage – Big news and our First International 2*
I have to start with apologising for being so delayed in my recent antics. I have an incredible amount to…
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Amy Maris – BD Medium finally ticked off the bucket list
And all at once just like that, Summer has ended. Whilst Benji was having a holiday after his summer of…
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Holly Norris – Pride, embarrassment, tears of frustration and later of joy, the rollercoaster ride continues for us.
Hello again! I left you last month with the promise of a big and busy August and I definitely won’t…
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DG Para Dressage – From heartbreak to joy and pretty much everything in between
So many of you have asked me for an update on when they will see Winnie the Unicorn back out…
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After a busy July meeting Royalty and the BBC our Para Vaulter sets her eyes on the British Championships in October
RDA National Championships 2019 Friday Showjumping (70cm) I was on Boysie who, unusually for him, was feeling very sprightly, which…
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