Equestrian Career Advice

To run a successful and viable business, yard owners should be constantly looking to develop and evolve their businesses. With fierce competition to fill vacancies and find clients, being able to take additional training for yourself or your staff can allow you to provide dedicated services outside of standard livery packages, and can help you stand out from the crowd.   Over recent years the livery packages available have developed from basic DIY, Part and Full to the huge deve...

Wondering how you can solve the issue of competition nerves and how they impact your performance? Dr Tracey Cole touches on her top tips and advice for how to shed the nerves and take control of your mind when competing, or going about your daily life.

The changing ways we manage horses, especially in Winter, can compromise their respiratory health, which can over time affect the well-being and performance of the horse. Tom Wells, founder of online retailer Farm & Country shares some advice on equine respiration, how owners can improve the air quality in the stable, and signs that show a horse’s respiration may be suffering.   What’s the Big Problem with Dust?   Irritation or allergic reac...

Across all industries, prices are increasing, and the equestrian industry is no different. Soaring costs for yard owners are resulting in huge difficulties for them and their clients in terms of the sustainability of running their yard or keeping their equines.   A recent investigation from SEIB Insurance Brokers confirmed this with a pair of nationwide surveys finding out how these increasing costs are affecting yard owners and their clients. The surveys confirmed that yard owners ...

The Jockey Club has ended its agreement to run Blenheim Horse Trials two years before their five-year contract expires.    The Blenheim horse trials were run by British Eventing (BE) before The Jockey Club. However, in August 2020, BE announced that the event (which had already been cancelled due to Covid that year) would no longer be organised by them, with the reasoning being the need to reassess the organisational structure of the event, and the decision was made that BE wou...

Do you find yourself saying you ‘should’ do something; there’s a lurching feeling of either dread or pressure to get it done. As riders, there are should about riding, ourselves as riders and carers for our horses. It may be time to re-evaluate when and how often you say ‘should’, it could be revealing more than you think about your mindset! Think about your own equestrian 'shoulds'... I should ride more   I should compete   ...