Vic Brant, Author at Diary of a Wimpy Eventer

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2022 Competition Reports

The thing I’ve always wanted to write…

Vic Brant June 1, 2022 0 Comment

This is the one post I’ve been waiting to write for you since I started this page in 2016. It started yesterday with the usual nervous coursewalk as per any other event. Apart from, this wasn’t just any...

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2022

Happy 2022: A recap and a whole load of new years goodness!

Vic Brant January 7, 2022 0 Comment

Farewell last year I first started writing this thinking what a total non-starter 2021 was. But as I dissected it, I soon realised that actually, it was filled with a huge amount of positives. Pea was out on...

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2021 Life away from horses

Giving up MASSIVE knickers for lent

Vic Brant February 17, 2021 1 Comment

Yes, that’s right… you clicked on it, I didn’t force you to come here. Lent is 40 days long, not including Sundays (so, technically, it’s 46 days long over here.) It starts today, Ash Wednesday and culminates the eve...

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2021 Kit Guides Learn Stable Management

Stable Management Tips: What’s in my grooming bag?

Vic Brant February 5, 2021 Tagged equestrian, horse care, horse grooming, horses, stable management 1 Comment

Hello my dear friends and welcome back to some very exciting content! I would like to start by wishing you all a very happy February and I hope that, even in lockdown, that you are managing to cling onto...

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2020 Inspiration Life away from horses

SENSITIVE CONTENT WARNING: Miscarriage – Our Devastating Truth

Vic Brant November 5, 2020 11 Comments

I really am struggling to know where to begin this time, but I know that in order to deal with this, I need to write it all down, I need it to become a part of our lives and...

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2020 Inspiration Learn Life away from horses

Having a baby and that mum juggle… the things they don’t tell you!

Vic Brant September 29, 2020 0 Comment

Whether you have kids or not, the juggle of hobbies/work/social life/love life/showering/etc. is a challenge in itself. But I’ll tell you what, throwing a baby into the mix has you leaving behind certain parts of who you were whether...

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2020 Inspiration

The Wimpy Weekender – July 2020

Vic Brant July 22, 2020 0 Comment

Now, I’ve had the time of my life, and I owe it all to yooooouuuu…. As many of you will know, this was my third time organising my Wimpy Weekender camps. The first one was back in May last...

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2020 Inspiration Life away from horses

The Truth Behind: How to get your leg over

Vic Brant May 5, 2020 4 Comments

This is the first part in my ‘Truth behind’ series and what better than to mark the three year anniversary of my first book release than to share all the nitty gritty with you on here! So, I’ve been...

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2020 Inspiration Riding Tips

My Riding Confidence Post-Baby

Vic Brant April 20, 2020 10 Comments

It’s really hard to know where to start but I guess all the nitty gritty from the beginning is detailed in the books so I’ll briefly recap. A whistlestop tour I was a bold and fearless child rider, I...

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2019 2020 Life away from horses

My Birth Story

Vic Brant April 14, 2020 1 Comment

Such a big topic to cover and so much to say! If you would prefer to watch rather than read, I will also be making a YouTube video covering this soon too. So, I’ll pick up where the last...

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2020 Inspiration Life away from horses

Hello and welcome back

Vic Brant April 12, 2020 0 Comment

Have you missed me…?! Can you believe it’s been almost 6 month since I came on here with an update? I guess it all got a bit much what with the latter stages of pregnancy and squeezing a human...

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2019 Life away from horses

Finally…. I’m Pregnant: The truth behind our conception

Vic Brant October 24, 2019 Tagged Baby blogger, blogger, bravepants, breeches, British eventing, cross country, dressage, equestrian, Eventing, events, exracehorse, feeding, horse, horse care, horse riding, horse rug, horsebloggers, horsemanship, marketing, Mum Life, mummy blogger, polo, Pregnancy, pregnancy journey, self belief, self esteem, showjumping, stable management 1 Comment

Here I am, FINALLY pregnant, something I’ve wanted more than anything else in the entire world SEE THIS POST FOR MORE ABOUT THAT. The bitter truth of it is, I came off the contraceptive injection and 18 months later,...

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2019 Life away from horses

Horses come first…. then me.

Vic Brant August 13, 2019 Tagged Baby blogger, blogger, bravepants, breeches, British eventing, cross country, dressage, equestrian, Eventing, events, exracehorse, feeding, horse, horse care, horse riding, horse rug, horsebloggers, horsemanship, marketing, Mum Life, mummy blogger, polo, Pregnancy, pregnancy journey, self belief, self esteem, showjumping, stable management 2 Comments

Lately, the thought of ‘blogging’ on social media gets me in a total spin. The fear of posting stuff someone might not like makes my heart race. I’ve been writing on various platforms for three years but still I...

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2019 Life away from horses

Stop, breathe, and get off the hamster wheel for a second!

Vic Brant June 10, 2019 Tagged blogger, bravepants, breeches, British eventing, cross country, dressage, equestrian, Eventing, events, exracehorse, feeding, horse, horse care, horse riding, horse rug, horsebloggers, horsemanship, marketing, polo, self belief, self esteem, showjumping, stable management 2 Comments

The Bitter Truth Ever had that feeling; your not improving, you feel frustrated, the money is running out, you’re fretting about what other people are saying, constantly comparing yourself to others on social media… That was me, AGAIN! I...

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2019 Competition Reports

Number 6 – Keysoe: The one with the experimental dressage.

Vic Brant May 8, 2019 Tagged blogger, bravepants, breeches, British eventing, cross country, dressage, equestrian, Eventing, events, exracehorse, feeding, horse, horse care, horse riding, horse rug, horsebloggers, horsemanship, marketing, polo, self belief, self esteem, showjumping, stable management 0 Comment

I’m rolling back to Tuesday…. my first fall in over four years. That’s right, I stacked it! I was jumping in the field (alone… like an idiot), he dropped the anchors right before a fence and unusually, I sailed...

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2019 Competition Reports

Number 5: The one with the ride like never before!

So here it is… Number 5 of the year, Number 2 for Pea! Just to recap a little, Pea is my newer of the two horses and although having had her on loan 6 years ago, I have had...

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Learn Riding Tips Stable Management

Let’s talk about: How much do horses ACTUALLY cost to keep?

Vic Brant April 17, 2019 Tagged blogger, bravepants, breeches, British eventing, cross country, dressage, equestrian, Eventing, events, exracehorse, feeding, horse, horse care, horse riding, horse rug, horsebloggers, horsemanship, marketing, polo, self belief, self esteem, showjumping, stable management 0 Comment

So, maybe you’re thinking of taking the plunge into horse ownership, or perhaps you’re looking to see where you can cut your existing costs… or maybe, just maybe, you’re curious as to how much money I actually spend on...

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2019 Competition Reports

Event Number 4: The one with the 90s pop classics!

Vic Brant April 15, 2019 Tagged blogger, bravepants, breeches, British eventing, cross country, dressage, equestrian, Eventing, events, exracehorse, feeding, horse, horse care, horse riding, horse rug, horsebloggers, horsemanship, marketing, polo, self belief, self esteem, showjumping, stable management 0 Comment

With a confident run at Norton Disney last week, I was feeling MUCH better about this one and also glad that my last XC run was so fresh in my mind. Having never been to Eland lodge and it...

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2019 Competition Reports

Event Number 3: The one without a refusal!!

I’m seriously struggling to know where to begin and that’s not like me at all! Let’s briefly go back to August 2018, the last time I went eventing without having a refusal! That’s right, you might have noticed that...

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2019 Competition Reports

Peewee Diaries Episode 2: The first event

Vic Brant March 14, 2019 Tagged blogger, bravepants, breeches, British eventing, cross country, dressage, equestrian, Eventing, events, exracehorse, feeding, horse, horse care, horse riding, horse rug, horsebloggers, horsemanship, marketing, polo, self belief, self esteem, showjumping, stable management 0 Comment

New horse, new territory… our first event of the season! So, what’s new from Episode 1… well, quite a bit really! Pea has been with us for 26 weeks now. Bang on 6 months today. The last time we...