2016 Archives - Diary of a Wimpy Eventer

2016 Competition Reports Kit Guides

The WIMPY guide to Olympia Horse Show!

Vic Brant December 13, 2016 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 0 Comment

So, every year a huge percentage of us make the pilgrimage to the sparkly lights and festive flush of Olympia Horse Show. Every penny we have saved doing all of our Christmas shopping on Black Friday, goes into a...

2016 Competition Reports

I’ve only gone and won a TROPHY!!!

Vic Brant November 7, 2016 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 0 Comment

With the eventing season drawing to a close, I turn my attention to the demon that is dressage! Over 2 months ago, Pat and I had a double win at Novice and Elementary which qualified us for a Championship....

2016 Competition Reports

A tale of two halves! – Our BE90 DEBUT!!

So, the morning of my much anticipated trip up to Aston Le Walls for our step up to BE 90, crept up far faster than I could have ever imagined. I’m pretty sure it left me a little flabbergasted...

2016 Competition Reports

Champagne fuelled Red Ribbons!

Vic Brant October 31, 2016 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 0 Comment

So with our late entry accepted into the Pachesham Hunter Trial for the 85cm Pairs, the usual nervous course walk Friday night was a little less toilet trip inducing than other events. I’m not overly sure why – Maybe...

2016 Competition Reports

Here we are again…

Vic Brant October 24, 2016 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

It’s like the morning after the night before – Sat at my huge paper covered desk in my lonely office blogging rather than going through my ton of emails. Did I have a good weekend? I think so. Friday,...

2016 Inspiration Learn Life away from horses Riding Tips

Let me explain a few things now I’m older and more wisdom-ous?!

Vic Brant October 20, 2016 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 0 Comment

I am pretty sure that at some point in the lives of every single one of you reading this, you have felt rotten about your capabilities, downtrodden or had your chips totally p*$sed on by someone else. If you...

2016 Competition Reports

I cannot believe what I am about to write – I’ll take you back to Friday night….

Vic Brant October 11, 2016 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 0 Comment

I cannot believe what I am about to write – I’ll take you back to Friday night…. New Husband and I went over to LMEQ to walk the vomit inducing XC course at approximately 6.37pm, we arrived, found...

2016 Competition Reports

Gin and Tramadol…. A cocktail of success!!!

Vic Brant September 26, 2016 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 0 Comment

What a weekend!! Let’s start from Wednesday night where the plans to run through my Novice and Elementary tests for Sunday were planned. I left the office, grabbed my breeches from the car and strolled over to get changed. ...

2016 Competition Reports Inspiration

I’ve only gone and done it!!!

Vic Brant September 16, 2016 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 0 Comment

Well that’s is… My feet are wet, I’ve jumped in with them both! In actual fact, it’s not my feet that are wet, it’s my palms and my forehead, I’m sat at my desk looking at last years course...

2016 Inspiration Riding Tips

Give me a hand out of this hole will you?!

Vic Brant September 13, 2016 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 0 Comment

So, a bit of a sorry state of affairs after my run of cast iron balls activities. First off, I was massively on the up after my ‘mock hunting’ experience so thought this would make day to day riding,...

2016 Competition Reports

A little delayed to see whether I survived ….

Vic Brant September 12, 2016 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 0 Comment

A little delayed reply as I wanted to see whether I survived this weekend or whether my poor husband was drafting up my premature headstone. A few updates on the cards; NO.1 – I had the almightiest of meltdowns...

2016 Life away from horses

IT’S BEEN A FUNNY FEW WEEKS ……

Vic Brant September 6, 2016 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 0 Comment

First off… forgive me if midway through, the flow of this is interrupted – just browsing the BE options for my first event in what seems like an eternity is loosening my bowels somewhat. So, it’s been a funny...