Competition Reports Archives - 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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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...

9 Minutes

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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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...

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2019 Competition Reports

Event Number 2: Same weekend – Easy Peasy!

Vic Brant March 12, 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

Day two of our first events of 2019 and it was Pea who was today’s star of the show in the BE80. For anyone that doesn’t know, little Pea is a thoroughbred mare who I had on loan back...

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2019 Competition Reports

Our First Event of the Season 2019

…all I wanted to do was smile and bring my horse home safe. As you may have noticed I’ve now got two horses to compete, XC train, jump and school, and I have been working really hard riding at...

11 Minutes

2018 Competition Reports

The (almost) last one – Norton Disney BE80

Vic Brant October 21, 2018 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

This is most certainly the hardest event report I’ve had to write all season. Even now, the morning after, I’m still so emotional about it…. it’s a sport, a hobby damn it!! Deep breath, Here goes…. We spent the...

12 Minutes

2018 Competition Reports

Number 6 – Frickley (2): The one with the happiness

Vic Brant September 9, 2018 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 3 Comments

So, here we are again… on the eve of an event and having just walked the course, I didn’t feel horrendous. Certainly no where near as bad as my last event at Shelford. I put so much pressure on...

11 Minutes

2018 Competition Reports

The Region Final: the one with the vomiting!!

Vic Brant August 27, 2018 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… yesterday was my Badminton Grassroots Regional Final at Shelford. Throughout the season you get to pick up qualifying results (approx top 3) which mean you are eligible for a RF at that level. At the final you have...

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2018 Competition Reports

Number 4: the Enlightening One!

Vic Brant August 14, 2018 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 9 Comments

So, here it is…. my fourth event of the 2018 season, an unaffiliated event run at Epworth Equestrian. Now, for anyone wondering… yes, I have my BE90 Regional Final at Shelford in 2 weeks and yes, I know I...

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2018 Competition Reports

Number 3: The one that wasn’t so good on paper….

Vic Brant July 28, 2018 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 3 Comments

So, my 3rd BE of the season (can’t quite believe I’m saying this when it’s nearly August!!) happened yesterday at Frickley Park! I’ve been consciously trying to lighten up about things and try to enjoy having fun with my...

8 Minutes

2018 Competition Reports

Speetley BE90: The one where it all came good…

Vic Brant June 9, 2018 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

WELL WELL WELL….. So, Here it is… Speetley BE90, my 2nd BE of the season. As most of you will have read, I had a total knock in every sense last Sunday at Epworth with a refusal in the...

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2018 Competition Reports

The one that didn’t go so well!!!

Vic Brant June 3, 2018 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

So, a last minute entry into the 90cms Show-cross at Epworth Equestrian Ltd saw us power trotting around our regular hacking route last night in an attempt to tire out my keener that usual pony ready for the big...

7 Minutes

2018 Competition Reports

First BE of 2018 – Shelford BE90 – a day of exhuberance!

Vic Brant May 31, 2018 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 it is, my first BE of 2018… So, my routine outing before the big day was complete with my dressage trip on Friday night, I gave him a little pop over some jumps in the field yesterday to...

10 Minutes

2018 Competition Reports

Badminton Horse Trials 2018

Vic Brant May 8, 2018 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

After much deliberation as to whether the ground was going to hold up to 80 sets of skillfully shod hooves tearing it apart on Saturday, the drier days in the lead up to the event were a saving grace...

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2017 Competition Reports Inspiration Learn

Teary eyes all round… 2017 round up – a video to last a lifetime.

Vic Brant October 30, 2017 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

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2017 Competition Reports

The one where it all came together – The Last One.

So here goes… (tissues advisory, wine compulsory) I’m struggling to know where to start so as usual, I’ll take you back to Friday night…. This week had been a right off, I lacked enthusiasm at the start and finally...

12 Minutes

2017 Competition Reports

Frickley Park (2) BE90 – another soggy day in Yorkshire!

Vic Brant October 2, 2017 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 here it is… Frickley Park (2) BE90 – another soggy day in Yorkshire ?? So all week I had felt very at ease about this one, I think after the pressure of my Regional Final at Shelford I had...