A Disco rider from Kent reached out to me a few weeks ago to see if we could organise a disco session for her birthday. A wonderful idea which I was excited to create for her. We hired our local arena and she invited 5 of her horsey pals to join her. We had such a blast! I have been working with my coaching contemporaries in different regions of the UK to dream up our themes for 2026. The birthday brief from Helen was "anything 80s" which fitted nicely with a song I kept picking for my walk...

I'm sitting in a coffee shop on supposedly the saddest day, BLUE Monday. But then, I rewatched a video one of our coaches sent me - some footage of her first Disco of the year in Angus, Scotland. I've edited a small clip of the start of the routine because it made me chuckle. https://youtu.be/eknAgpo91js?si=Lf0uAwY-Bh4kYElK If you've watched the music video for Queen's "I Want To Break Free" you will understand why Coach Shelagh is strutting across the arena with a hand held hoover....

I have just got back from a very wet walk in the woods with our little podenco pup who turned 1 last week! She's still crazy but now at least conked out having a nap after lots of tearing about. If you're an equestrian coach, this time of year is challenging weather wise and energy wise. If you're one of our disco coaches, you might love this time of year as there is Halloween fun courtesy of our Thriller routine to supercharge October coaching. Then you can roll on to our festive special...