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Bella Fricker
Aug 17, 20236 min read
Well Vale Pre-Read
Hello my committed readers! It’s been a while since I sat down to write a blog again. For those that don’t know, I suddenly and...
Bella Fricker
Apr 28, 202313 min read
Ride report - three shires 80km
I’m keen to keep this ride report brief as I know I have a tendency to make these blogs rather long! However, I do always feel that any...
Bella Fricker
Nov 7, 202211 min read
Ride Report - Poplar Park 40km
After Lion’s Tail (read that ride report here) I was unsure whether to progress with another endurance ride before the end of the season...
Bella Fricker
Sep 27, 202211 min read
Ride Report - Lion's Tail 32km
Spice completed his first novice ride (40km) at Kings Forest (Suffolk) at the end of June and you can read about that here. I had...
Bella Fricker
Jul 10, 202121 min read
Race report: Windsor
Whenever I sit down to the write these blogs, I always wonder where to start exactly. I often think it’s not really a true reflection of...
Bella Fricker
Apr 24, 20214 min read
Spice turns 6
It was Spice’s birthday last weekend but with the rigmarole of my car breaking down and having to get rescued from Sheffield we missed...
Bella Fricker
Jan 24, 20214 min read
Getting started in endurance - how fit does my horse need to be?
Firstly, if you’ve made it to this page, it’s probably because you want to get started in endurance riding. Or, you are at least thinking...
Bella Fricker
Oct 17, 20209 min read
Falling off, gastric ulcers and hormones
Falling off is absolutely part and part of riding horses. I remember when I was younger somebody telling me you have to fall off, I think...
Bella Fricker
Oct 2, 202017 min read
Race report: Lavenham CEI3*
Apologies for the delay in getting this blog out! For those of you that don’t know, we vetted out lame on re-exam VG2, 66km into the...
Bella Fricker
Sep 9, 20205 min read
The great debate
Deciding which ride to go to is not a new debate. It happens at every level. Whether it’s your first 20km, first 40km or first 3*...
Bella Fricker
Aug 4, 202016 min read
COVID Derby Diaries
So this mad 1000km endurance race came up on my social media newsfeed a few weeks ago. I didn’t think much of it and scrolled on by as...
Bella Fricker
Aug 31, 201912 min read
EUSTON PARK 2019: RACE REPORT
This season absolutely hasn’t gone to plan and there have been more hurdles this year than I’ve had in a long time. As well as that,...
Bella Fricker
Oct 16, 20187 min read
End of season blog
I started writing my end of season blog by going through blow by blow of what happened and then I realised that was both repetitive and...
Bella Fricker
Sep 17, 20189 min read
Lions Tail: Ride Report
I decided to take both horses to Lions Tail to compete each day. I entered Chip in the 33km class on the Saturday and Nahdia in the 80km...
Bella Fricker
Aug 21, 201811 min read
Euston Park UK Endurance Masters: Race Report
The aim of the year was to complete his 2* and he did that, in a big way! After his super successful 1* in June I was really confident...
Bella Fricker
Aug 6, 20183 min read
Hanslope: Ride Report
Hanslope was a bit of a ‘box ticking’ exercise for Nahdia. To help sell Nahdia we have been trying her out on the longer distances with a...
Bella Fricker
Jul 30, 20188 min read
Pisa: Race Report
Writing these reports is tricky, what to include, where to start, how long to make it! Do people even care? I’m never sure but anyway...
Bella Fricker
Jul 2, 20186 min read
Thoresby Hall – Ride Report
Just a short five weeks ago Nahdia came into my life. With me for sales livery, I knew from day one I had to not let myself get attached....
Bella Fricker
Jun 24, 20186 min read
Euston Park 1 – Race Report
Where to begin? Euston Park couldn’t have gone any better really. Many people know that to get this point has been quite the uphill...
Bella Fricker
Mar 13, 20183 min read
Race Report: Tilford
After Saturday’s fabulous dressage day I did have high hopes for Chip’s behaviour at Tilford as we scored our highest percentage yet and...
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