Adelmo Park

3 more sleeps and it’s jumping time 🏆

What a great time to be Showjumping in North Qld ⚜️Highest point Tropical North Member wins this beautiful Garland made By Champions Choice
⚜️Adelmo Park Grand Prix 1.04 Sash
⚜️Pink Hygain hats for all the Junior riders
NOMS CLOSING THURSDAY

Adelmo Park is proudly sponsoring the 1.04cm Grand Prix at the Tropical North Showjumping Club. Every year we get behind the club to support local riders. This year we have helped achieve something new by sponsoring the Jockey Showjumping Challenge. Behind the scenes we have worked with the local jockeys helping them develop their skills before they lay it all on the line. Good luck to all competitors and jockeys 😎

Your Beautiful rugs designed by stable 8, Thanks to all these amazing sponsors.

Today we made a short trip over the road to compete at the Townsville Dressage Club Hack day. Blaze scrubbed up well and we managed to take out the Open Hack class and Reserve Champion Hack.

Change of scenery from the usual day in the office. 🌞🌊🏖

Such truthful words

There is such a fine line between doing right by the customer and doing right by the horse. If I do right by the horse, I throw out any time frame, any pressure to get anything done, and ride or work the horse I have in front of me, as he needs exactly and nothing more.

This might mean we don’t ride for a long time, or we don’t canter for a long time. Or maybe we ride on the second day. It all depends, there is no need for it to be anything other than what works for the horse.

If I do right by the customer, I remember they are spending good money on results. I remember how much it takes for them to get a horse over to me, and how much trust they put on me to take care of their needs. Not every client has endless money, and just because they can’t afford an open ended training deal doesn’t mean they don’t care about their horse’s wellbeing or want me to rush with him.

Finding that line every day is a delicate dance. I sometimes wonder if it’s ethical to train for the public at all, with an exchange of money divided into periods of time, two things that are both enemies of ethical training. But the world needs ethical trainers, so how do we do a good job for both horse and client?

Part of it I think involves finding the right kinds of clients, who are willing to put their own work in. Even if the pocket book is thin, a little elbow grease and willingness to try new things goes a long way.
I don’t have any easy answers, just a lot of questions that keep me up at night.

Little Bubby is coming to the final stages of his prep and getting ready to have his first start. Crazy bed hair and all 🤪

Yesterday we welcomed a beautiful Tolegro filly into the world.
We can’t wait to see what little ‘Annabelle’ will grow to achieve 🥰