For me this month was the reality of the highs and lows of owning and working with horses. We had some brilliant moments in our training which included attending our first Dressage Association training day. It was great to have wonderful OTT coach Sue McDermott’s expertise for our first training…
Archive: May 2023
Naracoorte International Horse Trials 20-21 May 2023
Well, this was a very interesting, stressful but entertaining weekend! Firstly, do not trust Google Maps through Melbourne at 6.30 am in the morning – or at least study your maps completely and decide on the route. We left Yarra Valley at 6.30 am Friday to drive 7 hours to…
Tonimbuk Monthly Jumping Competition 14 May 2023
On the 14 May, we took the team to Tonimbuk Monthly Jumping Competition for an easy outing. This was Roughy’s first time jumping, let alone competing, in an indoor and also his first time at 1.10cm. Again, he was a little sticky for the first few jumps but grew confident throughout…
Ballarat International 6-7 May 2023
Ballarat was our first competition on the mainland, and Roughy’s first CCI Competition. He competed in the CCI1* OTT section, thanks to Racing Victoria. Being a CCI event, there was a lot of atmosphere at the competition and warm-up areas. Roughy completed a commendable dressage test, with 63% which I…
About Rough Road (Roughy)
Foal Date: 14/10/2015 Bay/Brown Gelding Bred Grenville Stud Raced JKB Racing, Longford 21 starts | Prize money $63,000 Last raced 5 September 2021 Devonport | Retired 1/8/2022 Roughy as he’s known at home, was bred by Grenville Stud and one of the last West Quest foals. He is a local…
Preparation and Bon Voyage! 28 April 2023
For our trip, we are based with Yarra Valley Eventing with Emily Anker and Will Enzinger. Roughy will compete at Ballarat International, Naracoorte and Albury Horse Trials in the CCN1* Class. Emily coaches me on my other ride Bronson and was a huge part of our success at MI3DE last…
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What does Off The Track Tasmania offer? Off The Track Tasmania offers a series of initiatives, ranging from Subsided Lessons (10 free lessons) with OTT-approved coaches, equine feed and products with OTT-approved partners, to information and educational opportunities. These initiatives and their criteria may change from time to time, please…