The Collectives

What's the experience of returning to riding after 5, 10, 20 or even more years? Where do you even start? With careers and families to juggle, many riders take a significant time 'off' from riding, to return years...

Most coaches are wonderful! Supportive, encouraging and with an understanding of how to get the best of their riders and horses. This episode deals with the small minority of trainers/coaches who are toxic and take...

Finding your heart horse is a dream for every rider. It's the horse that you connect with on a whole different level to other horses, but the special relationship makes losing that horse all the more difficult, as our...

We all ride for our physical and mental health to some extent, but for the riders in this episode, horses and dressage are what keeps them going quite literally. This podcast is presented by Performance Riders. Find...

Do you train without a regular coach and wonder if it's possible to find the progression and success that you're after? In this episode Nat talks to three riders who, despite training solo for the vast majority of...

Do you ever feel you're not good enough, you don't belong, or you're not worthy to be in the dressage arena or competition arena? Imposter Syndrome is the term often used to describe these feelings, and in this...

Nat talks to two riders who've brought ideas and learnings from other disciplines including western, eventing and showjumping, into their current sport of dressage. This podcast is presented by Performance Riders....

We talk to four riders who've experienced serious physical injury through accident or illness, and have followed through on their determination to get back into the saddle no matter what. This podcast is presented by...

Being a mature rider has challenges, of course, but as we find out in this episode, it also opens up a whole new world of satisfaction from horse sports. Helen, Jaci and Sue are dressage riders over 60 who share their...

Remember when you starting riding and competing... for FUN!? Sometimes us riders get lost along the way, and competition becomes unpleasant and stressful. In this episode we talk to Sharee, Liz, and Kavita who've...