We’ve seen a lot of #EventerProblems and #EventerSolutions here on EN, but there’s always room for a few more tips and tricks! Let’s meet Han, and Australian eventer and YouTube vlogger. She and her 9-year-old OTTB Fletch compete at the Equestrian Australia Preliminary level. Han has come up with 12 little tips and tricks to make your life around the barn a little easier.
Here’s what Han has to show us and where you can find them in the video:
- Get rubber bit guards over bit cheeks (1:13)
- Keep tall boots from sagging without boot trees (2:43)
- Quickly set specific jump heights (4:14)
- An alternative style of quick release knot (6:04)
- Neatly fold blankets so that they lay flat (8:31)
- Use a dressage whip as a sweat scraper (9:52)
- Add padding to a saddle rack to keep it from indenting your saddle (10:18)
- Open a bale of hay when you don’t have a pair of scissors (11:48)
- Tie your horse (or a hay bag) to anything safely (12:43)
- Easily thread a needle for sewing braids (14:09)
- Keep a hoof wrap on a horse in turnout(15:20)
- Equitation fixes for keeping your shoulders back, elbows in, and sitting without bouncing (16:49)