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Riding·August 2025

The fail reel: every refusal, on tape.

We keep the bad rounds. They're harder to watch than the good ones — which is exactly why we keep them.

We keep the bad rounds. Every refusal, every wrong stride, every time I sat back too early and the horse politely declined.

They go in a folder called 'Reel' and once a month I sit and watch them in order. Most of them are funny in hindsight. A few are still painful.

It's the closest thing I have to a coach when I'm alone. The horse never lies, and the tape never flatters.