Ep 9: When Training Gets Toxic

Brett Parbery shares how his own philosophy and training system was curated from great influencers over the years including key trainers from the German and Dutch systems, as well as some closer to home in Australia. Find out about learning Brett's system yourself at www.performanceriders.com

Brett Parbery shares how his own philosophy and training system was curated from great influencers over the years including key trainers from the German and Dutch systems, as well as some closer to home in Australia. Find out about learning Brett's system yourself at www.performanceriders.com

Final 2023 enrolments for Brett's Dressage Breakthrough program open 27 October 2023, find out more at www.performanceriders.com In this ep, Brett Parbery talks through his Australian Dressage Championships campaign, in which he scored: 68.529% Prix St George (7th) 71.912% Intermediate I (2nd) 74.742% Intermediate Freestyle (1st) Brett also discusses his competition strategy, dealing with disappointment, and his plans for the future on this horse Iresias L owned by Sarah Hanslow/Sansar Equestrian.

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 later. In this episode we talk to three riders who've had many years out of the saddle and decide to get back to the passion that never left them. Brought to you by www.performanceriders.com

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 advantage of the inherent power in a coach/student relationship. Brought to you by www.performanceriders.com

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 three riders Anna, Lorna, and Priscilla discuss in this episode. Brought to you by www.performanceriders.com

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 free training resources at performanceriders.com/podcast

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 their years riding dressage, have found strategies to achieve their goals in the dressage arena. This podcast is presented by Performance Riders. Find free training resources at performanceriders.com/podcast

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 episode Nat talks to three experienced and knowledgable riders who identify with this concept. This podcast is presented by Performance Riders. Find free training resources at performanceriders.com/podcast and find a blog and video version of this episode at performanceriders.com/blog

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. Find free training resources at performanceriders.com/podcast and find a blog and video version of this episode at performanceriders.com/blog