Really interesting video, Lucy! Congrats on the partnership with Stubben, I love the brand for OTTBs.

I hope your mare is ok.

I live in America (nc) and i hunted a few times in my younger years. So much fun, but not as exciting as your hunts. Watching this makes me wish i lived in England or Ireland. You're so lucky. I'm 72 now so i may be too old to hunt now but how i would love to. Love your video.

I often rode on the beach in my younger days and remember this feeling well the first time I galloped my off the track thoroughbred there. I also left my friends miles behind 😂 and thought I was either going to run out of beach or eventually drop dead before I could stop him. This brings so many happy memories back!

you spelt it wrong Hunt begins with a c

Yay I always say this but these are my favourite vlogs!!! 🎉 thanks for taking us along and what an aesthetic experience xxxx😮

that are has the bestttt smell

Your friend did well. Hopefully she'll be coming back to accompany you on hacks!

Ah, I adore watching the little ginger pocket rocket enjoying himself, congrats on the stubben sponsorship Lucy and keep up the marvellous work and Vlogs :)

very good fit of your new tack😊 looks very nice! ember looked a slightly bit lame on his left front in the outside arena, i hope it is everything allright❤

Wonderful vlog. Thank you for sharing.

awesome, I had to laugh as you're doing the bandage, oh oh she's going the wrong way. You don't want to go with the leg, don't pull tendon (if that makes sense lol). You did the 2nd one correctly.

Love that you're trying Stuben. I've heard they're really good for the horse's back. I'm hoping to transition myself, so I was very interested in this vlog. Have you tried the biomex seat? Hopefully Ember loves the fit!!

Great job Lucy. Look at you both now🎉 You have done brilliantly. Ember is awesome. A shout out too to your Trainers too. Justine is simply the best🎉

So good to see your history amongst the horses. So common to see those of us borrowing, begging for them and literally selling our souls for them. And the experience we gain is unequalled. So although my age group had a few grainy pictures, we did such similar things. Offered rides on some fabulous horses that knew way more than we did. Hunted and pony club with events and shows. It made for some very wonderful memories and yours just brought mine flooding back. Thanks Lucy.

Too many trees Lucy; for me!

Ember looks fantastic Lucy. You’ve done a beautiful job with him since you got him tbs are lovely. I’d have loved to see Caroline ride him. It’s good to see other professionals ride your horses gives you a good look at things you can feed off. This was a very nice vlog.tfs🤗🏇🤗

Ah the video I've been waiting for! 😁. What a fab boxing day hunt with the best dude! Go zack! ❤. And the sound of the hounds are just magical 😍. Lovely to see mum and dad come along. Take care until next time ✌️

I’m sure they have a place on Oakley hay near me? Or they used to. Ember certainly likes his new tack ❤

Congrats on the new sponsorship Lucy,👍, and great pointers from Caroline.

Great video. Well done. So informative

Thanks for the great video, love watching your lessons with Caroline and seeing your lovely new saddles fitted. Ember is looking fab, how nice to have a few more ideas from Caroline to take home. Excited to see what you and your mega little horse get up to this year!

I confess that I hoped that the secret would be a new horse. Congratulations on your new sponsor.

I had a TB who was strong and rushed all the time, even in the Dressage. I worked for hours every day just to tire him enough to control him. I finally had a breakthrough when I was running late and it was getting dark with no lights available but needed to run through my test so I put him in a roped arena(remember them) and started my test He was smart enough to know it would be dangerous to rush and so he settled and did his best test ever. It was a turning point for him. With the jumping I let him go at his pace on a 20m circle over one jump. It was hairy to begin with but his self preservation kicked in again and he settled into a rhythm and he became a fantastic jumper. I found fighting against him to be counter productive. They have to trust us as much as we trust them. Every horse is different and we have to find out what they respond to. It is definitely not one size fits all. Lucy, you have done an amazing job with Ember. It took me years to sort out my issues. We can see you are close. Good luck with your journey.

You must be so chuffed after you big day. Love how Caroline not only gave directions but explained why and what the outcome should/would be. Just with implementing some small tweaks you could see a difference in Ember's flatworm. So much to look forward to with him. New sponsorship very exciting & again plenty of explanation behind design and functionality. Very exciting times ahead for you both I think 🤗

Ember was looking great! Super dressage lesson!

Please go back to Caroline for lessons if you can Lucy- she had you and ember looking mega! she is an incredible instructor and really had ember improving very quickly with her instructions

I love saddle fitting, it’s so specific to each horse and I don’t think there is a wrong saddle, just wrong for some horses. I absolutely advocate for stubben, I have loved them since the 90s. My super wide shoulder short back mare loves them, I also dislike dressage saddles, and so did my mare, until I got our stubben, the exact same one you have in this video. Congrats on your new brand, can’t wait to see more eventing this season!

Lovely🤗

This was epic

I’ll be watching your adventures 😮

What is the key to keeping these horses sound? It seems like quite the hard work. What are some tips on how these horses are maintained ?

Love that Albion were so understanding. It’s a testament to their love of horses, and commitment to the sport and supporting its athletes to be their best.

Omg Lucy my very first big saddle purchase was a Stubben jumping saddle hand made in Germany in 1972. My absolute favourite saddle of all time & my old fabulous Saddler Jim would make any adjustments required for me for free . He would never let me pay because it gave him so much pleasure working on such a magnificent piece of craftsmanship- his words .

He's an amazing boy, I've loved watching his progress; and yours!! You're amazing and getting better and better too! The browband looked wonky, ,my only feedback from a great video!

Enjoyed this - well done you two. Glad all sorted with helpful perfect tack - Caroline's coaching is excellent!

Loveeee my Stubben. Soooo good for thoroughbred types!

Ember is so elegant and flowing love the care you take teach him good luck ! 🎆🎆🎉🎇🎊🎊🎇🎆🎊🎊🎊🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎊🎇 🎊🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴

Congratulations on ur new saddle sponsor Lucy! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Ember is so elegant and flowing love the care you take to teach him good luck xx

“Otherwise he gets bouncy and a little bit race horsey… whatever that is” 😂😂

Beautiful rings!! Good boy

Stubbens make VERY nice saddles, cost, but taken care off last forever.

Wow Lucy your saddles are so nice , one of the girl's I worked for had a shubben jump saddle . Thank you for sharing your day , and all the best for the season. 😄😄👍👍👍😊

Stubbens have never fitted any of my ex racers which is such a shame. Maybe I should take another look 😊 great video and congrats on the sponsorship! 🎉

I continue to be amazed by just how much power Ember can generate from behind in like a stride. The two of you will truly fly once you figured out the last little bits. Super interesting to see the fitting process. To me it looked as if you were not completely centred on Ember in either saddle but who knows what I saw. Lol.

Oooooo stubben. Had a couple myself. Love them.

This little horse has real talent. Observing his transformation from a depressed, neurotic, confused, and somewhat out of control juvenile to a smart professional with a joy for life that he expresses in his face and in his paces, has been very interesting Thank you Lucy for giving him the love and support he needed. He is fortunate that you chose to be his mum. 29:08

Kei te pai👍. You loved that Stübben freedom bridle so much and Ember did look to be going so well in it that I did wonder why you hadn’t made the saddle change sooner. Nice to see a Kiwi 🥝🇳🇿sharing their ingenuity with problem solving & easy instruction to get the desired results. The wine🍷analogy was perfect. It was great to see Caroline sharing her wisdom instead of just answering questions in a post ride interview. Time to build up your fitness so we can see more lessons😜 Great video Lucy.

Love these kind of videos! Find it so interesting to learn about different types of tack!