Byalee Stables

06/09/2026

Last weekend was a big weekend for the girls at Quirindi Eventing International 3DE!

For Byalee Boy Soprano, it was a three-day event debut, but he once again flew around like the pocket rocket he is, with Dimity Lourey, placing yet again in the open EVA65 and finishing on his dressage score! What a super pony he is going to make someone when he hits the market.

For Dimity and Dimity’s Dream in the EVA95, again, another top 10 finish on his dressage score and a PB. His talent continues to grow and impress.

And again, student Sofi on her Heritage stockhorse Radiant Bailey, had a super competition in the EVA80, finishing just out of the placings only due to time faults.

Thanks to Britt Grovenor Photography for capturing the journey and to the hardworking committee and sponsors for a superb event.

01/09/2026

31/08/2026

DRESSAGE SOLUTIONS: Achieve an Uphill Half-Halt

To achieve an uphill half-halt ...

Remember that it’s not just about closing your legs and reins at the same time. You also need to rebalance the energy with your seat. Imagine you are on a bicycle and are about to pop a wheelie. Engage your abdominal muscles, lift your chest and still your lower back to lift the front wheels of the bicycle up off the ground. In the saddle, this same feeling tells the horse to lower his hindquarters and lift his front end—just like the front of the bicycle lifts off the ground.
— Chrissa Hoffmann

🎨 Illustration by Sandy Rabinowitz

31/08/2026

At Byalee Equestrian Club, we run competitions FOR the riders, BY the riders.

So there is NO VOLUNTEER LEVY, and there will NEVER be a late fee.

Still, it might be a good idea to enter sooner rather than later - with more than $3300 in CASH to give away, classes could be popular!

Entries for our inaugural competition, the Stone Real Estate 2026 Dressage Championships to be held on Sunday October 25 at Lovedale Equestrian Park, open next week.

Once entries open on Nominate, we will post the link, so keep an eye on the page!

27/08/2026

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25/08/2026

Another Dusty! He has two years to go to catch up …

🐴 Roana is forty-five years old. She is a 13hh mare in Northern Ireland, and she is the reason a girl called Cerys Brown knows how to jump.

Roana taught at a riding school, which is one of the hardest jobs a pony can be given. Different hands every hour. Different balance, different nerves, different weight in the saddle. She carried Cerys through it and gave her a seat over fences.

Then the riding school closed in the early 2000s, and the ponies were going to be sold on. Cerys's grandmother stepped in and bought Roana outright, so that the mare who had taught her granddaughter would not disappear into somebody else's yard.

That was more than twenty years ago.

Roana has come through a lot in between. She survived strangles in the 1990s. She fractured a hock in 2005. She kept going anyway, and her name was put forward in Harry Hall's search for the oldest horse in the UK.

Forty-five years, and the family who owe her their riding still have her.

Who was the pony that taught you, and where did they end up?

20/08/2026

THE RICHEST CASH DRESSAGE COMPETITION IN THE HUNTER?

MORE THAN $3300 in prizemoney?!!

The countdown is on!

It’s just over nine weeks until Byalee Equestrian Club’s inaugural competition on Sunday, October 25 at Lovedale Equestrian Park, and we’re thrilled to let you in on some of the details … welcome to the Stone Real Estate 2026 Dressage Championships!

More details to come over coming weeks … but here’s just a glimpse.

Yes! We have more than $3300 in cash prizemoney on offer!

Yes! Embroidered champion rugs for all open official levels, courtesy of our sponsor, Horseland Maitland!

Yes! Champion cash for unofficial levels courtesy of our sponsor MJ Clothing at Singleton.

More special prizes will be announced as the weeks go on … as well as details of our awards and sponsors, photographer and pop-ups.

If you haven’t already joined the Byalee Equestrian Club, now is the time! Foundation lifetime memberships are available only until December 31, so don’t miss out!

Membership is via nominate at:

https://www.nominate.com.au/Clubs/MemberRegistration.aspx?CID=1679

16/08/2026

A spine-tongling performqnce, such a beautiful stallion with a lovely attitude to his work.