Brett Parbery: "Do You Ever Feel Like Quitting?"

Training Your Horse

Brett Parbery, an Australian Grand Prix rider and 2018 WEG team rider, recently shared this insightful post on his Facebook page with the following words of wisdom.

Do you ever feel like quitting?

We all have those days...

You may sometimes feel that the challenges and setbacks in dressage outweigh your enjoyment to the point that you feel like quitting.

Firstly, let me tell you I know exactly how you feel. I get it. I've also had days, many days, in my dressage career that I've been ready to throw in the towel.

Here are a few ways I've learned to move forward through the hard times in dressage:

1. Reconnect with what you love about your sport. How you choose to do dressage is up to you. You don't have to compete. You don't have to compete in your town. You don't have to compete right now. You don't have to go to clinics. You don't have to train with someone who belittles you (regardless of how important they think they are!)

Please click here to read the rest of the article as it appears on the Eurodressage website.