In episode 4, Miri and Rhi are joined by Holly Outtridge - who left her corporate career to set up her own photography business - and Niki Baxter - a professional groom best known for her viral clipping, plaiting and grooming skills. We discuss all things equestrian careers - how to get into it, avoiding pitfalls and finding support in community.

0:00 Intro 

0:36 Rhi’s week - competing, a special quote and a stirrup mishap 

6:48 Miri’s week - a runaway horse and a special day with Blondie

16:14 today’s topic and guests

18:46 Rhi’s equestrian journey 

21:19 Miri’s equestrian career 

26:18 unpaid internships 

28:30 introducing Holly Outtridge & her photography career 

29:31 introducing Niki Baxter and her professional grooming career 

30:35 How did you get into your career? 

32:42 Social media as a stream of income? 

35:53 is your job financially comfortable? 

39:39 creating stable income when self-employed

42:12 ‘bread and butter’ jobs 

45:38 qualifications (or lack thereof!) 

48:31 apprenticeships 

50:34 when things go wrong 

56:25 the future of the industry 

1:08:45 going self employed 

This Equestrian Life is brought to you by Miri Hackett (Hackett Equine) and Rhiannon Davies and sponsored by Premier Performance. Join our weekly chats where we discuss everything from training and mental health to our weekly horse-shaped mishaps - all from the perspective of a professional rider and hobby rider. 

Huge thanks to Premier Performance for sponsoring this podcast.  Get your 4 FREE products with every order - that's 20% off AND 4 exclusive goodies FREE with every order using code equestrianlife20

From Miri Hackett (Hackett Equine) and Rhiannon Davies (Riding With Rhi) comes a brand new podcast dedicated to all things equestrian life. 

Join our weekly chats where we discuss everything from training and mental health to our weekly horse-shaped mishaps - all from the perspective of a professional rider and hobby rider. 

In episode 3, we discuss our experiences of buying and selling horses, including what we look for and our own experiences. As always, we catch you up on our week and answer three of your questions in our ‘Ask MiRhi’ segment. 

Huge thanks to Premier Performance for sponsoring this podcast.  Get your 4 FREE products with every order - that's 20% off AND 4 exclusive goodies FREE with every order using code equestrianlife20

Follow Miri at @mirihackett on Instagram, TikTok (etc) and train with Hackett Equine at: https://hackettequine.com/ 

Follow Rhi at @ridingwithrhi on Instagram, TikTok (etc) and fill out your Equestrian Money Diary

Get in touch with the podcast at: [email protected]

Record your incident with the BHS here

Produced by Amy Long

From Miri Hackett (Hackett Equine) and Rhiannon Davies (Riding With Rhi) comes a brand new podcast dedicated to all things equestrian life. 

Join our weekly chats where we discuss everything from training and mental health to our weekly horse-shaped mishaps - all from the perspective of a professional rider and hobby rider. 

In episode 2, we discuss all things mental health, including burnout, managing yard conflict and loneliness. Miri also shares an hilarious long-lining mishap and we update you on last week’s request for weird hacking stories.

Huge thanks to Premier Performance for sponsoring this podcast.  Get your 4 FREE products with every order - that's 20% off AND 4 exclusive goodies FREE with every order using code equestrianlife20

Follow Miri at @mirihackett on Instagram, TikTok (etc) and train with Hackett Equine at: https://hackettequine.com/ 

Follow Rhi at @ridingwithrhi on Instagram, TikTok (etc) and fill out your Equestrian Money Diary

Get in touch with the podcast at: [email protected]

Produced by Amy Long

From Miri Hackett (Hackett Equine) and Rhiannon Davies (Riding With Rhi) comes a brand new podcast dedicated to all things equestrian life. 

Join our weekly chats where we discuss everything from training and mental health to our weekly horse-shaped mishaps - all from the perspective of a professional rider and hobby rider. 

In episode 1, we share our survival tips for winter’s endless mud as well as Rhi’s rugging disaster and Miri’s brush with ‘death’ (sort of).

Huge thanks to Premier Performance for sponsoring this podcast.  Get your 4 FREE products with every order - that's 20% off AND 4 exclusive goodies FREE with every order using code equestrianlife20

Follow Miri at @mirihackett on Instagram, TikTok (etc), and train with Hackett Equine at https://hackettequine.com/

Follow Rhi at @ridingwithrhi on Instagram, TikTok (etc), get your equestrian diary at Rhi's Etsy shop and fill out your Equestrian Money Diary at this link. 

Get in touch with the podcast at [email protected]

Produced by Amy Long