BEING AN AMBITIOUS amateur rider is challenging. You’re juggling work, children, pets, partners, yard duties and a whole host of other things alongside your horse. You want to ride more and do well in competitions, but switching between that person with a zillion things to do and the rider who is totally focused on what their horse is doing is tricky. You dive out of work, sort out the kids, pull on your riding gear and dash off to ride, still worrying about whether the pets and the kids got the right meals, your meeting tomorrow, the competition you’re not prepared for and hundreds of other things besides. It’s no wonder that you climb into the saddle in completely the wrong mindset, or don’t even ride at all as the…