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photo created by Liz Koob. Holstein Park Leilani passed away recently at home with her loving owners, Jade and Jean Findlay. Affectionately known as Lani, the big chestnut mare had an illustrious international eventing career. Starting out with Jade as a seven year old in 2003, Jade and Lani had a bumpy start to stardom,Read more

The team from Sit Tight Radio proudly announce Poseidon Equine as a Gold Partner! Just in time for the one and only Aussie 3DE, Wallaby Hill, for 2020. Many thanks to Linda and Peter Lord and their team, welcome aboard! see our Partners and Squad Members page for their story. So excited to be backRead more

Sit Tight Radio have grabbed the bit – in an effort to join the fund raising for the bush fire crisis many Aussie Equestrian riders, coaches and personalities have autographed Wallaby Hill 2020 calendar. It can be yours! The funds raised will be split 50/50 and between RFS NSW and Victorian CFA. Autographs and messagesRead more

Sit Tight Radio had a fabulous 2019, covering our Aussie events live cross country day and brought you the monthly News Show. I’d like to thank all my co commentators that called the action in true sit tight style, I’ll try to not leave anyone out so let’s go from the beginning. Equestriad, Merran WallaceRead more

The tipping competition is now open but if you missed the Adelaide Preview on the November News you could be at sea with who’s who! Listen in to Prue Barrett and Fi chat with Heath Ryan and discuss all of the classes. Lindsey caught up with Mike ES to get the scoop of the new thingsRead more

Hooting down the Hume freeway on Friday afternoon should’ve been fairly boring. Two phone calls from neighbours and I’m wondering if the cruiser, the blue couch, the dogs and I should spin around to defend our little house from the now outta control fire. Which was in control two hours before!! Na! We can’t missRead more

5 years seems like yesterday but it is actually an eternity ago! In 2014 the first broadcast from the Sit Tight Radio commentary team took place at Goulburn “Lynton” horse trials. To give you the background, Sit Tight Radio was born primarily due to myself and Marcia Williamson’s sense of humour about riding horses inRead more

Time flies!  It’s well into the second half of 2019, the July and August News Shows are available if you missed them live. So here’s a reminder to be listening on the first Monday of every month at 6PM.  During the final Taupo Talk show Fiona and Sam Lyle discuss the Aussie Team outcome atRead more

Woo Hoo! Not only is almost time for me to pack my bags and microphone for the upcoming Melbourne International 3day event this coming weekend, but it’s also time to share some pretty special news. We’ve been offered a fantastic sponsorship opportunity from SuccessMasters (a lot of you might know Michele Nash the owner asRead more

Hi Sit Tighters, Hope you enjoyed Taupo Talk with Laura Rae! What an event for our Aussie team, it became a test event for the new teams scoring system for the Tokyo Olympics. It was a new concept of scoring to grasp, nothing that a scientist from NASA would shy away from, mere Eventers wereRead more

There’s a new release of “YEARLY” subscriptions, great value for our listeners as we’ve got 3 broadcasts coming up in the next short while. Monday 6th May, The New Show. This month, we chat to Craig Barrett, thanks to Sandhills, about breeding future Eventers. The Taupo 3DE Oceania Championships 2019 Australian Teams Challenge, reporter onRead more

We’re excited to announce Kelato as a sponsor for the upcoming Sydney 3DE broadcast. Kelato’s GastroHEALTH, the EXCITING BRAND NEW PRODUCT from the leaders in gastric health, is finally here! So what is GastroHEALTH? We all know that the health of your horse reflects the health of their gut. Maintaining good gut function is essentialRead more

What a year it has been Sittighters!! Hard to believe it has been nearly 8 months since we did our first live coverage for 2018 from Equestriad but there is nothing like starting the year with a bang. 600 plus combinations, huge entries in all the “Put on your big pants” star classes, 1 star showjumpingRead more

Sit Tight does WEG, WOW!!   Sunday morning 9th September, Prue and I drove to Sydney airport and parked the car. Lindsey called to say she was still at Tullamarine. We were a little concerned but I’m sure we thought “Na! she’ll be right”. Sadly, it wasn’t!  Lindsey AKA “Nairny” missed the flight from SydneyRead more

We fly out on Sunday! Before the team of Lindsey “Nairny” Constable, Prue Barrett and myself settle in for the long flight, we got together for our last chat before we go LIVE at Tryon. The “Here we Go” show is listen live this afternoon, Friday 5.30pm AEST. If you miss it live click onRead more

The Australian World Equestrian Team has been announced! An all boy team of made up of the following horse and rider combinations. Shane Rose riding Virgil – owners Shane Rose and Michelle Hasibar, Sam Griffiths riding Paulank Brockagh – owners Steve & Dinah Posford, Jules Carter and Sam Griffiths, Christopher Burton riding Cooley Lands – owner Kate WallsRead more

Enormous thanks to our broadcast sponsor Bimbadeen Park, Shane and Niki Rose. Thanks also to Pine Park Farrier Services, Paul Slattery, farrier and eventer for supporting the Tipping comp. Kicking off the event Lindsey “Nairny” Constable and I took our possie at the end of the runway for Thursday afternoon “trot up”. If you haven’tRead more

Triumph over tragedy Courtney Fraser and Rockin It. Good Morning Fiona and Sit Tight Radio listeners, I am writing to you on behalf of my client Courtney Fraser Performance Horses, regarding joining Sit Tight Radio for some light-hearted commentary and interview, during the up-coming, Melbourne International 3-Day Event. Courtney is as Aussie as they comeRead more

Paul Slattery is the man behind Pine Park Farriers. Also known as Slatts, Paul also volunteers as event farrier even while he is a serious competitor! let’s hear from Paul – “Yer Fi I love the sport and really want to give back anytime I can” Well tell us the Slatts story. “I’m 30 yearsRead more

Arriving at Victoria Park racecourse for the first horse inspection, a dismal day weather wise, looking across the runway I noted the absence of event director Gill Rolton. It seemed to set the scene for the event. New addition to the Sit Tight Radio team, Farlie Taylor took up the microphone for the trot upRead more