
About this episode
This week's Cup of Tea is with Sam Lissington, and she's arrived with news that's still sinking in: her first senior call-up, earned inside a fortnight that could easily have gone the other way.
Second at Bramham with Sooty, then the setback nobody saw coming when he came home from the vet with an injury that ended his season. So how do you show up for the next horse when everything feels uncertain?
Sam talks us through the whiplash of that stretch, a horse bought on a hunch in a Finnish indoor, the mistake she owns at Bilton without excuse, and the phone call that made all of it worth it.
Highlights
- Bramham high, then a career low
- Performing on Lucas Stone under pressure
- Buying a horse in a Finnish indoor
- Owning the mistake at Bilton
- A stressful vet check day
- What success at Aachen looks like
Guests
- Sam Lissington – New Zealand event rider, newly selected for her first senior World Championships
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