Hi Lisa, I’m so sorry you guys didn’t enjoy it. We weren’t paid for the review but we were sent there by Destination Gold Coast, so hosted (as stated). Firstly, I will say I would NEVER lie about something we didn’t enjoy. Otherwise there’s no point to my travel blog. Secondly, I enjoyed a lot of success in the endurance Australian horse world (way back now LOL), and know my way around a horse. But that’s nothing to do with my and my kids enjoyment of the show. We loved it – where else can you have a yummy served dinner with all that going on in front of you?! I can’t trick ride like them for sure, and the black horse did rear, but I’m sorry it didn’t work out for you guys, that’s a shame. Maybe it was an off night? I think I’f probably still love it! I do hope you did some other fun stuff whilst you were there like Movie World!

We were disappointed. I’ve been to see 2 of their other productions and was excited to take my kids who are a good age for this kind of show (8 and 10). We have horses and we live semi-rurally, so were excited about what this would showcase.

Whilst the riding was good, we all felt the trick-riders were simply thrown in for effect and didn’t have any place in the story, and whilst good, you can see it for free at country shows.
My kids couldn’t follow which character was who as so many had blue shirts. The liberty horse work, while nice, was nothing that my kids can’t do (and they are not accomplished by any means). We never got to see a rear. In previous shows I’ve seen rears, bows, horses lying down to go to sleep and tuck themselves in to bed.

I’m glad you had a great time, but sadly, we did not. If this was the first one I’d seen, I wouldnt be going back again, unlike with the previous shows I’ve been to. My family certainly aren’t interested in going again after me bigging it up to be ‘spectacular’ 😢