WA Show Scene

Many of our WA followers will no doubt remember the Lever family, with Phillip’s dad Laurie heavily involved in the Bond Showjumping series and his mum Annie enjoying great success in the competition arena here in WA. It’ll be lovely to catch up with Phillip and Frida and hear about their journey, their training centre, and life at the top level of the sport on tonight’s Talking Horses 😊

Tonight on Talking Horses 🐴

Joining us tonight are top show jumpers Phillip Lever and Frida Lindgren — the dynamic duo behind Lever Equestrian, the world-class training and coaching centre based on Victoria’s beautiful Mornington Peninsula.

We’ll be chatting about their competitive careers, coaching the next generation of internationally competitive young riders, developing talented young horses, and what it really takes to succeed as a professional equestrian athlete.

Both born into highly successful equestrian families, Frida grew up with horses in Sweden and has trained, worked and competed throughout Europe. Phillip was perhaps always destined for the international showjumping arena, with his father Laurie Lever representing Australia at the Olympics and his mother Annie enjoying great success in dressage and show horse competition.

Since returning to Australia after competing successfully in Nations Cups and Grand Prix events across Europe, Phillip has claimed the Australian Senior Championship, the Victorian Senior State Title, and the World Cup qualifier at Willinga Park aboard the outstanding Billionaire NZPH.

Whether you’re listening in the car, at the stables, or tuning in on your phone, there’ll be plenty to talk about tonight from 6pm on SportFM 91.3 🎙️📻

And if you miss it live, you can catch up anytime via the Talking Horses podcast:
https://www.sportfm.com.au//shows/talking-horses/

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A timely reminder to keep a close eye on the weather warnings this weekend ⚠️⛈️🐴
Stay safe everyone and look after yourselves, your horses and pets, and your properties over the coming days.

Severe Weather Warning
for DAMAGING, LOCALLY DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
For people in Eucla, Lower West, South West, South Coastal, South East Coastal, Great Southern, Central Wheat Belt and parts of Goldfields and Central West districts.

Issued at 10:39 pm Sunday, 31 May 2026.

DAMAGING TO DESTRUCTIVE WINDS REMAIN LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTH WEST LAND DIVISION INTO MONDAY MORNING.

Weather Situation: A deep and intense low pressure system is moving east along the southern coast tonight, bringing a significant burst of damaging to destructive winds to western and southern parts of the South West Land Division. As the low moves east during the morning, the risk of damaging winds is expected to shift towards southeastern WA, before easing overnight Monday night.

WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS averaging 60 to 70 km/h with gusts to 110 km/h are likely to continue over western parts of the South West Land Division into early Monday morning. DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS in excess of 125 km/h are still possible over an area southwest of a line from Lancelin to Albany, including Perth, into early Monday morning.

The risk of DAMAGING WINDS will shift from the west coast to inland parts of the South West Land Division, and to southern Goldfields, South East Coastal and Eucla districts during Monday, clearing from Perth and western districts before sunrise, then easing in the east on Monday night.

The WINDS associated with the low-pressure system through to Monday morning are expected to generate RARELY EXPERIENCED, WIDESPREAD and DAMAGING TO DESTRUCTIVE CONDITIONS across southwest WA.

A separate warning for DAMAGING SURF and ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES is also current for parts of the coast. For more details, refer to https://www.bom.gov.au/weather-and-climate/warnings-and-alerts

Locations which may be affected include Albany, Bunbury, Esperance, Kalgoorlie, Katanning, Manjimup, Merredin, Moora, Narrogin, Norseman, Perth, Busselton, Mandurah, Margaret River, Mount Barker and Northam.

135 KM/H WIND GUST WAS RECORDED AT CAPE NATURALISTE AT 5:33 PM.

133 KM/H WIND GUST WAS RECORDED AT CAPE LEEUWIN AT 4:56 PM.

96 km/h wind gust was recorded at Cowalellup at 10:06 pm.

102 km/h wind gust was recorded at Ravensthorpe at 9:41 pm.

100 km/h wind gust was recorded at Jandakot Airport at 8:14 pm.

98 km/h wind gust was recorded at Dwellingup at 8:08 pm.

104 km/h wind gust was recorded at Mandurah at 8:07 pm.

106 km/h wind gust was recorded at Garden Island at 7:58 pm.

104 km/h wind gust was recorded at Mount Barker at 7:28 pm.

93 km/h wind gust was recorded at Perth Airport at 7:00 pm.

120 km/h wind gust was recorded at Busselton Jetty at 6:39 pm.

106 km/h wind gust was recorded at Witchcliffe at 5:29 pm.

102 km/h wind gust was recorded at Swanbourne at 4:30 pm.

Another great guest lined up for our state’s very own radio show dedicated to horses! We’re looking forward to hearing Jessie Lloyd on tonight’s show 😊

Tonight on Talking Horses 🎙️🐴

We’ll be catching up with local photographer Jessie Lloyd, whose passion for photography was perhaps inevitable growing up with her dad, Eric Lloyd, one of WA’s best-known equestrian photographers. 📸

A professional photographer for more than 10 years, Jessie has spent countless hours behind the lens capturing horses and riders at their very best. Tonight we’ll be chatting about her journey into photography, what it takes to be an equestrian photographer, and of course we’ll be asking for some handy tips on how to take great horse photos yourself!

So if the weather has you inside early tonight, get the horses sorted, settle in with a glass of wine and tune in live to 91.3 SportFM from 6pm 🍷 📻

And if you miss it live, you can always catch up later via the Talking Horses podcast: https://www.sportfm.com.au/shows/talking-horses/

Jessie Lloyd Studios
Eric Lloyd Photography

If you’ve enjoyed Sarah’s recent Hoofbeats articles: Home Alone - Social Connections, and Cooperative Care, plus her story of how a life-threatening accident became the catalyst for a new approach to training, tonight’s Talking Horses is a great chance to hear more. We’ll definitely be tuning in 😊

Tonight on Talking Horses 🐴

We’re really looking forward to chatting with Sarah Nickels from Abbey’s Run Equestrian this evening - many of you might already recognise her from her recent articles in Hoofbeats magazine.

After a serious accident in 2008, Sarah was inspired to rethink her approach to training, and now focuses on building safer, trust-based partnerships with horses, something we can’t wait to explore on the show.

Join us at 6pm on 91.3 SportFM - whether you’re out settling the horses or winding down for the evening, it’s the perfect time to tune in 📻

If you miss the show live this evening, you can catch up anytime via the podcast: https://www.sportfm.com.au//shows/talking-horses/

Abbey's Run Equestrian

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