Terrible Twos Tuesday Young horse need a lot of guidance. They don’t yet know what is ‘right’ and ‘wrong’. When your young horse is acting out in some way it is often them having a bit of a mental breakdown as such (once pain has been ruled out). This language they are speaking to you needs to be broken down and it is your job to figure out where things are going wrong. Once you have figured this out you must establish a plan that can ensure that you can lead them through thi

Collection When people start out wanting to collect their horses they focus on head set only. This results in a ‘false’ or ‘untrue’ collection where by the horse is overflexed at the poll causing an unnatural carriage. True collection is achieved by focusing on the horses body rather than the head placement. Once you get your horse working correctly through their body with impulsion, straightness, flexion, self carriage; only then can you get the horse to carry themselves in

With everyone having such busy schedules these days it can be hard to get time for lessons or to set up a camera when you are rushing home from work and trying to squeeze a ride in before it gets too dark or reality starts calling you again lol. With a bit of extra time free on Sunday you would have time to set up a camera to video yourself riding. Why is this something that I would recommend? Well watching your ride allows you to assess both yourself and your horse for any i

Terrible Twos Tuesday Young horses are still learning, they will have moments that they have absolutely no idea what you want them to do. In these moments they may sometimes have outbursts of undesirable behaviours. Your job is to remain calm, get them refocused and do your best to break things down more so it is a smaller and simpler task that they will be able to understand. Once they understand that very first baby step and you are certain they are ready to move on you add