Get imaginativeI like to make my schooling fun, after years of suffering from arena fever where all my training and ultimately riding happened inside...
Hacking Cont...Continuing with the hacking thoughts, when you trot or canter whilst hacking do you think about your diagonal or lead leg? As I rode...
Hacking - things to think aboutIt’s that time of year when the stubble fields start to call and hacking becomes just that little bit more fun! But it’s also that time...
Show PrepI’ve entered the youngsters into an inhand show this weekend so this week has all be about preparing them for this experience. So I sat...
Learning to be hosedThe babies this week have been learning to be bathed, a process of teaching them that the hose and the water coming out of it isn’t scary...
How stress effects our ponies...When a horse disconnects from you, stops dead and refuses to move for no apparent reason, walks away or turns their head away what’s the...
DisconnectWhen a horse disconnects from you, stops dead and refuses to move for no apparent reason, walks away or turns their head away what’s the...
VulnerabilitySoftness means to allow ourselves vulnerability A deep opening of the wounds that have been caused by past hurts and a willingness to...
PressureHow much pressure or strength do you use to carry out the daily tasks with your horse? Softness starts before we ride, it even starts...