For Riders
Tips On Getting Your Toes Forwards
Similar Videos You Might Like Why your Riding Seat is a Better Aid than your Legs or Reins 3 Reasons Beginner Riders Struggle to Move Their Horse Forwards 2 Things I Wish I Knew to Get My Heels Down As A Beginner My Biggest Beginner Riding Struggles & How I Overcame Them How I Finally … Read more
Why your Riding Seat is a Better Aid than your Legs or Reins
Similar Videos You Might Like 3 Reasons Beginner Riders Struggle to Move Their Horse Forwards 2 Things I Wish I Knew to Get My Heels Down As A Beginner My Biggest Beginner Riding Struggles & How I Overcame Them How I Finally Got My Heels Down, My Lower Leg Stable & My Riding Seat Secure … Read more
How Do Horses Show Affection?
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Ever since I started to ride, I would always wonder if the horse I was riding liked me. Did they like me more or less than other riders? How did I know if we had a special connection? I had the best connection with my favourite pony, Satchmo, when I was learning how to ride. … Read more
How to Bond With Your Horse (5 Exercises That Work)
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These are the 5 essential horse bonding exercises I’ve learned that have helped my horse and I relax together, connect with each other, and have accelerated our training success.
Stop Rushing In The Canter
In order to slow down a horse’s canter both for flat work and when jumping, it’s important to know why the horse is going so fast. There are various reasons that a horse might be rushing. I break them down into what I’ve experienced to be the three most common reasons here: 3 Reasons Your Horse … Read more
How Do Horses Show Their Emotions?
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Ever wonder how do horses show their emotions or what your horse is thinking? I think it’s really important when caring for your horse to know how they express themselves! This is one of my favourite horse care tips and I’ve included an emotions chart below as well that I hope will help. In this … Read more
How to Calm an Anxious Horse
Just like humans, horses can build up anxiety. Horses are built to live in a state of “rest-and-digest” where they’re parasympathetic nervous system is more activated than they’re sympathetic nervous system. If these sound like foreign words to you, don’t worry – they did to me too! Essentially, the sympathetic nervous system gets activated to tell … Read more
