I am tired of seeing horses being treated harshly in the name of training, it leaves an even more bitter taste in my mouth when that sort...

One of the most common scenarios I get called out to is the horse who has had veterinary investigations, extensive rehab and dedicated...

Winter can be really tough on our horses, and us, but I never used to realise just how influential the change in conditions could be....

We are often told we must end on a good note in our training sessions otherwise we’re going to hinder our progress. But usually by a good...

Training should not feel like a battle. We cause so many of the behavioural issues we see by inadvertently setting the horse up to fail....

I was having my daily scroll of the timeline when I paused on a suggested video of a US cowboy, the algorithm loves to give me these. He...

I used to solve training issues by simply applying enough pressure to get the horse to do the thing, I didn’t give much thought to how...

As an industry we have become so indoctrinated into some really illogical narratives that it can feel impossible to navigate. There is a...

I was asked to work with lovely Harvey as, after a period of intense treatment for cellulitis, he had become so dangerous with the vet to...

We’re well into clipping season and it can be so stressful when your horse really doesn’t like being clipped. There are several things we...

I travel around to a lot of different yards and being around at feed time can be chaotic, stressful and very loud. Horses kicking the...

Over the last few years I have become more and more convinced that focusing on the horse’s emotional state is the most powerful element...

It it so common to see horses described as lazy, stubborn or low-energy as if its just some sort of personality trait and we have no...

I think a lot of the training issues people run into are down to inappropriate choices for that individual horse at that time. The...

One of my main frustrations with the equine industry is our inability to look at the horse holistically. There are numerous trainers out...

The idea behind most training we’re exposed to with horses is “make it unpleasant for the horse to do the wrong thing”. Very rarely do...

There seems to be such a huge blind spot in the industry around pain and discomfort in horses. It is all very simplified in that you get...

A large proportion of my clients contact me because they’re having behavioural problems under saddle. More often than not the problem...

There are some really simple things to consider that could make a huge difference to your horse’s ability to learn and perform in a...

A common story I hear is that a horse had a behavioural issue, we took the horse to the vet to investigate, found something, treated, the...