Why do so many people seem to have problems with new horses? You get them home and suddenly they are not the horse you tried and everyone...

I used to think that I couldn’t end a session unless the horse had achieved whatever task I’d started, especially if they’d done it well...

Groundwork can be about so much more than fixing behavioural issues and getting horses to run patterns. It makes so much sense to me to...

Its fantastic that groundwork is being recognised as such a vital element of training now, we often see comments of “do groundwork!” in...

Horses need other horses. Horses have evolved for thousands of years to live in herds. There is safety in numbers, a lone horse is a dead...

All horses are designed to eat a diet of predominantly long stem fibre. We can provide a diet as close as possible to this by grazing on...

To be mentally and physically healthy horses need to have the freedom to express their natural behaviours. They are designed to forage...

There is so much focus on training, you can find countless videos online showing you how to “fix” your horse’s unwanted behaviours, but I...

Buck is a rescue cob who Amy backed by herself. She trained him to be an amazing, confident hack and they enjoy going on lots of...

Mounting issues are one of the most common struggles people have and it often has to escalate to something more dangerous before people...

People are often shocked at how difficult even the simple-looking groundwork stuff is when you first start to try it, especially when we...

One of the most common things I am asked about is hacking alone. Hacking is seen as a bit of non-skill, “oh I’m just a happy hacker”, but...

Its getting to that time of year where the summer feels within touching distance, the ground is finally (hopefully?) drying up and we’re...

If we want our horses to be reliable we have to be reliable. This is something quite a few of my clients struggle with as we have been...

Horses that walk through you, pull you in whatever direction they fancy and seem to barely notice you’re there are not only unpleasant to...

High-stress is the enemy of learning. This is something I come across frequently, horses that aren’t coping well with even being in the...

I talk about this a lot, if you’ve been on my page for more than 5 minutes you know how much I advocate for walking your horses out in...

I’m sure that phrase brings to mind over-facing horses with huge fences or doing one too many classes at your first show, but I’m...

I regularly meet people who have been having lessons for years with their horse and are still struggling to get where they want to be....

We all know those horses that you’re warned to be careful with when entering the stable. It is so common to see horses pinning their...