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Read interesting blogs on horse training, mindset, helpful tips & tricks and more!



Ground shyness
Solving ground shyness It’s not about the spooky thing Tire tracks. A scary corner. A ray of sunlight, or even a speck of straw: it

Don’t ride when you can’t touch
Don’t ride when you can’t touch When I met Nina, her owners told me she was tense under saddle. The traditional fixes didn’t seem to

Handling grumpy faces
How to deal with grumpy faces What do you do when a horse comes at you with their ears pinned and their teeth bared? And

Starting young horses the right way
VIDEO The first steps of starting a young horse When you start training your young horse, it might seem like the goal is just to

Trailer loading: Going into the trailer is not the end goal
Trailer loading Going into the trailer is not the end goal Often, with trailer loading, people focus on just getting the horse in the trailer.

Entertainment at horse shows
Loud Music and Applause Entertainment or Needless Anxiety? Last year, I was at the Dutch stallion show where they had added quite a remarkable element

Leading your horse safely
VIDEO How to lead any horse safely Leading a horse with high energy can be challenging, and I think it’s something many of us have

Create flexion in your horse’s body
Create flexion in your horse's body A distanced variation on the groundwork pattern Lately, I’ve received a couple of questions from riders with pushy horses,

Are you making or teaching the piaffe
Are you making or teaching piaffe? As a Grand-Prix rider and horse trainer, I’ve seen many horses do a piaffe. However, only a handful of them