Training horses

Groundwork exercises should be a crucial start to any early training regime. Here I outline five of my favourite groundwork exercises for horses!

This is the first of a two-part article about a special horse of mine named Bellagio (barn name Geo), a nine-year-old Warmblood gelding I’ve had for about three years. He is super sensitive and doesn’t have a lot of natural confidence. When he came to me he was very explosive, would react at the slightest thing, and was becoming very dangerous to ride.

At the end I'll talk about the "young horse training plan" I put together for Rudy and some important notes when building training plans that I've learnt for young horses from Rudy.

Your a hobby equestrian with no experience training horses, until you buy a young horse who forces you to get some training experience! Or in my case, 4 horses & a pony who force you to! Some o…

"It is often the slow repetitive progression through without rider interference that helps them think and slow their brain and thus, their feet... grids are great for allowing errors to happen, and providing soft, accepting space for them to figure it out through repetition without rider micromanagement." Ride along in this week's Thoroughbred Logic as Aubrey shares her logic on purpose and usefulness of grid work. Presented by Kentucky Performance Products

Have you ever wondered if a horse would let you ride her if there was no threat of punishment or encouragement of a reward such as food? Would a horse let you ride her simply

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It takes on average 4-6 weeks to break in a horse in but that time span is based on several assumptions. If all the handling and preparatory work has been done properly then it should be plain sailing. The horse’s temperament and character can also dictate how smoothly the process ... Read More

A horse which has little or no manners when being handled on the ground can be problematic and present challenges. Depending on what bad ground…