“I taught myself to ride as a child in a GP saddle/ with no saddle at all on a naughty pony that bolted and bucked me off frequently.” - a story told by many successful horse people.

I...

While an in depth knowledge of anatomy can be invaluable in working out how to help your horse, and I have great respect for those who study and teach anatomy in the context of biomechanics, and...

It is important to allow horses freedom to experiment with postures. However, I didn’t just abandon Flicker to do this: when I first lunged her, her posture was very detrimental to her body...

In-hand has many deep benefits, but I want to talk about a problem. So many people I talk to say they have tried in-hand, but just don’t enjoy it. They see at as something they...

I have watched lessons when the horse was not allowed to stretch except at the start and the end of the lesson. I have watched lessons when the horse wasn’t allowed to stretch at all. I have...

In the wake of the Helgstrand dressage scandal, a few thoughts about what I know most about.. how coach training feeds into the multifaceted problem. 

The justification of this type of...

made up a word: PANANAA! The Power of Asking from Nothing and Asking Nothing After the Ask! 
  
I do not enjoy having to drive, hold or apply repeated aids constantly. I do not think...

To begin with, I’ll just define what I mean when I say “tempo”, because I realised there are a few different definitions. When I talk about tempo, I mean beats per minute, so a...

What are the aids to turn? To go sideways? To stop or go faster? The way that aids are taught are often shrouded in mystery. I think this is because firstly there is a lot to an aid – how it...