The balance between fast and slow twitch muscles in horses bodies is crucial to their overall performance and ability to excel.

'How is it for the horse?' a question that for the love of horses is essential to ensure their mental, emotional and physical wellbeing.

Rethinking our relationship with horses; is the idea of control outdated? Moving away from control based methods towards a partnership.

'My horse doesn't like...' is this our horse talking or ourselves? Looking at clearing our minds and being with horses.

Exploring the subtleties of developing 'feel' with horses. This essential ingredient transforms our horse relationships.

Good leadership empowers other, how does this look in the horse world?

Training with horses using listening and spaces, a recipe for success.

I’ve created this term to help highlight a situation I sometimes see in my work with clients. The two words seem to conflict with each...

Stopping horses with a bitless bridle.

Looking at equine behaviour through the lens of acceptance.

Like many horse people, I always felt I understood horses better than humans, especially as I studied horses so extensively doing my...

Horse behaviour is a means of communication, and all behaviour has a functional element. 'Challenging' behaviour can be described as...

If we do something with a horse without their consent, what are we doing? What does that mean? Is that then a master/slave relationship?...

When we handle horses and especially when training, we are often using some form of reinforcement. There are two main types of...

Over the past few years, I’ve met a few horses who have undergone what can only be described as a transformation. While I am always happy...

I’ve heard critics of bitless bridles say they apply too much pressure to the horse. I find this an interesting statement. When riding in...

To be a person that horses feel fully comfortable and safe with,our minds need to be empty. Humans spend a lot of time in their heads,...

Every time we touch a horse we are communicating. One of the best things an instructor ever said to me was ‘put love in your hands.’ I...

There are many things that are important to horses, with these three high up. After thinking about it I find that many things easily fit...

One of my all-time favourite things to do with horses is hand walking. The benefits of this are enormous and it’s enjoyable too. Benefits...