How To - Horse Training

Hello Everyone! As a new contributor to Horsemart, I thought I’d tell you a little about me. I coach and train riders in mindset and mental strength, using NLP (neuro-linguistic programming), hypnotherapy and Time Line Therapy®. I’ve worked with equestrians for about 7 years now, but it wasn’t always that way! I’d always been fascinated by the mind and the fact that we never use it to its full potential. It was because I had problems with my own riding nerves that I investigated t...

Buying a horse is not something to be taken lightly. The choices you make in purchasing a horse, and the subsequent decisions taken regarding its care and management, can pave the way for the success of your equine partnership. Buying a horse is a big commitment and it’s important to take the necessary precautions, and to be as informed as possible when making these decisions.

I’ve always loved horses and had my first lesson booked when I was 4 and a half, but when I turned up the 11hh pony was huge and I was terrified! I didn’t get on and we went home, but the passion and dream didn’t go away and I was back 6 months later to try again. I got on that time and the rest you could say is history. Despite being a proper grown up now, I have never lost my love of just spending time with my horse, constantly learning and always trying to improve. I went from a very...

Research has shown that when an individual engages in vivid and absorbing imagery the brain interprets this as identical to the event happening. In other words, the brain can’t tell the difference between what is real and what is imagined. What this means for us as riders is that we don’t have to ride 10 horses a day, have access to high level school masters or daily coaching to improve our riding. Those 10,000 hours that the experts say we need to do to reach excellence – well some of the...

Anyone involved with horses will have probably encountered 'the lazy horse' at some point in their lives. Whether you’re fairly new to riding or have been an equestrian for years, and whether you take lessons at a riding school or have your own yard full of horses, you will have undoubtedly crossed paths with the lazy horse… and then waited for quite some time whilst it plodded past! Yes, I’m talking about the horse with no “go”, the one that ignores every command to speed up and often...

We’re nearly three months into the lockdown now and I’m sure for the majority of you, your eagerly planned equestrian summer has ground to a halt, in the same way as it has for us. Of course, we understand the necessity for the current measures but that doesn’t mean it’s always easy! As a horse owner, I live a fairly active life. I’m 21 and just finishing off my second year doing a degree in Equine Science. I live in Cheshire, a fairly horsey county, and have ridden from as early as...