Managing emotions before you ride

Managing emotions before you ride

This is from the foundation program and describes how it is helpful to check that you can calm your horse after they have had an adrenalin rush

The key Exercise to help control flight

The Key Exercise is a great way to control flight, settle your horse and regain his horse' focus

Bolting

Working with a young horse that has developed a bolting issue

Controlling flight by using a One Rein Stop

Retraining a young bolting, bucking horse; Part 1

This is the first part of the journey of retraining a 6-year-old showjumping-bred gelding with a deep fear of riders on his back.

Retraining a young bolting, bucking horse; part 2

Following this young show jumpers retraining for a fear-based bolting and bucking issue

Retraining a young bolting, bucking horse; part 3

This young showjumper has been through an extended retraining program to get to this point in his ridden work

Fresh horse or bringing a horse back into work

This video goes through some steps to riding a fresh horse, or having a first ride on a horse that has been on a break

Teaching mental restraint with an excitable international event horse

In this demo, I explain what I mean by mental restraint and how I came up with the concept. We then have a short clip of a recent demonstration where I was working with 5* Eventer, Lauren Innes, and her 5* horse, Flipper. Flipper struggles with the dressage phase in the high octane atmospheres at Badminton and Burghley.

'Explosive' Horse - Part 1 (Groundwork)

'Explosive' Horse - Part 2 (Groundwork)

'Explosive' Horse - Part 3 (Ridden)

Understanding and solving bucking

Working with a horse that bucks

Controlling Bucking

Key ground exercises and ridden turns

To view examples of key groundwork exercises on the ground and ridden

Assessment session with nervous, bolting horse

These clips were taken by the owner (hence the portrait view!) of a nervous, bolting pony that I was doing a one-off ridden assessment session with. I was aiming to find moments of relaxation and acceptance through repetitive use of the Key Exercise to develop Mental Restraint. It got a little difficult at times, but progress was made and the owner was able to go home with ideas of how to manage him. They are now developing confidence in each other, with plenty of hacking, before they revisit riding in the arena.