Solving Common Hacking Issues
In this blog, I am going to look at how to solve the three main issues riders encounter when they are out hacking, namely; Spooking and Traffic Napping and not …
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Napping and planting issues solved!
What is napping? I come across a lot of napping horses. Napping is a reluctance from the horse to go away from known environments and/or their buddies. At first, you …
Riding a napping horse
I had an interesting response to this video when I popped it on Facebook. Amongst the positive comments, there were a few negatives, “he looks like it is afraid of slipping”, …
My horse has started napping at competitions!
We’d all love to look like this partnership, particularly when we are at competitions, but unfortunately it doesn’t always work out like this! Check out this question I got sent, …
Help your horse overcome obstacles and grow in confidence!
Jason has a “Quick Tip” to help you manage your horses when they don’t want to go over something and to build their confidence. When faced with an obstacle or …
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Leaving the Yard
Get your hack off to a great start using this quick, easy tip. You’ll find it will help banish any ‘nappy thoughts’ too.
Napping and Spooking – what’s the difference?
I love taking the young horses around our farm. Whatever their age or discipline I think it is important for every horse to be able to hack out, as it …