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Secret Language of Sweat Marks – Continued

By Wiola Grabowska Five years ago I wrote this post – Secret Language of Sweat Marks – after teaching a lovely young rider who was sure her loaned horse’s saddle wasn’t fitting him very well but wasn’t sure what to look for. I wanted an easy way to describe to her what to look for…

May 8, 2018 in horse training, TRAINING CASE STUDIES.

Simple exercise for the rider to “put the horse on the bit”

By Wiola Grabowska There are so many ways to describe what riding “on the bit” is, so many techniques to achieve it with and many ways to explain what takes place in the horse’s and rider’s body when it does happen. This short post is not a comprehensive description of any complicated processes but it…

November 29, 2017 in horse training, Uncategorized.

Schooling a “difficult” horse – defence, vulnerability, trial and error

By Wiola Grabowska I had this post in a draft form for some weeks now but wasn’t sure if to post it. It’s tricky to make oneself clear on a wide subject such as this one. However, last week’s message from the owner of the pony featured here made me think that perhaps I should…

May 28, 2017 in horse training.

Jump training – dressing the jumps

By Wiola Grabowska This must be one of the easiest and most cost effective ways of transforming your plain jumps set into a proper colour and pattern challenge! We’ve dressed several jumps with the Jumpstack and been using the covered bales for all sorts of jumping exercises both ridden and on the ground. The covers…

May 17, 2017 in Groundwork and In Hand work, horse training, Rider Training, Show Jumping.

Working the hind legs – leg yield in-hand

There are many different reasons why leg-yielding is beneficial in any horse’s training programme and here is one of them: creating more even use of each hindleg. I like to start it in-hand because the biggest benefit is when the rider can ask for leg-yield from the saddle with minimal aids. Strong use of legs…

May 3, 2017 in Groundwork and In Hand work, horse training, In Hand Work with Horses.

Progressive jumping exercise to train correct canter lead landing

By Wiola Grabowska Rider: Sasha Eastabrook Horse: Boo Videos available on our Instagram, details at the bottom of the post Set up a jump on centre line of your arena and start with poles on the ground. I prefer to keep all jumps small, cavaletti style so if the rider makes mistakes, the exercise can…

April 16, 2017 in Coaching The Rider, horse training, JUMPING, Show Jumping, Uncategorized.

Reflections on learning Shoulder In

by Mairi Mackay Teaching your horse shoulder in can have loads of benefits. All horses are ‘sided’ ( i.e. in very basic terms they have a rein that they find it easier to bend/balance on.) and shoulder in is a basic lateral exercise that can help your horse improve straightness. This has a myriad of…

April 9, 2017 in Groundwork and In Hand work, horse training, Uncategorized.

“The importance of riding in a stretching position” by Uta Gräf

Very good read – if you have a few minutes, they will be well spend… To learn more about Uta and her training, click here 

March 23, 2017 in horse training.

Groundwork exercise for distracted/unfocused horses

Here’s one fun idea for a groundwork exercise that works very well for horses that are: easily distracted and unfocused when ridden spooky and generally either too much in front of the leg or behind the leg uninterested in the rider uninterested in communication with the rider You will need: a lot of random things…

January 4, 2017 in horse training, Uncategorized.

Potty Training by IKEA Equestrian aka Raised Poles training

Some time ago there was a photo circulating on social media with potties being used to raise poles off the ground and play the role of inexpensive low cavalettis. Yesterday, Gemma brought her latest purchase – 8 bright green IKEA potties – to the yard to give them a test drive in the lesson. She…

June 29, 2016 in horse balance, horse training, Uncategorized.

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