Understandably, owners often find it hard to send their horse away for backing and/or schooling. Here are a few things to think about when you’re selecting the perfect yard for you and your horse…. ASK FOR RECOMMENDATIONS The best way to find a yard that is going to best suit you and your horse is to get a personal recommendation from someone you know and trust and who approaches their horses like you do. Speak to others who have sent their horse away, ask what their experien

There is no such thing as a typical day here, every one is different, so for the purposes of this blog post here’s what happened today… 5.30am Alarm goes off and I pop out to the yard, let the chickens out and feed the horses. All the horses get turned out first thing in the morning so that they all get some time to stretch their legs and be horses before their working day starts. All the stables get fully mucked out, hay/haylage and waters done and the yard swept. This morni

Over the years, so many of my coaching clients have struggled with napping in one form or another and it can be a real pain to try and fix. In this article we'll define napping, discuss the potential reasons for it and give you some tips to nip napping in the bud. What is napping? Napping, quite simply, is when a horse is reluctant or point-blank refuses to move forward or in the direction he or she is being asked to go. Typically, it presents as falling out through a shoulde