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Discover the joy of horsemanship with personalised riding lessons designed to build confidence, skill, and a true partne...
31/08/2025

Discover the joy of horsemanship with personalised riding lessons designed to build confidence, skill, and a true partnership with your horse. Whether you’re a complete beginner learning the basics, or a more experienced rider wanting to refine your technique, each lesson is tailored to your goals. With a focus on safety, patience, and clear communication, you’ll learn everything from groundwork and horse care to riding with balance, feel, and control. Small group and one-on-one lessons are available in a supportive environment, making it the perfect place for riders of all ages to grow their knowledge and connection with horses.

21/08/2025

Disharoonie and Mads looking very good together! Only had a handful of rides but really starting to figure it all out! Maddy has been bringing dash back into work for me over the last few weeks, learning all the foundations on why horses do what they do, and how to communicate with them. She's learning that all horses are different, and hoe to communicate to them accordingly. Dash isn't the easiest horse when she's not in work, she can be heard bound and opinionated. Mads is learning that there is no short cuts, and it takes the time it takes.

21/08/2025

I have some more Canola sessions with your horse available if anyone is interested. I have multiple days I’m free to shoot between now and mid September. Reach out if interested 😁

My guy, first time under saddle today, after nearly a year.. spent the week preparing him to be rode, and it went flawle...
07/08/2025

My guy, first time under saddle today, after nearly a year.. spent the week preparing him to be rode, and it went flawlessly, he was relaxed, engaged and soft. Sioux had a rough and expensive year last year. Firstly with a paddock incident that had him nearly lose his eye. Then couple abcess's. The us having our last baby, and family life coming first. It was great to swing a leg over a horse this morning for athe first time in about 4 months. I have missed it more then I realised.

Unpopular opinion. This is softer on your horse then a snaffle.
14/03/2025

Unpopular opinion. This is softer on your horse then a snaffle.

08/03/2025

Customwhizfizz end of week 3 at home with me, and around ride number 35 in her training. Starting to find some rythym and collection in the turn around. Love the little 🥥

I get asked by clients how I structure my training sessions. This is customwhizfizz (Coco) current structure at around 3...
07/03/2025

I get asked by clients how I structure my training sessions. This is customwhizfizz (Coco) current structure at around 35 rides 👇
1 Ground work routine. I have 2 that are very similar. But with her current training I do a performance routine.
2 Collection and balancing work in the round yard in hand at all 3 gates (around 10 minutes)
3 Ridden warm up, shoulder control hip control, collection and stops. (5 mins)
4 back up collected and on a lose rein with shoulder and hip control (5 mins)
5 collection and lose rein through all 3 gates and stopping (10 mins)
6 lead change prep at the walk and trott (mins)
7 spins (5mins)

The moment I get an improvement on the day before, I stop, stand her still let her decompress and then move on to the next section.

I structure my training sessions so that I cover most things everyday day and move every part of them.the learning maneuver is my last component, the reason I do it like that is so that the horse associates that manoeuvre with the end of the session and me getting off them, I find that this creates a drive for them to try there hardest.

At some point every part was the learning maneuver. My introduction session with a horse is about 10 minutes(around 4/5 time a day at different intervals) working all the way up to an 1 hour max. As they progress, easier introductionary exercises are removed and replaced with harder ones.

I work with my horses 6-8 days out of 10 depending on there fitness level and training.

"You have changed"Yeah, for the better. I get told this a fair bit. But never asked why. So here is why.3 years ago, if ...
04/03/2025

"You have changed"

Yeah, for the better. I get told this a fair bit. But never asked why. So here is why.

3 years ago, if i was asked "can you do the first ride" I would. "Can you break in this 12 year old unhandled broodmare", I would. I "don't know anything about this horse, but it's pretty will you ride it" I would.

Now I won't, because the likelihood of the outcome being good for me, the horse or you is not high.

Starting a horse, I would aim to be on it at the end of the first week loping. Unbalanced on a lose rein with not a single tool installed to help the horse use its body correctly.

Now, I spend the first 4 weeks teaching them how to carry them selfs without the confusion and weight of me being on top of them. I'm so hell Bent on doing it this way that the first 4 weeks are half price.

When do I lope them? When I can do absolutely everything required for them to do it correctly. From there first lope

bUt tHeY nEeD tO TrAvEL oN LoSe ReIN

They absolutely do. When they know how to use there body. And you can correct them when are traveling wrong.

Some come out of the box balanced and ready to boogie. Some come out with 4 different lengthed legs. And the longer they the travel without learning to use there body correctly, the more it becomes habit.. it also creates a anxiety, as your horse will throw its self in any position just to get the "job" done for you. And is alot harder for them when you are trying correct it down the track.

You have the entire future of a living creature inbetween your hands and legs. The goal is to make them into something no one would ever want to part with.

19/02/2025

Working on stepping rythym in the early stages of the turn around today with coco. Cute little thing she is. ❤️

My favorite little pocket rocket doing things today. I havent ridden her for about 3 weeks, and prior to that I think sh...
17/02/2025

My favorite little pocket rocket doing things today. I havent ridden her for about 3 weeks, and prior to that I think she had around 16 or so rides. She cool. Can't wait to see where I get her this year!

14/02/2025

This is a tool I came up with a couple years ago. That I use religiously when a horse is sent to me. As I draw on the rope it creates lateral and vertical flexion, and allows the horse to drive up into the bridle and learn to balance its self on the correct diaganol, once i see the horse engage its hindquarters, i release the draw and go back to a lose rein.. I'm a big believer in teaching them as much as possible on the ground before getting on top.

08/02/2025

Mine.... and Donna Brister horse gunnerdownunder doing a few turn arounds after our trail ride this morning. He's "supposed" to go home on Monday but... she can't pick him up if she can't find him 🤣 but sweet minded goofball this one

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