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Unlock Your Potential. Unleash Your Unicorn! ๐’ž๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‰๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”, ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“‰๐‘œ๐“‡๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” & ๐“‡๐‘’-๐’ท๐’ถ๐“๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“‡๐“ˆ๐‘’/๐’ฝ๐“Š๐“‚๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐“…๐’ถ๐“‡๐“‰๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“‡๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“…๐“ˆ.

Katrina Park (MSc/BSc/ND)
Equine Mind & Movement Specialist
Ethical Training & Teaching

Training that finally feels good to you and your horse AND makes sense! Professional and compassionate, at Cadence Horse Training we are committed to providing the very best in customer (and equine!) service. We invest the time needed into each horse and carefully monitor progress while also providing valuable

human interaction through grooming, massage and handling. Our unique Engageโ„ข Training Program is a fusion of horsemanship, science based theory, biomechanics, straightness and classical training with a strong focus on regulation, balance and body control, this builds security and self confidence and equips the horse to achieve tasks asked of them, reduces the incidence of vices on the ground and under saddle and harbours a relationship based on trust between human and horse. All training programs begin on the ground and encourage body confidence and awareness, balance and straightness, while improving and correcting muscle tone to enable self-carriage. This promote willingness, soundness and longevity, aids a fluid transition to ridden training and consistently produces mentally and physically engaged equine partners, across a variety of ages, breeds and participating in a variety of disciplines.

๐Ÿฅ‚ ITโ€™S NOT TOO LATE!! Get your ticket now! ๐Ÿฅ‚Link in commentsโ€ฆ
31/10/2025

๐Ÿฅ‚ ITโ€™S NOT TOO LATE!! Get your ticket now! ๐Ÿฅ‚

Link in commentsโ€ฆ

30/10/2025

๐Ÿฅ‚ MASTERCLASSES ARE THIS WEEKEND!! ๐Ÿฅ‚

No horse needed, plenty of learning with theory and demonstrations, giveaways, bubbles & nibbles!!

Sound good for your long weekend??

Message me for the booking links!

๐Ÿด๐Ÿด๐Ÿด DEMO HORSES WANTED!! ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด๐ŸดThis weekend Iโ€™ll be presenting my most popular master classes!! Are you interested in atten...
28/10/2025

๐Ÿด๐Ÿด๐Ÿด DEMO HORSES WANTED!! ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด๐Ÿด

This weekend Iโ€™ll be presenting my most popular master classes!!

Are you interested in attending with the added bonus of having your horse assessed LIVE at the event???

If you have a horse who youโ€™d like to get to know betterโ€ฆ

A nervous nelly who needs more confidenceโ€ฆ

A horse who struggles with consistency & predictability during trainingโ€ฆ

โ€ฆor a horse who struggles to connect or respond to you & your aidsโ€ฆ

๐ŸŒŸ Get in touch via messenger!!
Iโ€™d love to meet you! ๐ŸŒŸ

PLEASE READ:

๐Ÿงก Must be able to float to Nar Nar Goon, VIC.

๏ฟผ๐Ÿงก Handler must be happy to handle their horse under instruction.

๐Ÿงก ๏ฟผBefore each class Iโ€™ll run through some of the basic principles and exercises weโ€™ll be looking at so you know what to expect.

๐ŸŒŸ I have room for only TWO horses per class!

Also if youโ€™d like to join us let me know belowโ€ฆweโ€™ll have champagne, nibbles, discussions & prizes!!!!

There are two popular words I donโ€™t love, when describing a horse during any kind of trainingโ€ฆunbothered or unfazed. โ€˜I ...
17/10/2025

There are two popular words I donโ€™t love, when describing a horse during any kind of trainingโ€ฆ

unbothered or unfazed.

โ€˜I put a saddle on for the first time and they were unfazedโ€™

โ€˜I asked them to x and they werenโ€™t botheredโ€™

Itโ€™s uncommon, if ever, that I want no response to something, because no response shouldnโ€™t be confused with a calm response.

A horse who appears unbothered or unfazed is usually either not paying attention to whatโ€™s happening or they have mentally checked out due to overwhelm or as a coping strategy for something they find scary or challenging.

A horse who is mentally engaged is inquisitive and curious during training, they are mentally sound enough that they can work through stress, challenges and problem solve. They have soft mobile ears, soft blinking eyes, the courage to touch and investigate and the ability to process different sensations around their body.

A horse who is overwhelmed or checked out is frozen and disconnected, they have static ears, donโ€™t blink, are either hyper focused or appear sleepy. They cannot take in information or learn in this state, which is part of the reason it can be dangerous.

A horse who is mentally disengaged has the potential to explode or over react at any time and is not predictable. It will be difficult to identify what lead to a negative behaviour or how far back the root lies, which makes it harder to address.

If you want to learn more about how to measure and improve your horseโ€™s mental fitness or understand their behaviour join me at these upcoming events!

๐Ÿฆ„ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‡๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฏ ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ - ๐๐š๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ง, ๐•๐ˆ๐‚

๐Ÿฆ„ ๐€๐ง ๐€๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐“๐จ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฏ ๐Ÿ๐ง๐ - ๐๐š๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ง, ๐•๐ˆ๐‚

๐Ÿด ๐Ÿง  ๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐ƒ๐’๐„๐“, ๐Œ๐Ž๐“๐ˆ๐•๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ & ๐‚๐Ž๐๐…๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„๐๐‚๐„ - ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฌ! - ๐๐จ๐ฏ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐๐š๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ง, ๐•๐ˆ๐‚

14/10/2025

Creating space or maintaining spatial boundaries is a key component of training but are there consequences?

The primary goals of creating space are

1. Maintaining boundaries
2. Safety
3. Submission/Dominance

However there is one big side effect that Iโ€™ve seen time and time again over the last 3 decades, even when I wasnโ€™t as aware of it, that might actually be WORSENING your horses behaviour instead of curbing it.

And that is DISCONNECT.

A horse uses touch to investigate, communicate, build relationships and self soothe often using their muzzle since they donโ€™t have hands or may seek security simply through closeness.

When a horse enters our space and is repeatedly pushed or driven away, two things might happen, they may give up trying to communicate OR they may shout louder in an effort to be heard.

Creating space often becomes more of a focus if a horse is particularly reactive or pushy.

Most, if not all of the most dangerous or aggressive horses Iโ€™ve worked with have actually been desperate for connection, clarity and communication.

If they give up communicating, when the proverbial hits the fan and tensions rise they will not hesitate before reacting, they wonโ€™t look to you for guidance and they wonโ€™t try to communicate something is wrong they will simply get the hell out of there or try to remove pressure (including you) to find release which could be through any number of undesired behaviours.

If they escalate to pushing, biting or aggression in an effort to be heard, most likely they will be punished or reprimanded and this can easily become a repetitive cycle where things may actually continue to escalate.

With safety still of importance and a horse who doesnโ€™t understand boundaries, what to do instead?

Follow for Part 2โ€ฆ

Or join me at one of my next events to learn more!๏ฟผ

๐Ÿฆ„ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‡๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฏ ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ - ๐๐š๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ง, ๐•๐ˆ๐‚

๐Ÿฆ„ ๐€๐ง ๐€๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐“๐จ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฏ ๐Ÿ๐ง๐ - ๐๐š๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ง, ๐•๐ˆ๐‚

๐Ÿด ๐Ÿง  ๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐ƒ๐’๐„๐“, ๐Œ๐Ž๐“๐ˆ๐•๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ & ๐‚๐Ž๐๐…๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„๐๐‚๐„ - ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฌ! - ๐๐จ๐ฏ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐๐š๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ง, ๐•๐ˆ๐‚

And if youโ€™re wondering, it isnโ€™t giving them a pat when they step on your toes!

๐Ÿด ๐Ÿ‘ ๐›๐ž๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐ โ€ฆ ๐Ÿด ๐Ÿ. ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒOften the gold standard in training, the horse who doesnโ€™t shy aw...
13/10/2025

๐Ÿด ๐Ÿ‘ ๐›๐ž๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐ โ€ฆ ๐Ÿด

๐Ÿ. ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

Often the gold standard in training, the horse who doesnโ€™t shy away or evade, loud noises or scary sights.
But whether it originates from submission, stress or calm confidence defines its long term effectiveness or creates a ticking time bomb.

๐Ÿ. ๐ƒ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ /๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ 

May be labelled as relaxation without context. How likely is it that a prey animal having something strapped to its back for the first time finds it relaxing? Or that a challenging session sends them to sleep?
A horse who is incapable of processing stress or navigate challenges may begin to exhibit bad behaviour.

๐Ÿ‘. ๐˜๐š๐ฐ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  & ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ 

Often taken as a green light, to continue or do more of the same, of acceptance or learning.
It signals a shift through the central nervous systemโ€ฆbut only after a trigger. Therefore indicates stress but also release, context, timing and a much more holistic approach is essential for successfully reading and understanding your horse, knowing when to stop and when to go!

If youโ€™re keen to learn more about your horse and start making progress in your training join me at one of my next eventsโ€ฆ

๐Ÿฆ„ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‡๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฏ ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ - ๐๐š๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ง, ๐•๐ˆ๐‚

๐Ÿฆ„ ๐€๐ง ๐€๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐“๐จ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฏ ๐Ÿ๐ง๐ - ๐๐š๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ง, ๐•๐ˆ๐‚

๐Ÿด ๐Ÿง  ๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐ƒ๐’๐„๐“, ๐Œ๐Ž๐“๐ˆ๐•๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ & ๐‚๐Ž๐๐…๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„๐๐‚๐„ - ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฌ! - ๐๐จ๐ฏ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐๐š๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ง, ๐•๐ˆ๐‚

Iโ€™ll tell you a secret, itโ€™s not about being ready and to be honest you may never feel ready enough, itโ€™s about finding ...
11/10/2025

Iโ€™ll tell you a secret, itโ€™s not about being ready and to be honest you may never feel ready enough, itโ€™s about finding the right space to help you have a positive experience.

๐ŸŒธ JUNIPER UPDATE! ๐ŸŒธIโ€™m not ashamed to say that I get attached to every horse that comes in so I LOVE hearing what theyโ€™r...
08/10/2025

๐ŸŒธ JUNIPER UPDATE! ๐ŸŒธ

Iโ€™m not ashamed to say that I get attached to every horse that comes in so I LOVE hearing what theyโ€™re up to ๐Ÿค—.

Last week young Warmblood lady Juniper and her mum ventured out to Adult Riders where they absolutely nailed it!

โ€œ๐‘ฑ๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’‘๐’†๐’“ ๐’˜๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’–๐’‘ ๐’“๐’Š๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’„๐’๐’–๐’ƒ ๐’๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’š ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’”๐’๐’๐’–๐’•๐’†๐’๐’š ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’‡๐’†๐’„๐’•!

๐‘บ๐’‰๐’† ๐’•๐’“๐’๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‡๐’“๐’‚๐’Ž๐’† ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’„๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’‚๐’”๐’'๐’• ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’‰๐’๐’“๐’”๐’†๐’” ๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’“ ๐’‚๐’๐’š๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ.. ๐‘ถ๐’๐’š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’Š๐’„๐’”! ๐Ÿฆ„โ€

Of course she did!! ๐Ÿ˜

Iโ€™m lucky enough that I get to stay in contact with this pair and support them on their journey.

Another win! โœ…

You can find her first ride and home time handover video links in the commentsโ€ฆ

โ€ฆand if youโ€™re finding your training isnโ€™t going how youโ€™d like, doesnโ€™t really resonate with you or youโ€™re both feeling a bit unmotivated you can join me at one of my upcoming master classes or clinics for a fresh perspective!

๐Ÿฆ„ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‡๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก - ๐๐š๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ง, ๐•๐ˆ๐‚

๐Ÿฆ„ ๐€๐ง ๐€๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐“๐จ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐ก - ๐๐š๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ง, ๐•๐ˆ๐‚

๐Ÿด ๐Ÿง  ๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐ƒ๐’๐„๐“, ๐Œ๐Ž๐“๐ˆ๐•๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ & ๐‚๐Ž๐๐…๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„๐๐‚๐„ - ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฌ! - ๐๐จ๐ฏ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐๐š๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ง, ๐•๐ˆ๐‚

Address

145 Eight Mile Road
Nar Nar Goon, VIC
3812

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm

Telephone

+61468390675

Website

http://www.engaged-equines.com/

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