Compassionate horsemanship with global horseman Mark Langley that promotes a more willing, balanced, www.MarkLangley.com.au
Mark has helped thousands of horses around the world through his unique approach that offers emotional support to the way horses learn and try to cope in our human world. Correcting issues that people have struggled with for years, Mark is here to help all horses! Learn Techniques to engage your horse in learning; build softness, connection + understanding; Reduce aggression, tension, brace and di
sconnection; - Improve your clarity, confidence and ability. And importantly, teach in a way which encourages Happier Horses! Learn through Mark Langley's Horsemanship Clinics, Online Horsemanship Membership; weekly Podcast and free Newsletter horse training tips.
31/08/2025
6 DAY INTENSIVE CLINIC 🐴 STUDENT DIARIES
Mariah & Waru
One of our long term students Mariah shares her experience across a 6 Day Intensive Clinic with her horse Waru.
Swipe to read about what they worked on each day as well as post clinic reflections from both Mark and Mariah.
Our 2026 Clinic Dates release to all of our email newsletter subscribers FIRST - on Saturday 6/9!
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6 DAY INTENSIVE CLINICS
🔵 Watch Mark train your horse for 3 days.
🔵 Mark will help you to continue on that training for the next 3 days after your rest day off.
🔵 Limited to 6 participants.
🔵 Suitable for any horse.
You will see the progression of 5 other horses and learn from the multiple ways Mark tackles different problems and different horses.
Intensive, exclusive and really progressive.
31/08/2025
NEW PODCAST EPISODE 🐴
How the eyes of a horse respond differently on each side. 👁️🗨️
Unlock the mysteries of how horses see the world and what it means for their behaviour.
In this episode we dive deep into the fascinating differences between a horse’s confident and guarded eye, sharing real life stories and practical advice for helping horses become more balanced and less anxious.
With memorable analogies - like the Rapunzel window story - this conversation will change the way you connect with your horse, whether you’re in the arena or out on the trail.
Simply click the link in bio - PODCAST to listen now, or look up ‘Mark Langley Horsemanship Solutions for Partnership’ in Apple Podcasts.
30/08/2025
Unlock the mysteries of how horses see the world and what it means for their behaviour. In this episode, Mark and Jenny dive deep into the fascinating differences between a horse’s confident and guarded eye, sharing real-life stories and practical advice for helping horses become more balanced and...
29/08/2025
Can your horse lead past you? 🐴
🔵 Is your horse comfortable with you at all angles?
🔵 Can it lead by you on both eyes softly and without concern?
Many horses can feel paranoid and even run away when it comes to leading past us.
This often causes anxiety induced behaviours - such as spooking, mounting issues, over focusing on you and even favouring one direction over the other.
These horses will often also have difficulties with loading.
Learn more about the importance of leading vs driving by joining us online.
We offer a free 7 day trial which you can cancel at any time! For more info click the link in bio.
26/08/2025
PODCAST REFLECT | E278 🐴
Is ponying good for confidence building or reinforcing the need for companionship?
In a recent podcast episode ‘Is moving a horse’s feet a way to their mind’ {E278} - we reflect on a question from a student regarding ponying on the trail and riding with company with company vs out alone.
One of our students Suzette recently sent us a testimonial reflecting on her journey so far learning from Mark.
Swipe to read about her once highly strung and explosive warmblood Archie - who recently won his first novice dressage competition… just moments after a freight train passes the arena!
🤎 We love hearing your stories! 🤎
If you would like to share a little bit about your journey training with MLH send us a DM with a paragraph and a photo of your equine friend.
24/08/2025
How does your horse feel about long reining?🐴
Long reining can help your horse to search & trust in all eye positions, have better proprioception and boundary awareness as well as many other benefits.
Join our online membership where you can learn more about long reining and how to incorporate it into your horse’s training in a way that builds better communication, understanding, feel and soft thoughts.
Click the link below to join now & start your 7 day free trial!
Tackling behavioural issues can feel overwhelming, but you’re not alone.
In this episode we break down the root causes behind common challenges - like resistance, anxiety and so-called ‘rebellious’ behaviour - and offer practical, compassionate solutions.
Through real listener questions and insightful stories you’ll gain a deeper understanding of your horse’s mindset and learn actionable steps to build a more trusting, responsive partnership.
Simply click the link below to listen now, or look up ‘Mark Langley Horsemanship Solutions for Partnership’ in Apple Podcasts.
Tackling behavioural issues can feel overwhelming, but you’re not alone.
In this episode we break down the root causes behind common challenges - like resistance, anxiety and so-called ‘rebellious’ behaviour - and offer practical, compassionate solutions.
Through real listener questions and insightful stories you’ll gain a deeper understanding of your horse’s mindset and learn actionable steps to build a more trusting, responsive partnership.
Simply click the link below to listen now, or look up ‘Mark Langley Horsemanship Solutions for Partnership’ in Apple Podcasts.
Tackling horse behavioural issues can feel overwhelming, but you’re not alone. In this episode, Mark and Jenny break down the root causes behind common challenges—like resistance, anxiety, and so-called “rebellious” behaviour—and offer practical, compassionate solutions. Through real liste...
16/08/2025
Discover practical strategies for understanding and managing anxiety in horses. In this episode, Mark and Jenny explore why horses become anxious—whether on the trail, near something scary, or during transport—and share real-world solutions to help your horse feel safer and more confident. With ...
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Unlock the potential of your horse to be calmly connected.
Learn through Mark Langley's workshops/ clinics, online training program, private tuition, personalised video conferencing, and free newsletter horse training tips.
Helping horses to learn is a big basis to my philosophy – not just helping them to be better at performance – but helping them to gain confidence in themselves and confidence in people and the ideas that they present to horses. There are so many horses of different breeds within various disciplines that are carrying worry and emotional tension which inevitably spills out into their performance and which causes a disconnection between horse and handler. Much of this tension has been caused by the way people have presented education and guidance to their horses. Gaining and guiding a horse’s calm focus is one of the biggest things that I want people to understand. Without understanding and gaining a horse’s focus, their tension levels constantly go up and down and our guiding aids just become interruptions that end up getting in the way of a horse’s primary intention.
I teach people how to train in a way that allows horses to have the room to search and make decisions for themselves so that when their horses are operating, they are focused on what they are doing and because that is their intention, they become naturally softer and more balanced. Too often, horses are trained to move away from energy/ stimulant when they should be going towards focus/ intention.
Teaching people to become better leaders for their horses is also very important. When we take a horse away from their herd, or their comfortable environment, we have to replace that herd/ stability/ comfort and that comes from the quality of our leadership and the confidence that our horses put in us. If we can’t provide that quality leadership, then we can’t gain a horse’s soft focus and make it feel better when the environment is quite challenging. Leadership comes from being calm and centred and offering a horse clarity. So instead of teaching people to be leaders like an alpha horse or bossy; I like to teach them to be a place where their horse can feel safe and relax.
Over the past 15 years of being a professional horse trainer, I have trained and started thousands of horses. I have been lucky enough to have been sent many wild horses from all parts of Australia; as well as many Arabian horses, a lot of which were un-handled 6-8 year olds. Working with these sensitive, hotter bred horses, taught me very quickly what methods were and were not working. I had to be more accurate in my application; some things just didn’t make the horses feel good and other things clearly did. Their attention to detail taught me how much attention to detail I needed and how the small things in foundation, though for somebody else may seem small, for those horses they were big things and had to be dealt with and nurtured in the right way so that they could progressively develop without carrying emotional baggage that eventually comes out to cause bigger problems. I have thrown away learned methods to take on a general philosophy that allows me to bend, mold and address every moment of what is happening as oppose to getting something done.
These professional years have been filled with training, re-educating and helping troubled horses. Competition hasn’t been a part of who I am. For this I am grateful for, as it has made me hone in and address each horse’s real troubles and needs – not necessarily the needs of ego and winning. So, to gain a good maneuver, I address the path to that maneuver from the very start.
I now travel mostly in NSW, but also in ACT, WA, QLD, Germany and England, working with people and horses on an individual level to help people understand themselves and their horses better so that they can provide a learning environment that promotes calmness, confidence and focus. I help people from beginners to people who lack confidence, to confident people in performance.
There are other trainers whose philosophies have helped me shape my own ideas and my confidence in where I was going and what I was doing (Mark Rashid and Ross Jacobs). However, the way that I work and my technique is guided by my own unique experiences of teaching and training horses.
Principles and philosophies that I think are sound that good trainers share are:
We are here to help horses. Not train.
We help horses to feel better about themselves and us.
Calm, connected leadership as oppose to alpha pushy.
Guiding a horse, not drive (going towards focus not away from it).
Understanding and influencing the direction of a horse’s intention (thought).
