06/26/2025
I used to work so hard with my driving horses.
I would drive them every day, to practice for the shows, but really that meant driving random ovals, pretending I was in the show ring, and trying to pull their nose in while chasing them to go forward.
Because I had some very nice horses, I thought I knew what I was doing. π
Then I had a challenging horse.
I knew he had the potential to be great, but he was crooked and tense, with his neck upside down and his nose stuck not just out, but up in the air. I tried everything I knew and learned how little that actually was.
I had to get smarter.
I started learning about movement, and balance, and helping my horse build strength. I stopped worrying about where his nose was (eventually - that was a tough one to give up!) and started worrying about what his hind end was doing. I systematically built him up, from back to front, instead of trying to pull him together from front to back.
I turned him from a tense, upside down, sewing machine trot who I couldn't even steer in a straight line, to a beautiful, forward mover who won championships in the show ring and earned the best dressage scores and raced through the marathon obstacles with precision.
It took me a long time, but it doesn't have to take that long. I've taken everything I learned, from my challenging horse and all the many instructors and resources and research that helped me along the way, and put it into the Improving Your Miniature Driving Horse online course, so that you don't have to take the long way, like I did.
My 25% SWING coupon code officially expired yesterday, but I always give it an extra day to allow for different time zones, so if you hurry you might still be able to get the discount!