The Imperfect Equestrian

03/11/2024

New video out!
Come take a walk with us and I'll tell you about my first horse.

As I set off on another ground walking session with my Fjord mare JJ, we have a chat as I tell you how I became a horse owner. It's a quiet lane but our wall...

21/10/2024

New video out. Watch me get JJ's mane halloween ready!

Watch as I transform my Fjord Horse's mane into a bat for Halloween. Spooky horse grooming fun.

14/10/2024

New video out! Something a little different. Just sharing my thoughts on my personal confidence issues.

04/10/2024

New video out! Get your cuppa and get comfy. Can I get Comanchie trailer loading again after an incident that knocked his confidence

My appaloosa gelding has always been a really good horse to load onto a trailer. You may have seen some of our videos where he loads himself at liberty. But ...

03/09/2024

New video! We are revisiting our archery skills this week. Watch us go back through the first steps of horseback archery.

I take Comanchie through some basic steps of perpetrators for horseback archery. He may hand some this before, but it was a long time ago and are practice is...

11/08/2024

New video! Join us for a hack and chat.

Join my friend and I as we take a ride through ancient Welsh woodkands whilst having a good natter. Nothing better than a ride out in the woods whilst having...

03/08/2024

New video out!
Want to create your own videos, here's how I do it

29/07/2024

New video out! Another get together with the horse ladies. We have a horsey play day.

Another get together with the natural horsemanship group. Today we are at my house and everyone is getting to have a go at getting my horses around an obstac...

19/07/2024

New video out! Come ride my appaloosa. Do some ba****ck and bridleless jumping in this week's video on our virtual ride.
(when viewing on youtube press the cog in the corner and select the higher resolution for better viewing)

Come take a virtual ride on my appaloosa Comanchie. You'll be jumping him ba****ck and bridleless so don't forget your hat and body protector.Please remember...

16/07/2024

Hello horse friends. I'm so sorry for the delay in a new video. I accidentally deleted a huge important section of a video I filmed and now it can't be used. The weather is so bad again I haven't had chance to region it yet. I haven't forgotten you all I promise. I'll have more videos as soon as I can. Thank you for bearing with me.

29/06/2024

29/06/2024

New video out!
Some casual training sessions with JJ and Comanchie. Bitless riding and online driving

JJ and I tackle some basic manouvers with the rope hackamore and Comanchie shows me transitions whilst driving online.

20/06/2024

New video out! Liberty training session vlog

General training session with the horses at liberty

08/06/2024

New video out!!
JJ and I are seeing how we can make circles more fun

Today we are seeing how we can make circling your how fun. Circling is not quite the same as lunging. We are breaking all the rules. We start with basic circ...

27/05/2024

New video out! I start teaching my Fjord horse how to drive. Let's see how it's goes.

We find a bargain at a local tack sale and it resparks or interest in teaching my Fjord horse JJ how to drive. We have dreams of her one day being a lovely d...

21/05/2024

New video out! I get to try out my home made working equitation course when some friends come to visit. Come hand fun with us.

I put together a home made working equitation course and invited some friends around to give it a go with me and my horses. EE give all the obstacles a good ...

14/05/2024

New video out! Making the most of a sunny day with my horses

I took advantage of the lovely sunshine and dry weather on this day, as we were supposed to heading back towards the rainy weather again. I had a lot of plan...

04/05/2024

New video out! Can you do the single pole challenge!

A seemingly simple task that encourages subtle communication and understanding between you and your horse. Why not give the single pole challenge a go and se...

28/04/2024

New video out! This week I got to practice some confidence training with JJ to see where she's at with her training level. I also take a look back at when my appaloosa Comanchie passed his level 3 Parelli Auditions.

This week we explore how confident JJ is at this moment in time. Using variations of the Friendly game I use objects and tasks to test her out. Bonus footage...

14/04/2024

New video out! JJ and I attended our first horse show together. It was a fun showing show kindly hosted by the equestrian box, so we didn't feel too bad still being a bit woolly and podgy. Come take a look at how we got on.

My Fjord JJ and I attended our first show. It was a fun showing show kindly hosted by The Equestrian Box. It was nerve wracking and exciting and we have a lo...

07/04/2024

JJ is fit for a show with no where to go. We were hoping to do a vlog on our first show this week, but the show days canceled. Oh well, another time.

07/04/2024

New video out! Mini riding adventure

Short sweet video of us exploring some new lanes. Always a mini adventure riding my Fjord horse.

31/03/2024

New video out now! A trip to the equine car boot sale. Can I grab a bargain??

Come shop with me at the Friday evening equine car boot sale as we try to bag ourselves some horsey bargains. It's one of the bigger boot sales so there was ...

23/03/2024

New video out! And it's a bit different. For a change I've done a review of how I've found my first year on YouTube as a content creator. Normal horsey content will resume by the next video.

I'm sharing my experiences and my tips for my first year on YouTube. As an introvert I can truely say becoming a creator is changing who I am for the better....

19/03/2024

Video out now! Come discover the 12 week challenge. Great to keep you and your horse motivated in the winter.

The Top Barn 12 Week Challenge is for all horse owners around the world, of any age, any tack, any discipline or any method of training. Whether you ride, or...