Long Shot Stables

Long Shot Stables Behavioural training, backing and Eventing, our specialities! Based near Worcester.

01/04/2025

We regret to inform everyone that we will no longer be taking on any horses with behavioural issues. Absolutely no dressage horses, no horses with trauma and nothing that needs backing/rebacking. Only 100% well behaved horses, ready to go out and win this season.

Hope you all understand. Thanks for your support over the years but there doesn’t seem to be a market for it anymore.

09/02/2025
Definitely worth a read
08/02/2025

Definitely worth a read

I don’t think people realize just how many horses out there carry trauma with them.

With that, I don’t even mean severely abused horses that have been starved, or beaten heavily. There are plenty of those around, and those usually cause a lot of outrage (as they should).

What I am talking about though, is the horses whose trauma is never really recognized as such. The ones who tolerate humans and their requests, but never learned to trust them. Those who get extremely obsessive about food which are labelled as “bossy” or ”dominant”. Those who deal with severe Separation anxiety, which are said to be “dramatic”. Those who cannot self-regulate, or co-regulate and constantly carry tension. Those who try to express their pain, which get punished for it because “just a mare”.
Those who are “perfect” until they finally get a choice.

Between Unethical weaning practices, unsuitable welfare, constantly moving homes & and ownership, and aversive training/handling approaches, most horses at some point experience trauma. And this trauma can present itself in a variety of ways. Some are more subtle than others.
Trauma doesn’t have to be this huge explosive reaction. Just like people, horses can carry trauma and move on with their lives fairly normally. It can shape their personality just like it can shape ours.
However, that doesn’t mean doing so is healthy.

The horse that has been in 6+ homes before the age of 10, and thus can’t cope with changes. That is Trauma.
The horse that has never had consistent companionship and becomes obsessive with certain herd mates. That is Trauma
The horse that has only known corrections when they tried to express their confusion, fear, or dislike, and turns from “a perfect beginner’s horse” to “Don’t touch me” the moment you stop using corrections. That is Trauma.
The horse that never had a chance to learn from other horses or connect with people and thus can’t trust people to make good choices for them, can’t self-regulate or co-regulate, and can’t think their way through a situation. That is Trauma.
The horse who was only ever fed 2 times a day and was left without food for 6 hours each night, and has thus become food-aggressive. That is Trauma.
The horse who experienced highly aversive training techniques, and thus now gets frustrated, tense and severely stressed out anytime they are handled in a similar manner. That. Is. Trauma.

Sometimes, awareness of this can be a frustration and defeating realization. I think as equestrians we are often blind to this reality, because sadly, it’s just so common to see horses like that.
It’s not until you work with young, untraumatized horses, or rehabilitated horses, that you realize: “Oh! This is how it should be!”

01/12/2024

Due to ‘Storm Bert’ last weekend, we had to cancel our first demo, but please join us next weekend (8th) for our next one. Currently saying sunshine ☀️!!

10/11/2024

24th November is nearly full, get your tickets booked for the 8th December 🥰

01/11/2024

Improving communication with your horse, we’re running a demo on the 24th November if anyone is interested

28/10/2024
21/10/2024

❄️📆Winter Freelance/Loading Days📆❄️

Loading issues? Hit a sticking point in your schooling or training? Needing to gain a better understand of your horse? We have a few dates available to come out to your yard and help with any issues you might be having.

We’re very experienced with all types of problems, we have a kind and fair approach to finding the cause of the problem and we work passionately towards getting a calm and happy horse at the end of our sessions. No problem can’t be fixed….

Dates are:

Thursday 14th November
Friday 22nd November
Saturday 30th November

Groundwork/riding sessions are £70 and loading sessions are £90. We can do a discount for yard bookings.

PM to book. Other dates can be arranged, please just ask😊

21/10/2024

📆❄️Winter Demo dates❄️📆

At Long Shot, since we set up in 2019, we have always specialised in behavioural training and when working the horses we very often get asked by our clients how we learnt what we know, and our response is always the same… that we don’t really know, we’ve always just learnt from the horses we’ve worked with and have just focused on better improving the communication with them. No matter the problem we’re faced with, we go about them all with the same mindset and system in place. Having good communication with your horse massively improves the quality of life for them and will create a calmer environment for them to live and work in.

So instead of running demo’s to show how to fix certain problems, we’re going to run demos that are aimed at improving the communication with your horse so that you can leave with a better understanding of how the horse’s thinking process works and how this can help you move forward with your own issues at home.

The dates for our demos are below:

Sun 24th November
Sunday 8th December

Time: 1pm-4pm
Location: WR10 2LN
Cost: £25/person
Spaces are limited

We will work a couple of horses at home in our roundpen, showing how and why we do things. All ages welcome, and it’s sure to be an interactive demonstration. Food and hot drinks will also be available🥓☕️

Good ponies 😌
19/08/2024

Good ponies 😌

We have a day of freelance work this Wednesday (21st). We rarely have time these days to fit it in, so if you’re needing...
19/08/2024

We have a day of freelance work this Wednesday (21st). We rarely have time these days to fit it in, so if you’re needing any help with something, now is your chance 😁 We have many years of experience dealing with all sorts of problems.

We can help with pretty much anything but most popular are -
- loading problems
- stress related problems
- confidence when jumping
- educating young horses

If there’s anything you think we could help with and you’d like us to drop in, please message us😊

Cost will depend on what we need to help you with and we will do a deal if there’s more than one horse on the yard to work with.

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Seaford Lane
Pershore
WR102LN

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