Truemans Heath Riding School

29/12/2025

A very rare treat where the team were able to get together and ride!

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24/12/2025

Merry Christmas to all our lovely friends and family 🎅🏽 🎄

Thank you for your continued support and for a fantastic 2025!

Here’s to another year of horsing around in 2026 🐴❤️

23/12/2025

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Final 3 2026 calendars!

If you’d still like to get one of our 2026 calendars we have the final 3 left on sale in the office!

£15 per calendar.

Act fast to secure yours now!

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17/12/2025

Happy birthday to our lovely Mr Pete! 🐴🎉❤️

11/12/2025

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Our 2026 calendars are now available for collection!

We have 7 calendars remaining available so act fast if you’ve not already purchased one.

£15 per calendar (all proceeds help towards the horses throughout the winter months)

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04/12/2025

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Horace and Alfie went on their annual reindeer run to Hollywood primary school this week!

It was a slightly soggy morning but they were super well behaved as always.

A huge thank to the children and parents at hollywoodpsuk for donating £62 to help care for our wonderful 4 legged friends over the winter! ❄️

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21/11/2025

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2026 calendars on sale now!

Order yours in the office.
Full payment is required, £15 per calendar. All proceeds go towards caring for our lovely horses ❤️

Get your orders in quick to not miss out!!

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18/11/2025

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Truemans Heath 2026 calendars!

We’re just adding the final touches to our 2026 calendar.

To order your calendar payment in full will need to be made in the office.

There will be a limited number available so be sure to secure yours as soon as possible!

£15 per calendar

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11/11/2025

🌺 We will remember them- Lest we forget 🌺

10/11/2025

Frosty and Speckles getting out and about this morning 🐴❤️

09/11/2025

Very well said!!

Riding school horses- worth their weight in gold ❤️

“Confessions of a Riding School Saint”

Hello, human.
Yes, you — the one still trying to find the correct diagonal.

I’m the riding-school horse you meet once a week. You call me “steady,” “safe,” or, when I don’t immediately burst into extended trot, “lazy.” I’ve carried hundreds like you — some with bouncing enthusiasm, others with a death-grip on the reins and a look that says, “Please, not canter.”

Every rider brings their own style. Some kick like they’re starting a lawnmower. Some perch like a baby giraffe learning ballet. One even tried “natural horsemanship” by whispering at me for twenty minutes. (I admired the effort, but grass would have been more persuasive.)

I do my best to translate. But it’s tricky when one person wants me to go forward, the next to collect, and the next to “just feel the rhythm” while clamping both legs and pulling on my face. You’d be confused too.

Sometimes, when the messages get too loud or too mixed, I tune out. You call it “lazy.” I call it “self-preservation.” You see, my job isn’t easy — I must keep everyone safe while pretending your seat bones aren’t trying to send Morse code in three languages at once.

I’ve met every training philosophy going: “forward fixes everything,” “never use the leg,” “ride from the seat,” and my favorite — “just sit deeper!” (Usually shouted as the rider performs a mid-arena levitation.)

But I’ve also met kindness. The quiet rider who remembers to breathe, softens their hand, and says “good” when I try. That’s when I lift my back, stretch my neck, and remember what partnership feels like.

I don’t care about levels or ribbons. I care that you try to understand me. That you see me not as a piece of gym equipment but as a partner — one who has to process your nerves, your posture, and your Spotify playlist of contradictory aids.

So before you call a horse lazy, ask yourself: am I clear? Calm? Consistent?
Because the truth is, I’m not stubborn — I’m exhausted from reading mixed signals.

If you listen, I’ll listen. If you work on you, I’ll meet you halfway — maybe even with a flying change if I’m feeling fancy.

After all, I’m not just your ride. I’m your mirror, your teacher, and occasionally, your unpaid therapist.
Now, pat me. I’ve earned it.

Author: Gary A Diplock

22/10/2025

There’s still time to get booked into our pole work and ba****ck sessions this October half term!

These sessions are open to all 45 minute riders. (Able to walk and trot independently)

Get booked in now!

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