Natasha Lacey Equestrian

10/09/2024

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁?

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗸𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?

✅️𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘✅️

✅️𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀 ✅️𝗟𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 ✅️𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴

✅️𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 ✅️𝗠𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀


𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫- 𝐰𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞. 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐧𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡.

07/09/2024

Another lovley message 🥰

06/09/2024

ULCERS ⛔️ ULCERS ⛔️ ULCERS ⛔️

This is why it's so important we listen to them whisper before it becomes a scream.

Because polly is still young and uneducated ,her signs could of been mistaken or taken as being naughty and pushed through it in the wrong hands I'm pleased we have found the answers to help this little girl 💗

⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

04/09/2024

🟢CANCELLATION ONE SPACE AVAILABLE 🟢

Due to a unfortunate cancellation I have one space available to start next week.

✅️Backing
✅️Problem horses
✅️Groundwork
✅️Handling Youngstock
✅️Mounting issues
✅️Loading issues

And anything else inbetween

Kind sympathetic approach to training no gadgets.

07401330109

03/09/2024

New arrival Wilma

In for problem solving ✅️
Wilma won't work on right rein and won't trot, looking forward to starting work with her.

03/09/2024

Leo learning a little more forward with the help of Polly, Leo is just a tad to laid back so encouraging him with the help of another was a must ✅️

01/09/2024

That's Big Nelson all finished and ready to go back home 🤎

As you can see our staff grow very fond of these horses that come to us, and goodbyes can sometimes be difficult, but Nelson has come out of his shell and grown with confidence and has left a new man 🥰💙

31/08/2024

🌟Spaces Available🌟

Services we offer-

🐴 Goundwork
🐴 Loading
🐴 Desensitising
🐴 Lightly backing
🐴 Backing/breaking
🐴 Problem horses (including extreme behavioural issues)
🐴 Young horse handling

Plenty of references available, kind understanding approach to starting, producing and developing all horse’s education.

We do not believe in rushing the process and will not use gadgets or quick fix methods that will potentially cause damage to your horse.

Your horse’s physical and mental well being will always our primary concern as we take your horse through various ground training stages to develop a strong physical structure which is able to carry the weight of a rider on its back. Before moving onto the backing process which again will be carried out at a pace suitable to your horse so as to not cause undue stress and fear.

**No minimum or maximum stay**

31/08/2024

🤩Niagara Equissage Pulse

Available for treatments.

I am sure most of you are familiar with this product, but do you know exactly what it does?

Equissage Uses Cyclo therapy that is Cycloidal Vibration therapy that uses low level 3D circular movements gently able to pe*****te deeply into the body improving :

💙Circulation
💙Stimulates soft tissue
💙Improved joint mobility
💙Removes toxins
💙Releases Fascia
💙Relaxes muscles and increases stride

Equissage also reduces pain by increasing the over all pain threshold and blocks the pain signals through the CNS

Equissage treatments (range from 30 to 60 minutes) £30/£45

30/08/2024

28/08/2024

Who remembers GUS ?

Here he is looking incredible taking his owner around Thetford forest 😍

We still have a couple of places left this year FOR

✅️Backing
✅️Groundwork
✅️Problem horses / problem solving
✅️Youngstock handling
✅️Holiday livery
✅️Mounting issues

And absolutely anything else inbetween 🙂

Photo credit

Fae Loudoun Photography

27/08/2024

⁉️⁉️⁉️LEADING ⁉️⁉️⁉️

Leading a horses can be challenging especially if you have a highly strung one,and I think it’s something many of us have experienced.

Most of the time it looks like the horse is leading the handler, instead of the handler is leading the horse.

The main issue with this is that a lot of people are trying to manage their horses, instead of showing the horse how to manage himself.

It’s a common problem that many of us deal with, and it’s important to handle it correctly. ⬇️

20/08/2024

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20/08/2024

Tell me your horse loves his food without telling, me I will go first 👀😂😂😂

20/08/2024

HARRY

First day back into work after a year of doing nothing , what a gentleman 🥰

19/08/2024

New arrival HARRY
FOR SALE

Warmblood 9 years old 16.2
Jumps
Lovley to handle easy going chap

Ridden video will be up this week

19/08/2024

Oh yes Mr Leo 😅👀😂

Let's get out of this one quickly 😅😅😅

17/08/2024

Update on RAGS

Rags had to be trained to take care of a very special little boy and that he has done 🥰😍💟 very proud this was a update from his mum.

17/08/2024

From walking around with her nose up in the air to accepting contact and being able to relax 😌 ☺️

17/08/2024

UPDATE ON BRANDY
Problem horse

❌️❌️❌️ULCERS❌️❌️❌️

After working with Brandy for a week it was clear to me this was not a behavioural issues I was dealing with and definitely something physical.

After talking alot with his owner we decided to stop all work and send him off for further vet investigation 🔎 as I was sure there was something. After paying a visit to the vets Ulcers where indeed found.

Again proof that horses don't just abruptly change their behaviour for no reason. Brandy had the most lovley owners a really quiet relaxed lifestyle and wants for nothing, beautiful shine to his coat and looked extremely well the only place he was reactive to ulcers was up by his withers no where else which kept me second guessing.

Again showing that horses don't have to have a highly stressful lifestyle and poor coat as typical signs of ulcers.

This is why it is imperative we listen to them always," THEY ARE NEVER WRONG " 💟

16/08/2024

🐎 🐎SPACES AVAILABLE for backing ✴ schooling✴ Groundwork ✴Problem solving 🐎🐎

🟣Do you have cheeky horse 😄

🟣A youngster ready for breaking? 👶

🟣Are you finding problems with your horse and lack of solution?

✅Lightweight rider with a sympathetic approach to training

✅Private yard where horses are treated as individuals.

✅Light airy stables

✅Work closely with fantastic Vets , chiropractor, Dentist and Saddler.

Please feel free to get in touch

📱 07401 330109

📧 [email protected]

🟢Via WhatsApp or our 🔵page

15/08/2024

Big Nelson

Finally out his napping and enjoying the forward moments 😍✅️

Nelson is off on hound exercise so needs to bring his fitness up a bit more 💪🏾

15/08/2024

💟POLLY 💟

Polly pocket having her first BITLESS canter under saddle out in the open 😍 after having a traumatic experience with a another trainer before hand with the bit , her owner choose to take her bitless and i definitely feel for polly this was absolutely the right decision 😊

Every horse that comes to us is individual to their needs and is so important we work with them not against them and accommodate them with THEIR needs not our own, to give them the best start possible 🤎

Always listen to your horse and what they are telling you ,bits don't always belong in every horses mouth 🚫 trust them they are the ones that know best 🙂

14/08/2024

Sounding the Alarm.

Recently, I had a day at work where two clients, back to back, announced to me that their horse was just diagnosed with ECVM. ECVM is a genetic disorder of the lower neck bones (C6-C7) and the first thoracic (T1). Early indications point to an extremely large population of domestic horses, have this. It is a proven post-domestication event. Meaning, created by in-breeding. If early researchers are correct, we could be facing a reality that 40-60% of all domestic horses, are living with dysfunctional bodies that are difficult to diagnose.

Dysfunction in the lower neck causes severe pain; nerve, muscular and fascial, it causes major problems with movement. Inability to be trained without HUGE pressures "holding them together". Behavioural issues in some of these horses correlate to aggression, some to apathy and anxiety. It is a very serious diagnosis.

I just got off the back of chatting with Dr. Temple Grandin, one of the world top Animal Scientists. Her primary concern; poor breeding practices creating non-functional animals. That good handling doesn't matter, if the horses cannot be handled (Or trained) because their bodies are sore, or they are lethargic from being born into a broken body.

If Temple is concerned, I am terrified. The ramifications are huge.

We are facing a potential reality, where our horses are non-functional, and it will be hard to find functionally bred bodies. We are facing dysfunction in a region of their bodies notoriously difficult to scan, and even harder to diagnose even if the vets know what they are looking for.

Inattentional Blindness; a scientific phenomena where you will not find something that you're not looking for.

I am concerned that once we start looking for it, we are going to find it everywhere.

That we are going to see a slide backwards towards inhumane handling, training and treatment of animals as persons who are either unaware or uncaring of the animals protests, escalate to force compliance on animals who are trying to tell us that they WANT to, but they just cannot.

I am concerned that we may lose a generation of Horse Sense. As able bodied, resourced, passionate and kind hearted horse people step back from developing their higher equitation skills and instead become full time nurses to equine disease and dysfunction. And it is barely the fault of anyone we know. It is the result of a slow, multi-generational mistake, as we over select horses for size, early maturity and hyperextension, we also accidentally bred ticking time bombs. Horses who not only don't have collarbones like humans do, to stabilise their enormous torso's, but now don't even have properly formed spines these torso's hang from... and that we want to sit on.

The tsunami is here. Sounding the alarm.

I want to lead on this issue. Not by becoming an expert on the diagnosis of this issue. But an expert in long term management and support of owners who steward horses with chronic health issues for whom "correct" training... no longer applies.

Because with these horses, it rarely does. Do not decompensate these horses. Their compensations are holding them together. Our classical ancestors, had healthier horses to train... they could stick to firmer rules and stricter protocols. Not all of these rules apply now. We are going to need to be flexible, adaptable, smart. We need to outsmart the sh*tty genetics these horses were cursed with and find ways to help these animals not just survive, but thrive. While we also double advocacy work to spread awareness of genetic malformations and poor breeding practices, and start breeding these problems out.

A few of my podcasts guests who have been sounding the alarm for years;
Becks Nairn, Unbridled LLC with Kim Hallin, EQ Therapeutics, Plateau Equestrian / Caballo Holistico la Meseta just to name a few.

Recently my colleague Mills Consilient Horsemanship has been retroactively going through her past client horses, and announcing the physical diagnosis that informed their behavioural problems, one by one.

Actually, all my podcasts guests have been sounding the alarm for years.

The horses have been too!

It is time we listen and we start implementing real on-going support and leadership for the owners (stewards) of horses who through no fault of their own, are born to bodies that fail to thrive.

12/08/2024

New arrival Leo in for backing ♥️

11/08/2024

Looks like my owners have had a successful day today, with Blue back home first time driving ✅️ and Africa being foot perfect looking after her mum ✅ And isaacs first 8 mile pleasure ride️✅️ always love updates from all my clients 😀

05/08/2024

🔹️𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄🔹️
NOW

⚜️𝑩𝑨𝑪𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮⚜️𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑩𝑳𝑬𝑴 𝑯𝑶𝑹𝑺𝑬𝑺⚜️𝑺𝑪𝑯𝑶𝑶𝑳𝑰𝑵𝑮⚜️𝑴𝑶𝑼𝑵𝑻𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑰𝑺𝑺𝑼𝑬𝑺⚜️𝑮𝑹𝑶𝑼𝑵𝑫𝑾𝑶𝑹𝑲⚜️𝑳𝑶𝑨𝑫𝑰𝑵𝑮⚜️𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑵𝑮𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑪𝑲 𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑳𝑰𝑵𝑮⚜️𝑹𝑬𝑯𝑨𝑩𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑻𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵

𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑨𝑵𝒀𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑬𝑳𝑺𝑬 𝑰𝑵𝑩𝑬𝑻𝑾𝑬𝑬𝑵.

𝑰 𝑪𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑺𝑴𝑨𝑳𝑳𝑬𝑺𝑻 𝑶𝑭 𝑰𝑺𝑺𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑼𝑷 𝑻𝑶 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑩𝑰𝑮𝑮𝑬𝑺𝑻 𝑶𝑭 𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑳𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑮𝑬𝑺✅️

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟓 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞’𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞.

𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐭.𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫- 𝐰𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞. 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐧𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡.

05/08/2024

Yesterday's new arrival Polly