Saoirse Equine

18/06/2025

We are currently having our first holiday in 4 years since starting Saoirse Equine. I will return all messages once I'm back. Any emergencies I will get back in touch when signal returns 🫡

18/06/2025

Credit to saddlefitting.us

Delving yet again Amanda uses the furthest unexpected perspective which equals so much sence

Every single page in this book is important, and is just as useful today as it was almost 100 years ago.

The “On Saddles and Sore Backs” section is especially sublime; the authors had data from MILLIONS of horses, who regularly marched 25 - 40 miles a day carrying 20% of their body weight, plus potentially fighting a battle at the end of it.

Failure often paves the way for success, and in the course of the wars that raged from the 1700’s through the First World War, countries lost millions horses due to poor horsemanship and saddle injuries. These horses didn’t even make it to battle, and they lost wars because their horse soldiers were without horses.

This failure prompted them to figure out what it took to keep a Cavalry horse sound and comfortable.

Then they wrote it in this book in the simplest way possible.

I am amazed that Animal Management 1933 isn’t the primary textbook for any rider or equine professional, and especially for saddle fitters. It literally has everything a person needs to care for and saddle a horse properly. And it absolutely embodies COMMON SENSE, something that isn’t so common today in the fashion over function world of saddle fitting and sales.

But maybe that’s the rub: If they taught saddle fitters what saddle designs actually work, they would be out of business.

I’ll be doing a series of posts on this book’s content; you can follow along by buying the book (if someone finds a leather bound one, please let me know) or simply screenshotting the pictures.

Animal Management 1933

14/06/2025

Rolkur

It still exists, it shouldn't exist, it is abuse and should be met with a baseball bat to the human responsible.

Keep thriving Monty! Your safe now!

07/06/2025

Hi folks we are currently taking some time off today, I will return all messages later on 😊

07/06/2025

It's 0314am here in Scotland and our courses continue to run, I'll sleep when I'm de*d 😅

06/06/2025

This is not just a horse.
This is silence that understands you better than any words.
It’s the touch of a soft muzzle on your hand — when your soul feels shattered and the world too loud.
It’s a gaze with no judgment. Only trust.

When you’re with a horse, something inside begins to heal.
As if their steady breath mends all the cracks in your heart.
As if your heart remembers how to beat calmly again.

Because the true bond isn’t in the reins or the training.
It’s when the horse chooses to come closer. And simply stays. With you.

And in that moment, you realize:
you didn’t choose the horse — your soul recognized them.

04/06/2025

MONTY

"Many factors contribute to horse's issues, it does not always start with the saddle, sometimes its the feet - Saoirse Equine"

Navicular Syndrome - caused by a farrier without adequate and up to date knowledge.

Progression over 2 years which is a huge accomplishment as it had to be performed whilst an osteopath released the tension and straightened him out as a podiatrist sorted his feet and booted him up with angled sole pads! 💖

04/06/2025

Couple of spaces left on our early morning/ international timed course this Saturday morning 0200! I get up especially early for this one it's always a good giggle ☺️

Save the date ☺️ PM to book on ☺️

03/06/2025

A TRAIL OF UNPAID INVOICES AND A LACK OF CAFFEINE!

Instead of my usual educational post about horses, posture, or why your saddle might be the root of all evil, I’ve spent the morning chasing invoices and late payments, because nothing says ‘living the dream’ quite like writing a politely threatening emails before 6am and the caffeine has effectively kicked in!

Just a gentle reminder, when you book a professional service, that service isn’t free.

Despite what some may believe:
I cannot accept “good intentions” as currency.
Exposure doesn’t pay my feed bill.
“I forgot” isn’t a valid payment method. (Not even if you add “soz x” at the end.)

I love what I do. But I can’t do it if I’m stuck playing debt collector instead of therapist. I make no secret of how much I hate paperwork and admin!

So here’s your nudge, your sign, your very professional but slightly sarcastic reminder:
Please pay your invoices. On time. Like a grown-up.

Your horse will thank you. I’ll thank you. And I can go back to fixing backs instead of chasing them!

And for the vast majority of my clients that pay before I have even sent the invoice, it doesn’t go unnoticed and I thank you for making my life easier.

03/06/2025

MONTY

"Looking good in the eyes of some, does not mean it feels good for the horse - Saoirse Equine"

Horses are complex creatures who require constant effort on our part.

Whether it's care, financial, medical or attention. We do tend to overlook a couple - structural and mental.

Work your horse properly, allow them to stretch and work long and low before you ask them to collect. Take your time whilst training them not to kick the poles on the ground.

Be there for their in hand work, assist them in their learning, approach them with kindness.

Below we have Monty, a client who has been on a 2 year journey coming from a sordid history to a loving balanced and well muscled home... 💖 His progress has been massive!