Karon Carson Coaching

29/10/2025

24/10/2025

Seated, rounded over the back, with a draping neck is what we are aiming for but it's not always easy 🙏🐎

Uta Gräf of Germany that this exercise is an important part of training not just for young horses or dressage horses, but for all horses.

08/10/2025

Amen 🙏🐎🥰

01/10/2025

An amazing opportunity for people to come and learn from Andrew, see you there 🐎🥰

'Why Sideways? Explaining Lateral Work In Training' - An Evening Talk With Andrew J Murphy – Cross Keys Hotel, The Square, Kelso, Wed 12 Nov 2025 - 'Why Sideways? Explaining Lateral Work In Training' - An Evening Talk With Andrew J Murphy Wednesday 12 November 2025, 7.30pm-9pm The Dickson Room, Cr...

30/09/2025

Wee shout out 📢 I'll be doing Show Jump Training at Cousland on the 11th October and still have loads of kit left to sell if anyone is interested 🐎 Please look at listings on previous posts🙏

25/09/2025

Beautiful Sarissa Pikeur Jacket Size 40 £80… Tredstep long leather boots size 7 Medium calf £100 , Ariat short zip sport boots size 7 £70… Ariat Medium Leather Chaps £15, all spurs come with leather spur straps £15…web strap £5
Open to offers 😊

25/09/2025

Shed clear out all must go 😊 open to offers and collection only, 5 sets of Woseley clipper blades for any of you who have started clipping £60 for the 5 or £15 each.

16/09/2025

Hey FB friends I'm on the hunt for the elusive Unicorn that is the JRN type event horse for a talented young lady. Any recommendations are gratefully appreciated.

08/09/2025

😂😂 Truth 🙏🐎

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠

I wrote this today after the Scottish weather broke me, I’m soaked to the skin because apparently I don’t know what a waterproof coat is 🤣

So, you fancy being a riding coach? Right, here’s the reality check!!!!

You’ll work stupid hours. 13, 14, 15 a day. Not for champagne, just enough for diesel, leccy, and maybe a soggy Greggs pasty eaten in the car between lessons.
You’ll freeze in winter, roast in summer, and the rest of the year you’ll be permanently damp. Christmas? Forget pigs in blankets, you’ll be the pig, muddy, wet, and still shouting “heels down.”

People will say you’re too soft, too strict, too old-fashioned, too modern. Basically, whatever you do, you’re wrong.
Shows? Glamorous? Don’t kid yourself. It’s you, stood in a bog, yelling “sit up” at someone who’s pretending not to hear.
Parents? Half of them think their kid’s ready for Badminton, when they can’t even steer in trot.

You’ll see tears, tantrums, bolting ponies, and more drama than Love Island. Some days you’ll mutter, “That’s it, I’m done.”

But then…

That nervous kid finally canters.
That “lazy cob” pings a jump.
That adult says, “I’d have quit riding if it weren’t for you.”
And suddenly, there it is, the reason you put yourself through all this madness.

Why don’t people tell you this?
Because if they did, no one would become a coach.
And because the best bits? They can’t be put into words.

So here we are , cold, broke, dripping wet, boots squelching… and still, somehow, happy.

Representation of what I look like today 🤣
Tag your coach!

28/08/2025

Love and Respect 🥰🐎

Wednesday Wisdom - Today, we quote Erik Herbermann... "Our riding will more consistently embody beauty and joy when we are motivated by respect and love for the horse. This outlook, above all, helps us to overcome the inevitable difficulties encountered on the way."

This seemingly simple quote exemplifies the essence of a good rider, horse trainer and horse owner. If the rider trains from a place of love and respect, the horse will respond in kind. He will be much more willing and capable. Negative tension will be minimized and the horse will be able to perform optimally.

Photo taken from the Dressage Formula.