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Horseworks - Training for Horse and Rider. Bit & Bridle Consultant

Freelance training and Bit and Bridle assessments Horseworks is a partnership of Ruth Fisher and Debbie Glennan. We have been working together for over 20 years.

Initially we worked mainly with "problem" horses. Over time they have taught us that there is always a reason for behavioural issues and we just had to find them to help the horse, rather than tackle the problem head on. (Not always an easy task!)

We ran our own livery/rehab yard for over 17 years. This gave us so many opportunities for gaining knowledge to help our equine friends, Horseworks dev

eloped into a holistic approach to horse care and training, where we work closely with a group of people we trust. From therapists and body workers, saddlers, farriers and vets we have a network of professionals that we use to support our work. Debbie is a Qualified barefoot trimmer and has been trimming horses for over 14 years. She has helped many horses regain soundness and return to work. Working with farriers and vets has been a crucial part of this. Ruth is now a Lantra Accredited Bit and Bridle Fitter. Having always had an interest in the way bits and bridles effect our horses, the training for this has taught her the biomechanical and scientific reasons for the changes it creates. Being independent and not tied to any brand, ensures the horse remains the primary focus of all consultations.. After gaining her BHSAI at 18, Ruth felt quite disillusioned with the system and started to question her career path. It took a very opinionated, horse of a lifetime for teaching and training horses and riders to became a passion again. 18 years ago Ruth started a journey into classical principles and an obsession with the horses natural crookedness and how it effects them day to day began. Ruth has ridden with Charles de Kunffy and trainers at the Training the Teachers of Tomorrow Trust (TTT). She was on their teaching the Trainers of Tomorrow programme which only 12 people a year were invited to be part of. As well as working with many different trainers with the same ethos. Two of our own horses were written off as youngsters and were advised to be PTS. Eve was brought back to health and enjoyed working to advanced level dressage through an alternative approach. At 24 she is still teaching us daily (well we have learnt how to met her needs and do her bidding and as any one that knows her, you just do as your told.!)
Bertie due to be PTS age 6 due to kissing spine, now nearly 13, he continues to make us scratch our heads, but the reason for him coming into our lives is resolved. Both horses have been rehabbed back into full work, utilising all the professionals and skills we have in our toolkit. Their teaching continues and reminds us that horses come into your lives for a reason..! We have had so many horses that have led us on different paths seeking the knowledge to help them and we are truly grateful to them all. Even all the ones that have left us with lifelong physical memories before we figured more of this stuff out and learned it was kinder on our bodies too! In fact, we probably owe those the most...

Horses are the reason we do what we do!

02/04/2025

23/02/2025

I have the coolest clients!
When I get to spend my teaching days really going down a rabbit hole of weird, and they don't bat an eye and join in!

I'd so love to hear what people think about our conversations and how random the things are I ask them to explore!

But mostly, I love watching how horses love the weird and just melt into it.
Happier horses, slightly freaked humans 🤣

25/01/2025

As many people will know, I am a massive fan of Ron's supplements, especially his Ulcer ones.

Does it work for all?..No. I've had such good success with many many horses now, though. It's my go-to for suspected gut issues.
Having treated and scoped many horses over the past 15 years and been aware of the problems ulcers cause, I love, I can recommend a supplement that's been very tried and tested by myself and clients horses.

He has options for mare Hormonal issues,liver detox,boswellia, and more.

https://ronfieldsnutrition.co.uk/?ref=71

To order, please use this link as it's my affiliate link, and I send money to charity from it

Thanks 😊

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03/01/2025

Last minute spaces on this route due to arenas being frozen.

If you are on or in surrounding areas to this route, available tomorrow ( Saturday 4th), and have a rideable arena, give me a shout!

WhatsApp/ text 07377 165446
Or message on here

08/12/2024

Boys seem very happy with the new addition to their herd.
Gem, bringing some mare sense to them all!

15/11/2024

NOW FULL

Rare weekend Space available tomorrow afternoon on this route. Updated map in comments
DM or WhatsApp 07377 165446

05/11/2024

Something I've taught for many years.. I used to say, would you be squashimg my fingers if I put them under your foot in the stirrup? Until I realised that when you're making something feel really quite odd for riders, they may feel they urge to squish me to shut me up, so I swapped it for "your fingers"!

When I'm bit fitting, horses often feel really quite wierded out about how different their bodies feel when the biomechanics change, riders do the same!

🚫 Stirrup November Continued - All about feet...

If you only read this one post about learning to do sitting trot better, this is the one. It can be an absolute game changer.

Have a look at the photo below. Would you squash my fingers when you ride? If the answer is yes, you have too much weight in your stirrups.

Why is having too much weight in your stirrups detrimental to sitting the trot, or canter for that matter? Try this experiment at halt in your saddle. You can even start to get a sense of this right now in your chair. Consciously push your weight into the stirrup(or floor) and feel how your glutes and hamstrings contract, popping you up. You may have been doing this for so long it’s difficult at first to feel the contraction. Go back and forth between pushing down into the stirrup and just resting your foot. Really sense into what changes in your underneath when you push down into the stirrup.

Additionally, notice how this pushing into the stirrup jams up the joints of the ankle, knee and hip. All of which must stay soft and mobile if we are to sit the trot effectively. I can guarantee you, if you put too much weight in your feet and it is not diagnosed by yourself or your coach, you will bounce unnecessarily when using your stirrups. This is one of the primary reasons no stirrup work makes you feel like you're sitting better and more connected to your horse.

In my travels, I see many riders put excessive weight into their stirrups in hopes of helping themselves follow their horses movement in all the gaits: rising and sitting trot and canter.

Begin noticing how pushing in your stirrups disconnects you from the saddle and your horses back. It's a big deal. Not using your stirrups, sadly, will not help you learn to ride with them and ‘foot light’ is often the fix.❤️

More on 'feet' tomorrow...

20/10/2024

Med weight stable rugs both 6'6"

Weatherbeeta couple of repairs.
£25
Horseware Rhino £30

Collection from DN22 0RB

Or I can drop off is I'm seeing you soon..

20/09/2024

Teamwork makes the dream work!! Working with a fab saddler and a committed young rider, dreams can happen!

Lily has worked so hard with me on Lads dressage, and he's not a natural and thinks the whole think is slightly pointless..! Who can argue really when he skips round the size of fences he does with ease!

Well done Lily, although I can hear Lads sigh of relief I'm unable to ride at the moment, so I can't keep him ticking over while you're at your first week's of Uni..!

16/09/2024

When your training from a very wise Welsh cob at 2yrs old continues through the rest of your life..

Stand, face it, work it out..

When he was 2, we had a tree surgeon cutting trees and chipping them in their paddock. The guy asked me if they needed to be moved. I said, no ,they'll be fine.
When he started running about, his uncle Jack told him, in no uncertain terms, to stop overreacting, face it and think.

10 mins later, I did go and remove them as they had their heads in the chippings trailer behind the running chipper and were getting in the way!

Life lessons that still at 12yrs old are strong. Just shows who they grow up with is so important.

Jack did also teach him how to tell when the fence was on or off from a distance and how to squeeze into spaces he really shouldn't fit.. those lessons were not so helpful!
Harvey had several awesome mentors. Unfortunately, they didn't all teach good things all the time!

26/08/2024

Space available near this route. Wednesday 4th September.
DN 22 area or nearby.

03/06/2024

Ah, Harry is worried about his mate. Gerry not feeling so great.. vet on way, obviously he waited till precisely 5.45 to alert us to his feeling crap.. thought he was being a bit mardy, but then took his temp. 39.9 maybe explains it! Harry is the best mate you could have when you feel crap. Well if you don't mind him licking your face!

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