30/06/2025
🐴Horses don’t use words—but they’re always communicating.
From pinned ears to playful nuzzles, every flick of the tail or shift of weight tells us something. At MA Equestrian, we teach riders to tune into this "silent language" so they can become safer, kinder, and more effective horse people.
✨Understanding horse behaviour helps:
- Prevent accidents or misunderstandings
- Build a stronger bond with your horse
- Recognise when something’s not quite right (stress, discomfort, or pain)
- Encourage more thoughtful, compassionate riding
Horses are prey animals, which means they’re sensitive and responsive to body language, energy, and tone. By becoming better observers, we become better partners.
💬What’s one horse behaviour you’ve learnt to read more clearly?
From personal experience I had a little pony who kept acting up when under saddle (people said he was sharp and naughty), rather than going straight to ‘he’s naughty’ ‘dangerous ride’.
When in reality, he was trying to communicate.
His teeth were sharp and he was so uncomfortable when there was any pressure put on the reins/ mouth.
That is why understanding their body language and ways of communicating is so important.
