Want to learn how to communicate effectively with your horse using natural horsemanship. Claire can also help with behaviour issues.
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Develop your knowledge and skills for Liberty, Playing with multiple horses and Bridleless free riding.
Ahh lovely message from Sarah. Thank you for joining us. We always enjoy seeing your progress and interesting conversations ❤️
Thank you Equine Savvy for a brilliantly day with you yesterday, we never want to come home. As always we came away feeling confident and excited to what more we can achieve, but most of all a better partnership with our horses. You always bring out the best in us.
Another day of fun in the sun with another fantastic group of students.
Topics were varied and included helping people with:
Using ground exercises to get your horse in the right mental as well as physical state for riding
Assessing where your horse is ‘at’ using groundwork
Blissful Bridling (not blinking awful bridling!)
Refining steering
Increasing the forward
Lighter transitions
Forward with relaxation
More precision in downward transitions
Improving balance and stability in the saddle
Some brand new horses for people and some firsts for people doing liberty and faster gaits for the first time.
A lovely first for baby Orion today out being ponied at the EBA sponsored ride at Writtle Park. Lots to contend with including horses cantering away, lots of unfamiliar sights and sounds, plus his very first roadwork & traffic. This boy is so awesome I’m so excited to get to be his human!
Claire teaching today in the lovely sunshine ☀️
This is my new youngster, Orion, who has just turned 2 years old. One of the things he loves to do is to hang out with me holding the space so he can let down and doze. Although this isn’t an activity I’ve honestly done much of in the last few years, you can see how much older horse likes to join in and takes the opportunity to also rest. He’s also started doing this in the field sometimes - I was quite staggered that he left the grass to do this since usually eating takes priority 🤣
It’s such a privilege and an honour to be able to do this for our horses - they are often so strong and confident - we forget they can feel vulnerable, especially when tired or resting.
I think about ‘holding’ the space for them, taking all the awareness on, so that they can zone out and know I’ve got their back. I ask quite a lot of my older horse, as he’s always been my main vehicle for learning, experimenting, getting things wrong etc. I’ve asked him out of his comfort zone more times than I can remember. So it’s especially nice for me to be able to do things like this for him.
Thank you to the lovely Hayley Elliot for this video testimony. Hayley was one of a group of students who joined us for a trip to the Kings Forest in Suffolk this Summer for a few days of fun, adventure and supported hacking with her horse.
Over Winter and Spring next year we will be repeating the specific hacking training that enabled so many people to take part this year in group hacks, solo hacks AND even riding holidays who could not do so before.
So if you’ve missed out this year, or want to build your skills in the saddle for hacking out, get in touch!
Hayley Elliott
*Here is the final availability left this year with Claire. ALL OTHER DATES ARE NOW SOLD OUT*
Friday 9th- 2 spaces
Monday 12th- 2 spaces
Thursday 22nd- 2 spaces
Friday 23rd- 2 spaces
*Mornings* will be groundwork to include liberty for those who are ready.
*Afternoons* will be ridden or liberty for those not riding.
Plenty of opportunities to ask questions and learn with other like minded students
£25 DISCOUNT per day for anyone booking 3 or more dates
Please note 10th, 11th and 24th dates are now fully booked.
Only 1/2 places left on all other dates.
*Claire will also be releasing her 2025 schedule in September with early booking discount available*
Only a handful of spaces left with Claire this year;
Extra August Dates; 3 FULL ALREADY
Great news… Claire has 7 NEW DATES for the month of August that she will be teaching 9.30-4pm each day. You can choose as many or few as suits your diary. There will only be 6 places per day.
These spaces will be in high demand.
DISCOUNT OF £25 per day is available for 3 or more dates booked.
Overnight horse pens are available for £10 per night at an additional cost.
Please note these will be the only full days available with Claire for 2024
August Dates
9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 22 / 23 / 24
Great news… Claire has 7 NEW DATES for the month of August that she will be teaching 9.30-4pm each day. You can choose as many or few as suits your diary. There will only be 6 places per day.
These spaces will be in high demand.
**DISCOUNT OF £25 per day is available for 3 or more dates booked.**
Overnight horse pens are available for £10 per night at an additional cost.
Please note these will be the only full days available with Claire for 2024
August Dates
9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 22 / 23 / 24
Lovely 2nd day in the New Forest with this awesome group. Lots of fun with water crossings, bridges and spectacular views. Rewarded with loads of newborn foals and ice cream!
Dawn Marshall
Lovely first day with students at the New Forest. Horses all being absolutely awesome partners enabling the ride to be very relaxed and fun. Walk trot and cantering through the gorgeous countryside here amidst the new forest ponies! 😍
Last intensive week of the year was a goodun!
Mounting block problems
Tension under saddle issues
Rushing horses
Anxious horses
Foundation riding - how to teach a young horse to be a good learner and a partner!
Riding basics - the basic aids - does your horse really understand them?
Liberty circles and keeping connection with increasing distances!
Helping tense horses who have been rushed through the starting process and now have ‘behaviours’!
What a great week - thanks everyone who came to take part and spectate. And for your heartfelt celebrating of each others achievements and successes 🥰
Lovely couple of days teaching our Ground To Saddle skills clinic. Lots of positive changes for the horses and clarity and understanding for the riders. Issues covered this clinic included
- mounting block issues
- how to help horses travel straight (correct bend)
- different ways to use the reins
- using groundwork to help your horse
- riding with equal relaxation AND energy
- riding using partnership muscles (not predator muscles!)
One last chance to come and spectate one of our July courses before our next horsey holiday to the beautiful New Forest.
The course runs Wednesday and Thursday this week from 9.30-4. It is £20 to spectate per day.
ONE RIDER SPACE AVAILABLE
If you would like to come and meet us or enjoy a clinic without the stress of bringing your horse please let me know as spaces are limited. Cash payment on the day.
Thank you
Claire
Equine Savvy Ltd
Spaces still available on this fantastic 2 day clinic!!!
Two instructors for this one so everyone will be well looked after and given loads of support. Come and work on getting in harmony with your horse in a friendly, supportive and safe environment. Message for more info.
What a beautiful sunny start to our June Intensive Week! Lovely selection of different personalities and needs amongst the horses here with their owners. And some themes emerging already including improving lightness in our aids, managing our own emotional state (especially when our horses are struggling to manage theirs!) and being more clear but still polite in our requests. Lots of young horses this time which is a great start for them in their education 👍
Spectators are welcome but are by PRIOR BOOKING ONLY so please message if you would like to spectate any day this week. We run from 9.30am to around 2pm and the cost is £15/day to watch and ask lots of questions!
** Only 1 space left **
Spaces still available on this fantastic 2 day clinic!!!
Two instructors for this one so everyone will be well looked after and given loads of support. Come and work on getting in harmony with your horse in a friendly, supportive and safe environment. Message for more info.
Come and join us for a day and see what we do! 🐴
Next week we have an intensive course running every day from 9.30-2.30. Rider places are full but It is only £15 to spectate per day.
Great chance to view our facilities, atmosphere and training without the stress of bringing your horse.
All spectators must be registered with us and cash payable on the day to Claire
Thank you
Spaces still available on this fantastic 2 day clinic!!!
Two instructors for this one so everyone will be well looked after and given loads of support. Come and work on getting in harmony with your horse in a friendly, supportive and safe environment. Message for more info.
Lovely couple of days working with these students developing their liberty skills and understanding. Mostly sunny with the odd downpour so typical British Summer 🤣. Some great improvements for established students and solid foundations for those just starting out. Thanks to everyone for supporting one another and working as a team!
**NOW FULL **
Next Thursday
9.30am - 12.30pm
£50
TWO INSTRUCTORS! (Rosie’s first clinic lead)
Come and develop your relationship on the ground and from the saddle. We will be focussing on on lightness, connection and how to get it!
This is an all-levels clinic open to all but with some pre requisites (for everyone’s safety) so please drop us a message to discuss if you are interested.
Photo from today’s Time in the Saddle half day.
Another fabulous two days with Kim. It was great working on horse and rider separately then putting them back together and seeing the lightness and deep connection they achieved. Not to mention the laughs that we had along the way. Great group of students ❤️
Fabulous couple of days with Kim Bergin: Alexander Technique teacher and a group of dedicated students! Brilliant simulations got us really thinking through our aids from our horse’s perspectives. And lots of laughs inevitably as we looked like we were all doing the conga at one point! Great results with horsss moving off much lighter signals - once you remove the ‘white noise’ from our bodies the aids can be soooo much lighter with better results and more relaxation in the horses too. We hope to have Kim teach us all again soon! Thanks to everyone who took part 😍
Della Parten Nick Parten Sheila Brace
Hacking skills Step 3 clinic - June 4th at ESC Witham *spaces remaining*
*SPACES LEFT for liberty focus morning*
Friday 24th May
A little compilation video of our first trip for this year to the forest.
A lot of hard work went into preparing some of these horses and riders to be safe and confident in a new environment. Hats off to every one of them for putting in the necessary work 👍
Several of these horses had never hacked before doing our Hacking Prep clinics this Winter.
We will be running another couple of hacking prep clinics this summer, plus private lessons are also available to improve and test your skills whether you are just starting out or an experienced hacker.
We hope to run another holiday in this forest later in the year so get in touch if you are interested.
One of our wonderful students put this together from their time with us this weekend on our first horsey holiday for 2024
Thank you so much Cheryl xx
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A lovely first for baby Orion today out being ponied at the EBA sponsored ride at Writtle Park. Lots to contend with including horses cantering away, lots of unfamiliar sights and sounds, plus his very first roadwork & traffic. This boy is so awesome I’m so excited to get to be his human!
Lovely 2nd day in the New Forest with this awesome group. Lots of fun with water crossings, bridges and spectacular views. Rewarded with loads of newborn foals and ice cream! Dawn Marshall #horseholidays #equinesavvy
This is my new youngster, Orion, who has just turned 2 years old. One of the things he loves to do is to hang out with me holding the space so he can let down and doze. Although this isn’t an activity I’ve honestly done much of in the last few years, you can see how much older horse likes to join in and takes the opportunity to also rest. He’s also started doing this in the field sometimes - I was quite staggered that he left the grass to do this since usually eating takes priority 🤣 It’s such a privilege and an honour to be able to do this for our horses - they are often so strong and confident - we forget they can feel vulnerable, especially when tired or resting. I think about ‘holding’ the space for them, taking all the awareness on, so that they can zone out and know I’ve got their back. I ask quite a lot of my older horse, as he’s always been my main vehicle for learning, experimenting, getting things wrong etc. I’ve asked him out of his comfort zone more times than I can remember. So it’s especially nice for me to be able to do things like this for him. #equinesavvy #horsetime
Thank you to the lovely Hayley Elliot for this video testimony. Hayley was one of a group of students who joined us for a trip to the Kings Forest in Suffolk this Summer for a few days of fun, adventure and supported hacking with her horse. Over Winter and Spring next year we will be repeating the specific hacking training that enabled so many people to take part this year in group hacks, solo hacks AND even riding holidays who could not do so before. So if you’ve missed out this year, or want to build your skills in the saddle for hacking out, get in touch! Hayley Elliott #equinesavvy #review
Lovely first day with students at the New Forest. Horses all being absolutely awesome partners enabling the ride to be very relaxed and fun. Walk trot and cantering through the gorgeous countryside here amidst the new forest ponies! 😍
A little compilation video of our first trip for this year to the forest. A lot of hard work went into preparing some of these horses and riders to be safe and confident in a new environment. Hats off to every one of them for putting in the necessary work 👍 Several of these horses had never hacked before doing our Hacking Prep clinics this Winter. We will be running another couple of hacking prep clinics this summer, plus private lessons are also available to improve and test your skills whether you are just starting out or an experienced hacker. We hope to run another holiday in this forest later in the year so get in touch if you are interested.
One of our wonderful students put this together from their time with us this weekend on our first horsey holiday for 2024 Thank you so much Cheryl xx
One of our wonderful students put this together for us of this weekend's holiday. Thank you Cheryl What a fun horsey holiday we all had ###
These video clips were taken under an hour apart and show an enormous change. The wonderful thing about youngsters is that they’re like sponges - so make sure you’re teaching them what you want them to learn! With youngsters getting the basics not just good, but great, will serve them for life. And by basics I mean: Leading, Loading, Foot care, Dental and vets visits, standing quietly whilst tied up, feeling comfortable in a stable or a new place, how to behave around humans and other horses.
Herbie & Luna ponying together for the first time. Didn’t they do great? ❤️ them both so much!
Some clips from our Connection in the saddle clinic yesterday. A lovely morning helping horses and humans stay connected and happy even in a busy and new environment! ‘Fluidity in the Saddle’ morning 9.30-12.30 is on Tuesday 30th April at the Equine Savvy Centre (Nr Witham) https://www.equinesavvy.co.uk/schedule-2024 #RideYourDreams #horsetraining #equinesavvy #naturalhorsemanship #RiderPosition
These two clowns really made my day yesterday 🤣. I turned up to teach and they had their own ideas of what to do, complete with Edward the toy horse lol. Life (and horses) can be hard sometimes, so it’s great to enjoy a good head back guffaw whenever you can. Hope this brings a laugh to you too. Thanks to Alison Friday and Pia Fagelman for this brilliant giggle.
Go catch your mud monsters!! 🤣🤣🤣
On our last Intensive week we had a very simulating conversation on what i class as a safe horse. We talked about the skills and understanding of what a horse and handler need. Here is my little girl 6yrs walking out my 3yr old youngster to the field. You can see the distance my daughter expects and how easily she can back it up if she gets too close. They make it look simple but they have both got a language talk to each other. No dragging for grass, no drama and equal respect for each other! #equinesavvy
Equine Savvy are holding a morning purely on this topic. 1) Assess your horses purity of gait (rhythm and relaxation- this makes the ride smoother for us) 2) Learn strategies to help develop your independent seat and fluidity with your horse 3) Gain confidence in a positive pathway to becoming a better and more accomplished rider For more information visit www.equinesavvy.co.uk
Would you like the opportunity to learn to effectively settle your horse in new environments?
Would you like the opportunity to learn how to help your horse be calm, relaxed and connected in NEW ENVIRONMENTS? We are starting this concept in a beautiful INDOOR SCHOOL on TUESDAY 21st NOVEMBER. So if you have a youngster or just want to get your horse used to the environment before our ridden courses. Come along and join us
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