SOLEQUINE (Equine solutions)

24/01/2025

Kracker!!
Beautiful posture, or not?

23/01/2025

It is so lovely to be working with my friend Goldie again, while his owner is away.
Was so cool to feel him just go ahhhhhh, I know this lady and know what we do, he just slipped back into it, as if I'd never left, which is a credit to this type of work and his owner and the work she has been doing in between.
Can't wait to see the changes develop and strength build, over the coming weeks.

20/01/2025

I love to see changes within my lessons! ♡

What can you see or notice, between top and bottom photos???

17/01/2025

It's nice to be back on Kracker after not seeing him for a few weeks, he is probably a horse I spend the most time with even more then my own lol so I always get to have a good play as we have been doing lots of lateral work.
He's a good boy and so clever ♡ Both his owner and I have turns riding him.
I am so lucky that she has a good camera and always gets good photos and video♡

17/01/2025

The beautiful Harmony is due in exactly 1 month, very excited to see what we get !!!!!!

16/01/2025

S**t happens!!
The other day, taking Forrest out for a ride, we had a we fall.
Now what you need to understand about Forrest is, he will go up and down any hill and I feel safe as can be, I have put alot of work into him, as when I first got him he found hills very difficult and got very tense. But he is my go-to for new adventures now. He is my goat horse, lol

We walked down and drain all the way to the end I then asked him to step straight up, but he decided to step sideways, and because the gravel was very thick it just gave way under him, he spend a long time scrambling trying to sort his footing on a surface that kept slipping away under him, I had to think what can I do, am I going to end up under him, I ended up with my right foot on the ground, at that point I thought maybe I get off, but then I thought, no, just sit there and wait, in the end he got himself up, popped a hind boot off, and the other flew across the road, it was like slipping around on ice.

I am glad my boy is well prepared and is WITH me fully, other wise this wouldn't have ended as well, just goes to show even with the best of horses sometimes things happen, so make sure they are prepared and want to be with you.

15/01/2025

It was so lovely to see Renée and her Creme yesterday, they are coming along so nicely, and good to see not much has changed and we were able to pick up where we left off before Christmas etc. Just look at the change in her!!

I really enjoyed being able to help with physical and mental changes in horses. Yes, you can push a horse through without addressing the body issues, which will lead to issues later in life. A better way is to help the horse relearn to release braces, remember what good posture feels like, then happy, calm, and more relaxed will follow.

Fleet in the lunge shots has changed so much that you would almost think his neck was too short before, but it was because he had it compressed and shortened at the base of the neck. He is now using his neck to the length of it and can be more balanced.

15/01/2025

Gill and Dusty are really coming alone in their partnership. Gill has been working really hard at understanding what Dusty needs from her, and it is really starting to pay off.
Horses need to feel safe and secure in our presence, and we need to learn what that looks like. ♡

15/01/2025

Very cool lesson tonight, with Oddy and Andrea working on Andrea to help Oddy work without a brace in her neck and body.
It's important to think about this as when a horse braces in this way, they can collapse through the throrasic sling and blocking the hind end from being able to travel through and under, which will make the back hollow and the neck appear shorter.
Well done Andrea Bryan-McKay you did great!!

14/01/2025

Fleet working and rounding out to the poll, instead of me holding him round.
We have always known poll should be the highest point but then taught another way, I know this from my own experience.
More round more round, more flexion, above the bit, all things I used to here, and still do, which I think can be so confusing and misleading as to what is really meant by this. More round and more hind end engagement is not shortening your reins and compressing the horses neck, (beleive me I have been there) all that will do is give a false frame and jam the horse on the forehand, physically a horse with a low compressed neck can not be off the forehand, so why do we get taught this way??
What things do you here alot, that can be confusing and misleading? And lead to possibly riding in a way that isn't good for the horse or their biomechanics??
It's a hard question to be TRULY honest with our selves about, I get it, as I've been there got the t-shirt, but I as a horsewomen want to be better do better for all and any horse that I come into contact with, so I will keep growing and pushing myself to learn as much as I can all the time.

14/01/2025

Love to chanage things up.
I have done a few hacks out with Fleet along the way.
But I asked a bit more of him physically as I feel his body is now stronger and more able.
With horses like him, I like to strengthen without rider before I do this type of riding. He feels stronger, and it is just a nicer ride for both horse and rider.

11/01/2025

Andrea Bryan-McKay and Oddy looking so good at dressage today ♡

10/01/2025

Yes I fully agree, we need to help them release tension, which really corolates to the work I do.

09/01/2025

Such a cool shot of Gail, Echo, Tori and I ♡♡

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📷 Gail Fisher and her mare Echo. This photo was taken at Whangarei NZ Clinic last year. Gail's first ride back on Echo following diligent inhand work and dedication from Gail and her coach Sola to rehabilitate this mare back to a much happier and stronger horse.

09/01/2025

Very cool to have Dom out for a lesson on Forrest.
We thought it might be a good idea for Dom to be able to ride some lateral movements on a more experienced horse to get a feel and understanding of how to ask and how it should feel.
We did the basics first, back up, turn on the forehand, turn on the haunches, and side-pass.
We then went to moving lateral work, leg yeild, shoulder-in, trevers and he got to feel some half pass as well.
Well done, Dom!
All these movements are to help strengthen your horse and maintain beautiful posture, as well as strengthen and engage the thoracic sling.

Forrest is looking awesome in his

07/01/2025

Forrest and Harry had a lovely tidy up yesterday.
Hmmmmmmm can you spot the cat? 🤣🤣