Moor Natural Horsemanship (2025)

26/10/2025

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24/10/2025

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23/10/2025

Spotted yesterday (hoffboots for lawn mowing)

23/10/2025

Holding The Reins....

The question often comes up about how a rider should hold the reins while riding. Tight or loose, one hand or two, what to do with the rein tails, hand and finger placement and on it goes.

If the rider navigates with a very short rein, with constant pressure on the horses mouth, that rider tends to get tuned out. And both get tired, maybe even burned out.

Now I ask you, how do you hold the reins on life? Have you shortened up, constantly pulling so tight on the reins that both you and the horse are worn out. Have you spent the majority of your time convinced you have to pull back in an attempt to keep something bad from happening?

Now remember, this is likely all out of good intent. However, sometimes in life, a good intention doesn't always produce a good result.

In order for something to change in life, we have to change something. Continue to do the same thing and we will continue get what we have always gotten.

I have learned that when riding and in life, to put my hand down, loosen the reins and ride the next stride. Instead of worrying about what might happen, that I can't control anyway. When on a ride, when the boogy man jumps out, I will adjust my reins and stear and guide the horse towards peace and then go back to a lose rein.

Peace and calm can be experienced, usually when we make the determination to look at life from a different perspective and put our hand down.

I originally wrote this a couple of years ago and have shared it twice. Each time, comments will come regarding showing and horses conformation etc. Please, dont lose sight of the analogy I have attempted to make. The more we tighten up on life and try to control everything that might possibly, maybe could happen, we generally just get tired and it happens anyway. Better to just take life as it comes. Control what we can and dont worry about the rest.

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23/10/2025

Jack is hilarious with the blower. If he’s not trying to lick it 😂 A pony that lifts each foot so you can blow the leaves around it is a useful thing to have…I’ll be here munching, you carry on. Eddie doesn’t mind it, to a point, he just mooches off elsewhere once you touch his bubble