training

I just bought my first horse and have a question for experienced equestrians. I leased for a couple years before purchase, so I'm really looking forward to owning my own and to see what we accomplish together. My question is - can you train a horse to be in front of the leg? My trainer told...

My 5 yr old gelding ALWAYS acts up when I ride him with other horses in the arena, he is always distracted, no matter what I do. What should I do? I ride him 3x a week and we do 1st level dressage and 18'' jumps, I have tried practicing turns on the forehand and on the haunches, squiggles...

My 5 yr old gelding ALWAYS acts up when I ride him with other horses in the arena, he is always distracted, no matter what I do. What should I do?

hi. so basically i have a 7 yo stallion. he was started with dressage and he did really well. but the girl who started him didnt have any more time to continue so another girl started riding him. she did jumping with him and basically finished him. the issue is she taught him to ride with the...

Hey All, So I got what I thought was my dream horse. Tried her a couple times, she worked beautifully at her barn, knowing she needed some minimal updates. Got her home and she’s a totally different horse. She’s confused with her aids, she’s throwing her shoulder out, not bending, her canter is...

Hi Guys, Sorry for the long winded post - I'm sat at home in lockdown thinking about a day when I may possibly be able to ride again! I wanted to hear about other people’s experiences of horses that randomly decide not to hack alone please. I have my girl for over a year now and she’s...

Shameless plug for survey answers here I'm part of a team at Cambridge University investigating lameness, and we're running a survey looking at it effects on horse owners. It only takes 2 minutes, and you can exit at any point. If you could spare some time to give it a shot, we would be really...

Shameless plug for survey answers here I'm part of a team at Cambridge University investigating lameness, and we're running a survey looking at it effects on horse owners. It only takes 2 minutes, and you can exit at any point. If you could spare some time to give it a shot, we would be really...

Hello lovely people! Currently at my whits end with my youngster, and after reading some good threads on this forum I thought I would join the community and turning to you for any inspiration/experience/advice. May be a bit of a long one sorry.... Background of my darling, rising 4 chestnut...

Hey guys! Omg it has been a while since I've been on here! I kinda forgot about new rider. So a while back I posted a thread about a horse i'm training about getting started on under saddle work with this horse i'm training, Little backstory he was abused and terrified of humans and had...

Well i'm super happy, I've been training this horse who is completely green (or was when i started working with him) and he came from a home who abused him before he was taken in by my neighbor, so he had absolutely no trust and wouldn't let the owner and me treat his injured leg, We have now...

Okay so I have been training this horse since early this year, And I have now sat on him with barely him reacting at all and he even started relaxing and lowering his head and closing his eyes when he had all my weight on him so we think he is about ready to start being trained to be ridden, but...

Hey there guys. I have a fairly spirited Welsh Section A mare who I'm turning into my project pony. My goal is to get her under the saddle properly. My only worry is the weight she could carry. I know that many breeds are bred specifically for weight carrying (especially breeds like Welsh...

Hi guys, Continuing work with my lesson horse; we worked on circling at the trot this week. After my lesson, my instructor let me ride my horse around the property by myself, and it went extremely well. We walked up and down the aisles to visit some horses, then looped around the property...

I have Multiple Chickens, Technically, 3 Roos, 1 Hen and her 7 babies, I have 1 dog, and a few cats. My dog grew up with the Cats, mainly because the Cats he grew up with are only a month and seven days older, but the Cats USED to love him, then He got bigger than them, now they don't like him...

Want your horse to enjoy loading up and going places with you? Positive Loading coffee morning and demo next Sat (17th Oct.) Starting at Three Crosses Community Centre at 10am and demo follows at local yard after, finishing around 12.30pm. £5 per person, please book in advance: PM...