✨Share something that felt better this week… ▪️Maybe your horse stayed with you a bit longer? ▪️Maybe something finally clicked? ▪️Maybe you handled a moment differently than you would’ve before? ▪️Maybe you just showed up when it would’ve been easier not to? That all counts and love for you to share… 🐴✨🫶

This year - at 37 years old - I bought my first horse. There was this ad on a Whatsapp group begging for a new home for Blackie. I had zero experience with horses and my knowledge stretched to knowing that they had 4 legs and a tail. We went out to the plot where Blackie stood and immediately he came to my daughters (aged 8 and 4) - he nuzzled them and had the softest eyes. Of course I had to give him a new home - or else he would be shipped of as a donkeycart horse. For the first time in his life I put him in stables, he had his hooves done, he had a physio checking on him and people who came to him everyday. I traced back Blackie's history and discovered that my sister-in-law (who was brutally murdered 6 years ago) first bought him. After her death he was shipped to 3 different homes and was left to his own devices. Everything is new to both him and me. We have seen that even though he is a big boy (16hh TB) he has very little confidence and he depends a lot on his humans to lead him (he doesn't leave any space bubbles and doesn't venture away from you when on lead). I want to be able to build both his confidence and build deep connection with me. With my VERY limited knowledge I want to be able to read him and understand what he needs from me. But also I want him to understand me and find that balance.

✨ Tomorrow afternoon I’ll be heading off returning home 28 April 2026. I’ll try to pop in here when I can…but I’m not quite sure how much that will be just yet. So while I’m away, I’d really love this space to stay alive, supportive, and moving forward - not just waiting for me to come back. ☺️ ❓So tell me… What are your plans, goals and dreams you plan on working on over the next 3 weeks? What are you getting stuck into with your horse? And while you’re working through things, if anything comes up that you need help with, drop it in the comments like usual, support each other where you can, share your wins, your questions, your “not quite sure about this” moments…and I’ll come in and respond as soon as I can too. This is your space and I'm grateful to each and every one of you. Wishing you much love and success and a virtual kiss on the silky nose of your horses from me. 😘🐴✨🫶

✨ Have a plan - but keep it flexible. Go into each session with at least 3 exercises: 2 of which your horse already knows, and 1 new or less established. If things are going well, you can repeat that pattern with another 2–3 exercises. This keeps the horse thinking, engaged, and able to feel successful. Horses learn best when they can move between what they understand and what they’re still figuring out. Sometimes stepping away and returning to it later in the same session creates more understanding rather than pushing through. Sometimes it is not possible especially if it is a general skill that needs addressing in that moment - like pushing, biting, kicking, taking you skiing - but for the rest it is. Avoidance only becomes an issue when we never return to it. If you don’t yet have the knowledge, that’s your cue to study, prepare, and come back better next time. Also ask here in the community. Good sessions aren’t rigid, they’re responsive and progressive and boy oh boy is it fun. ❓Question: What do you think changes when you mix what your horse knows with something new? Drop it in the comments 👇

✨A little Easter check-in… I’m very curious 👇 What do you feel like you’re starting to get good at right now? And… What’s one thing you know you’re ready to begin next? Something you’ve maybe been putting off, overthinking, or waiting for the right moment with. Let’s share it - wins and next steps. 🐣🐴✨🫶