✨ Hello from Ireland - let’s share some wins 🥳 What’s something you and your horse did this week that went right and / or felt good? 🐴✨🫶

✨ 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. 😘🐴✨🫶

Good morning GGWH Skoolers, thought I would mention this today because it came up a few times again last week in my observations, and questions from a few people. ✨ There’s an important difference between allowing a horse to make a mistake so they can learn and leaving them in a situation where they are simply guessing. Those two things often get mixed up. Some people believe that if they just “let the horse figure it out,” learning will happen naturally. But what often happens instead is that the horse makes mistake after mistake, gets corrected repeatedly, and never actually understands what the right answer was supposed to be. That isn’t learning. That’s confusion. Allowing a horse to make a mistake only works when the setup was clear to begin with. The question has to be fair, the conditions understandable, and the horse prepared well enough that the right answer is within reach. If the horse doesn’t know the assignment, they’re not learning - they’re guessing. And when guessing is followed by correction, you don’t get understanding you get tension, hesitation, and sometimes even shutdown. This is exactly why GGWH puts so much emphasis on setting horses up for success. Not because mistakes are forbidden. But because good preparation means fewer misunderstandings to correct later. A well-prepared horse can make a mistake and quickly discover the right answer. 👉 An unprepared horse just collects corrections. There is a time and place to clarify misunderstandings. But the real skill in horsemanship is designing situations where the horse is most likely to succeed in the first place. That’s not making things easier. That’s making them clearer. A few examples worth remembering: - Don’t stop next to a feed bucket, expect your horse to stand quietly, and then tell them off when their nose goes in it. By that point, the mistake was already built into the setup. - Don’t tie your horse and walk away expecting them to cope if they’ve never been prepared for that. It often creates unrelaxed horses that feel abandoned rather than confident. - Don’t tie their mouths shut to hide poor training or follow a trend. - Don’t show up half in your head and expect magic back from the horse.

Week 12 @Rizette Akersloot @Lauryn Hogan @K K @Alison Galeotafiore @Bregje Heijman @Sharon Visser @Gulseren Petek Caglar @Shelayne Fico @Clare Cichocki @Eileen Heaney @Serena Valentina Pagnoncelli Folcieri @Mariel Rodriguez @Deirdre MacNiven @Ryath Nalar @Angelina Langbehn @Beth Wilson @Caroline Nome @Lise van Schagen @Renata Renata @Rebecca Hamilton @Julia Stobbe ...we're really glad you’re here. 👉 New to Skool? You’ll mainly move between two areas: Classrooms → structured learning and your resources Community → questions, advice, wins, progress, and discussion ⬆️ Please check out the 60 second video above and if you like more - the How to Navigate class. 👉 Free members are welcome to begin with the following learning resources: ✨ Start Getting Good Here → Resources to help you settle in and get started. 🔓 Get Good Dreams With Horses → Begin shaping your wish list (unlocks after 1 day).

...so…the last four days I committed 10 hours a day to building the new Get Good With Horses Skool in here. I’ll be honest - I hoped I’d have it finished by now and I’m “only” about ¾ of the way through. Slightly disappointed… but also very proud. 🥰 Because alongside that, I’ve still taken care of my boys, walked the dog as many times as she demanded, and made it to the gym twice at sunrise. So yes, am a bit tired 😅 Husband? What husband...lol! But, it’s looking beautiful. And instead of just transferring everything from the old platform, I’m refining it. Improving it. Tightening it. The structure feels stronger, clearer. Love it! I’ve set aside two more full days next week to finish it, so watch this space for the release. Right now it’s four classrooms, properly organised and packed with everything you need to get good with horses. And going through five years of my own work? I’m genuinely in awe of what’s been created. It’s a lot. Tomorrow I’m back to normal life: gym at 06:30, first lesson at 09:30, horses, and then dinner with friends in Amsterdam in the evening. 🍻 So I’ll be taking a proper night off from this very dear, special community. Will check-in here the afternoon then first thing Saturday for our Weekly Wins. Much love, Zoë 🐴✨🫶