Our Training Philosophy

We'd love to help you with your horse training needs. Like all relationships, it's important that we are a good fit. Before sending a horse to us for training, we'd like to share with you the following points which are the foundation of our horse training philosophy. We encourage you to come and meet us, watch us work with our own and other client horses or attend a lesson or clinic.

We believe that the horse itself is the best judge and advertisement for the trainer and it's important that you understand how we approach our training. A big part of your horse's training is your own education and progress which is why we also focus on helping you, together with your horse.

Horses are feeling and sensing individuals

Horses are individuals and we treat them as such. We will not treat your horse like a non-feeling and non-sensing machine and turn it into an ‘obedient robot’ that is ‘shut-down’ with no life left in it that you ride by pushing buttons.

It all starts on the ground

All horses who come to us receive a solid foundation on the ground before progressing to ridden work. This enables us to observe the horse’s individual learning style, start building softness and self-carriage for good posture and assess any potential lameness or biomechanic issues relating to conformation or past injuries. The time spent on the ground depends entirely on the individual horse and its progress.

Intention and body cues

We train horses with feel, timing and balance using primarily the rider’s intention, seat and legs to communicate with the horse (this is based much more on classical principles than modern training methods). If you are a rider who relies heavily on the reins to communicate with your horse you will need to learn this new way of communicating along with your horse in order for you both to speak the same language.

Training Enquiry Form

Contact us by completing the below training enquiry form or call Andrew on 0477655650 for more details and to discuss the best way we can support you and your horse.

Get in Touch

Tell us a bit about your horse. How long have you owned him/her? What have you done together so far? What training has your horse received to date?

What have you been doing with your horse? What is his/her level of training? Are you having any problems? If so, what have you done so far to try and resolve them?

What would you like to do with your horse? What are your dreams?

How much experience do you have with horses? Are you a confident rider? Do you get nervous? Are there specific things that you want to work on yourself?