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  • SHARING SPACE IN THE STABLE PT 1

    Training horse Zeppy has his first official session at HoH HQ. Mia goers over how to put in a block or barrier into the space to establish boundaries, whilst not offending the horse.

  • FOUNDATIONS FOR BRIDLELESS RIDING PT 2

    Part two of Caroline and April's first Bridleless session. Testing out the basic cue's learnt with the bridle, now just without it!

  • FOUNDATIONS FOR BRIDLELESS RIDING PT 1

    Caroline and April have their first lesson learning the foundations for Bridleless Riding.

    Mia goes over all the fundamental tools for steering and stopping without a bridle, preparing Caroline to ride without touching her reins before they are then ready to take the bridle off.

  • BITING WHEN HALTERING

  • AN EXERCISE FOR HORSES WHO ARE IMPULSIVE AND BOLT

    Here's one exercise you can use for a who who is impulsive and extroverted, with a tendency to bolt. This can also be done in a school if you don't have access to a sand gallops or large outside space like this.

  • RIDER POSITION WITH ANNETTE AND SAVVY

    This lesson with Mia's long time student and friend Annette covers some useful tips for improving your position as a rider.

  • TEACHING A DOMINANT HORSE HOW TO PONY

    Here's an introduction in how we start teaching our horses to pony or ride and lead. This video covers the basics but is particularly helpful if you have a very dominant and pushy horse that you are trying to teach.

  • ADVERSE REACTIONS TO THE STICK

    Here's how to help a horse who either doesn't understand the stick, or has an adverse reaction to it. In this video we show you how to build our horses trust in us, our intentions and our tool.

  • WARMING UP FOR PIAFFE AT LIBERTY

    Performing Piaffe at liberty is exceptionally hard for horses as they don't have the wall, rail or halter to help them maintain straightness. Here's how we go about warming up for Piaffe on the rail in the halter first, before talking it to liberty.

  • Trailer Loading Simulations: The Crash Mat

    The first exercise in our trailer loading simulations is The Crash Mat exercise. This simulates the feeling of the unstable floor that a trailer ramp may have. The aim of this exercise for your horse is to be able to cross the mat from an ask from you, with all four feet stepping onto and over t...

  • WORKING STALLIONS IN A TEAM

    Watch Mia at home as she demonstrates how she goes about working a stallion in a team at liberty. Mia shares some tips on how to keep peace between the boys, and keep stallions focused on the work and not on other things! And although not everyone will be working teams with stallions in, you may ...

  • HOW TO TEACH LAYDOWN

    Watch three different horses have their first lesson on learning the lie down cue. Mia guides Serena and Sarah through the various techniques she uses to teach the lie down and helps them through some of the common issues that come up when learning this trick for the first time.