Dressage 2B Shore

19/06/2026

Awsome to see the fabulous turnout for the Samford Equestrian Group come and try working equitation training day today.

19/06/2026

Stunning morning for lessons at Samford Equestrian group arena this morning.
I think we got lucky and managed one of the fine weather weekends here for a while.

15/06/2026

Who has seen the videos from the first Bridleless competition in the UK recently and feeling inspired to develop this level of partnership with their horse.

Reading many of the comments though out Facebook on the event and videos, so much focus was on the horses and how calm and relaxed they appeared, which is fantastic. But for us, watching it and seeing so many beautifully balanced riders, in perfect harmony with their horses, with no conflict in their aids, especially from their body and seat, was the highlight.

Going bridleless for Linda is about testing the purity and truth of her aids and communication with her horse. Generally watching competition riding be it any discipline in warmup, training or the competition arena we see so much conflict in the communication and discussion between horse and rider.

For a horse, when there is conflict in the rider's aids, ie hands, legs and seat all inadvertently saying different things, the horse must make a choice which to answer. The superseding aid the horse answers first is the seat, and if the rider is giving aids thru their seat that they are not aware of, the rider gets confuse as to why the horse is not doing what their hand or leg has requested, and unfortunately the horse often gets 'punished' to some degree for giving the incorrect answer.

Going bridleless for Linda is the opportunity to test the purity and accuracy of her communication and partnership with her horse. Certainly some horses are easier to ride bridleless than others, especially the more sensitive in tune horses. Training bridleless for us is not 'trick training', but rather a way to refine and test our communication with our horse.

Interested to learn more about how to develop this quality of partnership with your horse and become a rider with a position and aids that creates no conflict or confusion for your horse. Contact Linda to book a lesson, book a spot in any of our upcoming clinics, or organise a clinic in your area.

playing bridleless working equitation with morgan stallion RanchBos...

07/06/2026

Update. SOLD.
We have this lovely qh paint gelding, no rego, here in training for sale prep at present.
Approx 14.3hh, age in his early teens.

Harry is looking for his forever home. This boy is super quiet definitely more woo than go but developing a nice softness to his aids and posture. Proving very comfortable and safe to ride. We believe he could the the horse for all the family.

Easy to do everything with on the ground and no issues floating. Easy to trim and just had his teeth done by a vet

If your interested message us to register your EOI for this lovely gelding and will send full details of price etc. Inspection welcome.

05/06/2026

Keeping with the bridleless theme. Here is the daughter of Cortez, Boulevarde Gabrielle, and I doing fun freestyle to the same music as the previous one with Cortez.
You can tell I had a lot of fun with this one. I think I had only had about 3 training sessions with Gabby Bridleless before we performed at this event.

Boulevarde Gabrielle & Linda Shore presenting a bridleless freestyl...

04/06/2026

With all the great videos from the recent bridleless dressage and jumping competition recently held in England I thought I would post the video of the first dressage freestyle I ever did on the amazing Morgan stallion RanchBoss Cortez 15 years ago at the Australian National Morgan Show 2011 in Toowoomba.

Certainly not perfect but it was a lot of fun and I would like to think we got better in our performances over the years.

Going bridleless for me is a fun way of testing my partnership and communication with my horses. Some horses are certainly more easy to ride without a bridle than others.

freestyle dressage display without a bridle for the FUN AND ENTERTAINMENT class at 2011 Aust national Morgan show by Linda Shore on Pure Morgan Stallion Ran...

25/05/2026

The boys had their teeth done today. Lusitano stallion Pretzel and his buddy, who he hasn't seen for a while, Licorice, draft x gelding.
Decided they can have a sleep over in the stables to catch up and give Pretzel a chance to do some socialisation training
Both boys are now 4.5yo and ready to start a bit more light riding training over the next few months.