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Don Cross Stock Saddle - $3800This was a saddle I used for starting horses. It was the closest stock saddle that I found...
04/09/2026

Don Cross Stock Saddle - $3800
This was a saddle I used for starting horses. It was the closest stock saddle that I found to fitting like a BALANCE saddle. Good stock saddles made on traditional Australian stock saddle trees are very pricey these days - a new saddle like this is probably $10,000 plus.

These trees are so much better than fender/crossbred saddles in how they allow horse's backs to move and they are built to last. So if you are looking for a stock saddle that still allows your horse to move their back this one is one of the best ones I have found.

๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—จ๐——๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿโ€œ๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒโ€ฆโ€ฆI๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—œ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ€ฆ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป...
03/09/2026

๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—จ๐——๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ
โ€œ๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒโ€ฆโ€ฆ
I๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—œ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ€ฆ
๐—œ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—œ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜†.โ€

I wanted to share a few lines from an email from a student who recently participated in a ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ โ€“ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ โ€“ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ.

โ€œHI Mel,
Just thought Iโ€™d let you know Iโ€™m enjoying my work with Cookie. Early days, but I think she knows Iโ€™m listening.

Iโ€™ve even been massaging her and she stands there untethered and lets me do it! (And I picked out her hooves!). I know what I will be looking for in future now!

I said to you on the last day that โ€˜my dish was emptyโ€™ when asking for feedback from Cookie, because she was saying โ€˜I donโ€™t think youโ€™re ready for the answersโ€™. I am now. And I am listening. And I canโ€™t unsee what I see.

Iโ€™m loving this whole extra window and it has changed the way I will do, think and be with horses.

I canโ€™t wait to see where we go! It makes me so happy to think I might be making her happy.

Thanks for your help! Hope to see you again.โ€
Susie Edwards

Without context this wonโ€™t mean much, but in the introductions, Susie said ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ. ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

Her horse was a ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ who could take the lead and do as she was asked, but as much as Susie wanted to be friends and have a great relationship with her horse, her horse wasnโ€™t reciprocating that. ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐˜†, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ผ โ€“ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ.

When I saw the horse โ€“ I could see in the horseโ€™s posture (muscle development and stance) why she wouldnโ€™t like or enjoy being ridden. ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ. Tight muscles in the neck, shoulder blades rotated forwards, pelvis pulled down at the back, sternum and chest dropping down and forward โ€“ all quite common postural traits. This picture makes her look better than how I remember her the first time I saw her.

๐—œ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†, ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

I said to Susie โ€œI wouldnโ€™t take her not liking you too personally, she wouldnโ€™t want anybody to ride her when her body's like that." ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด (which is good news). So Susie thought her horse's body was fine. ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.

We boosted her progress with an ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป and the next day we could already see some ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† โ€“ we didnโ€™t think to take a photo, but we will get photos as her transformation evolves.

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ. For many horses their ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ โ€“ there was no question asked and no consent given โ€“ they were just forced into things. Hence, she didnโ€™t enjoy human interaction or touch, but this clinic started changing that and this lovely committed horse owner has been following through - she is developing connection and helping her horseโ€™s body by following the postural development program and she is, and will continue to, reap the rewards.

๐—” ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ, ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ต๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ, ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต, ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ.

This is just one example of the transformations that can happen at these courses. ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ and the owners ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

01/09/2026

๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€
๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—นe.
๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—”๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜. ๐Ÿณ โ€“ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜. ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ as some people who were planning to come have not been able to follow through with their plans.

๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€.
I know money is tight for many people right now so to make it easier for people to come we have 3 day options available for the weekly courses.

๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€.
If your horse is not up to travelling, or you think the experience will be too overwhelming for them or you are just getting started and donโ€™t have your own horse yet, come and learn - ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น, ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ โ€“ with some of the horses at โ€œAlchemy Placeโ€ . You can then take this learning back to your horse. Unfortunately we donโ€™t have horses available for the riding courses.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ โ€“ where you can come and help out during the course. You can audit (participate without a horse for free) or participate with a horse at a reduced rate. You would be helping with horse care, grounds care and cleaning. Preference goes to those staying for a longer time period.

F๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.
https://go.melfleming.com/alchemyplaceimmersionretreat--nsw-2026-214166-454104-943257

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†, ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ...
20/08/2026

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†, ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ with the philosophy and principles and ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ with our in person clinics and our ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ - where you can get feedback quickly, correct anything that is not on track and know when and how to progress to the next stage - is what ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜.

You can ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.
You can t๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ (๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป) ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ with ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ - as long as they donโ€™t have too much structural damage or arthritis. Smoky was retired at 19 โ€“ he wasnโ€™t interested in being ridden, he had no energy or impulsion and he didnโ€™t feel like a joy to ride. I thought it was just old age.

๐—”๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ โ€“ balanced, athletic, energised, magnificent. He could easily do 4 time tempi flying lead changes on a straight line, ba****ck and bridleless. He was once a horse that could never do a single flying lead change โ€“ not even in the paddock on his own. Everyone I had lessons with to teach him flying lead changes said โ€“ โ€œbuy another horse, he canโ€™t do themโ€.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—œ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ:-
C๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€
H๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜†๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ
D๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€
R๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€
F๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ, ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ of transformations that have happened following this program.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ.

Through ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ, ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, he changed.

I ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€.

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ณ.

๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ from short 3 day course to longer immersive learning modules.

https://melfleming.com/course-schedule/

Got Horse problems ?Feeling Fearful or Frustrated ?Or just want to feel more joy, more ease, have more fun and or be mor...
05/08/2026

Got Horse problems ?
Feeling Fearful or Frustrated ?
Or just want to feel more joy, more ease, have more fun and or be more successful in your chosen horse sport, then these courses can help you.

Central Coast, NSW - Aug 8-10
Dubbo, NSW - Aug 15-17
Veresdale, S.E, QLD - Aug 28-30
Moonbi, NSW - Sept 7-11
Howlong, NSW/ VIC border - 6-8

For all the details go to
www.melfleming.com/course-schedule

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€.I was too tunnel visioned on the goal โ€“ to win, to achi...
31/07/2026

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€.
I was too tunnel visioned on the goal โ€“ to win, to achieve.
Also, it was not something that my mentors talked about or pointed out as an important factor to consider.

After achieving a lot of success in the horse world as a competitor, professional trainer, coach and doing performances and exhibitions with horses โ€“ ๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† โ€“ ๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ. I had to find a better way to be with horses.

๐—œ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. One of things that highlighted the lack of โ€œhappinessโ€ or enthusiasm in horses was back in 1996 (wow - thatโ€™s 30 years ago), watching some sea lions perform at Sea World. ๐—œ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ in them. I remember thinking โ€œI never really see that in horsesโ€. And it provoked the question โ€œH๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜‚๐˜€ ?โ€

I also observed this charisma in agility dogs โ€“ the excitement, the joy, as they run around a course. It got me observing horses more. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—œ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—œ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. Some people perceive a horse to be loving what they doโ€”for example, a horse that goes fast and races intensely towards a jump, works a cow with great intensity, or has their ears pricked in competition because they are aroused by the environmentโ€”when sometimes the underlying emotion is something other than a positive one. Sometimes it is fear, stress, manic energy, or complianceโ€”a horse simply trying to get the task over and done with as quickly as possible to escape the pressure that will occur if they don't comply.

๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ตโ€”l๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜†โ€”because, especially way back then, there weren't many people on the path who were sensing horses as I was beginning to. There was a lot of trial and error, and many mistakes were made, as I couldn't find a mentor who seemed to have all the pieces of the puzzle.

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜‡๐˜‡๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ:-

๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ โ€“ how they think, how they learn and how they play.
๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ โ€“ realizing that they feel many emotions โ€“ similar to humans
๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ€“ biomechanics, saddle fit and hoof balance to name a few things. Also the fact that many horses have a lot of physical issues in their bodies that restrict them from being comfortable to do what we ask,
๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ โ€“ who they are as individual beings

๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ€“
๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€, ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€
๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น we needed to have with horses.
๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ - so that riding could feel good for horses.
Developing ourselves to better at ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€.

Now, 30 years in, after working with hundreds of horses that have come in for training, been in clinics, and the many extreme problem horses that I have taken on, I feel that I have found some answers, developed a great deal of skill, and can ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€.

I remember a long time ago where I, and mentors I had, would use words that made things sound nice and good for the horse, but in my heart it didnโ€™t feel right.

Now, most of the time, it feels right in my heart. Of course Iโ€™m not perfect, I donโ€™t have all the answers, but I get a sense pretty quickly when something is not right and start looking for solutions.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜†, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ. ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

This is not to say that you and your horse will โ€œloveโ€ every moment of training or working or playing together. The nature of learning, training, progress and physical development is actually discomfort. As in, you have to move out of your comfort zone โ€“ mentally, emotionally and physically.

But the question is -
โ€œI๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ?โ€
โ€œI๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ โ€œd๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜โ€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ?โ€
๐——๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ?

That little bit of โ€œdiscomfortโ€ or โ€œchallengeโ€ can feel stimulating โ€“ itโ€™s actually necessary for life not to be boring or mundane.

So it's not that your horse should never experience some degree of stress. The important question is whether the overriding feeling is a positive one, and whether the relationship and connection between you and your horse feel good.

๐——๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€?
I๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป?
W๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ, ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜†?
I๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ?

๐—” ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ, ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป.
F๐˜‚๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น.

Once you experience what it feels like to ride a ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜†, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ-๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ you will never want to settle for less. Once you feel the ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜†, a horse that is just being obedient or compliant will not feel good to you.

๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒโ€”๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†-๐˜๐—ผ-๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€โ€”๐—œ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. It can help you get there more quickly than it took me, and with far fewer mistakes along the way.

๐—œ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ -
W๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ โ€“ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€.

We have a c๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ & ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ at:-

๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ โ€“ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด. ๐Ÿด-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ (๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜)
D๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ผ โ€“ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด.๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ
V๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ต ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ค๐—Ÿ๐—— โ€“ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด. ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด-๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ
M๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐—ถ, ๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—ช โ€“ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜. ๐Ÿณ-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ

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๐—ต๐˜๐˜๐—ฝ๐˜€://๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ/๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ-๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ/

๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€.

๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—นJust sharing some ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ from the Mum of a young participant -๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ (๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ) and her ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€...
21/07/2026

๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น
Just sharing some ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ from the Mum of a young participant -
๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ (๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ) and her ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜†.

They recently did the ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ - ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ and I also did an ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป with Classy to help with some emotional and body issues.

They'd had some pretty ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜.

"๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ.

I see it mostly as being in a ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ in both of them.

I took them to a club dressage day this past sunday, the first one they've been to in a few months and ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ, ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ.

Instead they ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜ in a club event and more importantly, the ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜€.

๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ.

I had ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜†'๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

It's made Stella start ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€.

Last thursday, ๐—œ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ซ๐—– ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜. ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ.

Hi Everyone,I am just posting this for a friend and student of mine, Tristan.Sadly she needs to rehome her horse Buddy.T...
20/07/2026

Hi Everyone,
I am just posting this for a friend and student of mine, Tristan.
Sadly she needs to rehome her horse Buddy.

Tristan has been a student with me for a couple of years and has been in my mentoring program and has done many clinics with me working on developing Buddy's posture and biomechanics and developing his confidence.

He is a lovely horse - finding the right person for him is important.
I am happy to chat to discuss whether he might be a good match with whoever might be interested. We are hoping he can go to a student of mine who will continue with him in this learning program.

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It is time for me to find a new home for my beautiful horse Buddy.
He is 11 turning 12 y.o, 14.3H Quarter Horse gelding.
He was bred by Del Rio QH in Tumut NSW. He can be registered, paperwork and breeding available.

He has a kind temperament and is naturally athletic, he is quiet with me as an older less confident rider but is capable of a lot more.

We have been learning with Mel Fleming for over 2 years and he has a good basic foundation in her program. Iโ€™m hoping he can stay with Melโ€™s program with someone who can take him to the next level. We have been developing his posture and balance and would like someone who wants to continue on with this.

He is ridden in a BALANCE saddle (which is also available for sale) and boots (not shod).

He is confident going out to events like clinics and working equitation / cowboy dressage days.

He is good to float and travels well.

He is in excellent health with annual dentistry and vax by equine vet.
He has been prone to laminitis but it is well managed and he is doing well on a track system.

Iโ€™m asking $5,500 and my priority is to find the best home and match for him. Price is negotiable for the right home.

Happy to chat Tristan McLachlan.
Mel is also happy to chat with you and see if she thinks he might be a good match for you. DM us for more information.

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14/07/2026

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