HeartHorse Dressage

11/09/2026

11/09/2026

Remember this: You're a gorgeous-saurus

Stay beautiful inside and out my friend 😍

Send this to someone who needs this reminder

Nardando

10/09/2026

Do it because it makes your heart sing. That's it. No external validation required, just pure joy.

I love feeling partnership with my horses

Nardando


.en

09/09/2026

🎩🔮Everyone wants the magic formula. 🪄✨️

The system. The method. The program. The recipe.

But dressage doesn’t work as simply as that.

Some horses improve with more steady patience. Some horses love more challenge and high energy vibes.

Some horses thrive on repetition (Fairuza, I might be looking at you!)
Some horses switch off because of it (Never has Nardando Hengstenhouderij Reilink ever been bored🥱😴)

Some horses that need a very clear, logical baby steps approach, and other horses join the dots much faster.

The best training isn’t about proving your method works on every horse without flexibility

It’s about understanding the horse in front of you well enough to work out what they need as a pathway and in the moment.

And honestly, that’s a huge part of how I coach and mentor too.

A lesson plan is only a jumping off point.

I’m much more interested in teaching them to recognise why something is happening, what the horse is telling them, which part of the puzzle actually needs changing — and what they can try next.

Because exercises are tools.

Knowing which tool, when, why, and for which horse is the skill.

3 Paralympic Games and years of training my own horses haven’t left me with one system I think everyone should follow.

They’ve left me with a much bigger toolbox — and considerably more questions. 😉

The goal isn’t to become a rider with the answer.

It’s to become a horseperson with enough understanding to find the right answer for the horse in front of you.

And if your solution to every problem looks suspiciously similar...

You might not be training the horse.

You might be training your system. 🐴



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09/09/2026

Rule #1: Don't take directions from someone who's never been where you’re going.

Be careful who you take directions from.

Someone being a few steps ahead of you on the path doesn’t mean they know the road to where you’re trying to go.

And “this is how we’ve always done it” is not a high-performance plan either. 😉

I’ve spent years learning what it actually takes to get from raw ambition to elite sport.

3 Paralympic Games.
4 World Championships.
International teams.
Developing and training my own horses.
Learning how to be an athlete as well as a rider

There have been wrong turns. Expensive lessons. Things I’d do differently. Things I’d do again in a heartbeat. That experience matters.

Because when you have big goals, you don’t just need someone who knows more than you do.

You need people around you who understand where you’re trying to go, what it takes to get there, and which bits of the conventional route you can probably stop wasting your time on.

That’s a big part of why I mentor.

I’m not interested in creating mini versions of me or handing you my exact map. Your horse is different. Your body is different. Your circumstances are different.

My job is to help you get much better at navigating your route.

To spot the gaps. Ask the uncomfortable questions. Help you make better decisions earlier. Work out what actually deserves your time, money and energy — and occasionally point out that the scenic detour you’ve been advised to take is, in fact, taking you in entirely the wrong direction. 😂

Because ambition is expensive enough without spending years learning every lesson the slow way.

You don’t need more advice. You need advice that knows where you’re going.

If you’re an ambitious rider or athlete who wants to go further — whether that means international sport, developing horses, navigating disability alongside performance, or simply becoming considerably more intentional about how you get there — that’s exactly the work I do in my mentoring programme.

You bring the destination. I’ll help you build a more efficient route.

DM me “MENTOR” if you want to talk. 🐴

03/09/2026