Alex Austin Horseback Archery

24/08/2025

Preparing a young horse for archery we need to be certain they can cope with random things going on above them . So took the opportunity on a breezy day to play about with a flag.

24/06/2025

So proud of my boy. 😁
These are the first arrows I have ever shot from sitting on him.
He's was an absolute star..

23/06/2025

This is Castan my recently backed youngster, he will be four on the 4th July.

I'm slowly introducing him to ridden work and of course some archery. 😊

03/10/2024

So please I've finally achieved this grade. 😁
A massive Thank You to my wonderful friend Lynn Carter for giving me the opportunity to ride her might fine steed - Chutney.

Congratulations to Alex of The Forest Horseback Archers on achieving your HA2! 🤩🤩🎉🎉

06/08/2024

Love this 😆

30/06/2024

Getting some Tower 90 training done in preparation for the 4 Nations Competition in August.

20/05/2024

Coaching the The Forest Horseback Archers on Sunday morning and training in the afternoon.
What a fabulous day, just look at that sky !

02/05/2024

The next stage of teaching a horse archery from the ground is walking and shooting.

The horse should NOT be rushing to get passed you as this could be dangerous. If its possible have another person help you with this stage, one leads while the other shoots, the leading person needs to stay on the none shooting side of the horse and keep a safe distance away from the person shooting in case of any unexpected reactions.

Take time to notice your horses reaction and only shot when you are certain they are comfortable and relaxed with the situation. It might be necessary to go back a stage or two until you are sure they are ready to proceed.

If you're in doubt with any part of this process please seek professional help, from either me or one of our many BHAA qualified coaches.

28/04/2024

This is the third video I created in the autumn with my young horse. (sorry its taken me so long to post.)

05/11/2023

Training horses to horseback archery.

Stage 2 : Your horse must be comfortable with the sound of clattering arrows, it's important to achieve this on the ground first (you don't want your horse bolting down the archery run trying to escape from this sound.)
Carbon arrows also make less sound than aluminium so that's another option from wooden arrows.

02/11/2023

Training horses to horseback archery.

Stage 1 : Preparation of area above the horse.