Paul Cornish International Online Equestrian Training.

Paul Cornish International Online Equestrian Training. I'm offering Online Equestrian training.

Covering flat work, test riding, pole work, lungeing, long reining, in hand work, channel work with poles and rider confidence.

Tuesday's pole work exercise. Just using 4 poles and easy to set out.An effective exercise with many variations to ride ...
08/09/2026

Tuesday's pole work exercise.

Just using 4 poles and easy to set out.

An effective exercise with many variations to ride in walk and trot.

You can vary the size to suit your horse to where they are within their training.

We hope you enjoy using it.

08/09/2026

Tuesday's training.

Suppleness.

Our aim is to keep our horse's as loose, free and mobile as we can.

The better their longitudinal suppleness the bigger and more open their stride will become.

You want them to release through and over their backs so their frame goes outwards as well as downwards showing the longitudinal suppleness.

This will open their shoulders for their stride to become longer.

You want them in a good balance and carriage and not on their forehand, boring down onto your hands becoming heavy or curling through their frame with their head and neck tucking in.

The aim is to be able to position them in 3 ways.

Starting with a straight positioning where their head and neck are in the centre of their shoulders.

From there to a slight inside and outside flexion.This is still in a longitudinal frame. Your legs will support and guide your horse through this.

They can only do this if their backs are loose and free without tension or tightness.

If their neck muscles are relaxed and soft you will see movement in the muscles like jelly rather than tight and solid.

Then finally with their jaws mobile, relaxed and soft rather than crossing and locked.

By being able to have these 3 positionings still with control and straightness through their body you will feel they are more into both reins rather than just one.

Here is s great example from Hannah with Annie showing the stretching.

Once you are able to achieve this your next step is going all over this again but with your horse in a more uphill and higher frame with their poll being their highest point.

This doesn't mean with them climbing up with a hollow back.

You want them working over their backs and building a bridge.

This is where their hind legs are underneath them, they are rounding and lifting up through their backs so they are using their core to lift up. This is again where your legs, seat and core will ask for this.

The weight up and off from their shoulders with a higher frame, still on the bit with a good connection rather than climbing up and out of the contact.

Still in a good balance and carriage rather than you lifting and holding them up through your hands and contact.

All of the above takes time to achieve with the build up of the correct muscles and strength.

We really hope you have found this helpful and interesting.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Lets all keep our horse's as supple as we can.

Happy riding.

Tuesday's training. Rider's can quite often be confused to where their hands should go when they are riding. Sometimes y...
08/09/2026

Tuesday's training.

Rider's can quite often be confused to where their hands should go when they are riding.

Sometimes you are told to carry your hands higher, lower, together or wider and it's easy to end up not knowing what to do and where to put them.

Years ago when I was training for my BHS AI, I was lucky enough to have some training from Patrick Print who was at that time Chairman of the British Horse Society when I was an instructor at Lea Valley Riding Centre in London.

I asked the same question and his answer has always stayed with me.

Patrick said wherever puts your horse into a better balance and I have never forgotten this and use this everyday in my coaching.

We hope this has been helpful and useful. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Happy riding.

Monday's training. What we like to include and add to our coaching sessions is the theory and knowledge side of riding a...
07/09/2026

Monday's training.

What we like to include and add to our coaching sessions is the theory and knowledge side of riding a horse.

This to us is so important that our rider's really do understand how to sit in balance, how to prepare and ride the movements successfully, how to listen to their horse and so on.

To explain the reasons why these things are so important and how it can affect their horse's way of going.

For them to know the reasons behind what they are aiming for, what are the common mistakes, things to look out for and what we are wanting to achieve.

The more knowledge our rider's have can only help them. Everything is always work in progress and everyone is going to have their own strengths and weaknesses. No one is ever going to find everything easy, so from time to time it's going to be a challenge for them.

That's when my role comes in to steer and guide them through these moments.

Then with a good understanding, it's the time in the saddle to begin and master the practical skills of riding.

We will ask our rider's questions during their session to see their understanding on things or ask them the aids for a movement they are going to ride.

It's really easy to assume they know the aids but our job is to double check and never assume. Just because they have been doing something doesn't mean they know it well enough yet. It's like revision, just going over something.

During the course of the training session we will ask them if they are understanding everything so far or on a movement we are talking about. Just to get confirmation and reassurance they are following us.

We like to give rider's time to ask questions and to make them feel comfortable that they can ask. This for us is so important.

We hope you like our training and coaching approach, methods and techniques.

07/09/2026

Another great article from Christoph Hess.

Monday's training. It's so important when we are riding our horse's or coaching that we listen to what's happening. The ...
07/09/2026

Monday's training.

It's so important when we are riding our horse's or coaching that we listen to what's happening.

The aim is to produce horse's of any size or breed with soft footfalls, they are light and relaxed in their body movement. So not landing heavy on their feet.

Then listen to their breathing. When you ride a downwards transition do they take a really big breath which would suggest they haven't been breathing properly and have been holding their breath.

So it's not just vision but sound also is so important in the training method.

The more relaxed and softer we can encourage our horse's to be the better.

We hope this has been helpful.

Happy riding.

Monday's training. When you are riding you are looking for your horse to release and relax through their mouth. We are w...
07/09/2026

Monday's training.

When you are riding you are looking for your horse to release and relax through their mouth. We are wanting to have relaxed, soft and mobile jaws so when you ask something through the reins your horse follows your instruction and direction.

It's important their tongue relaxes as lots of horse's hold tension in their mouth by trying to draw the tongue around.

The fitting of your bridle is so important so your horse feels comfortable. They feel no restrictions and discomfort through tightness.

Remember your hand, arm and elbow are an extention to your reins so keeping your shoulders relaxed is so important to keep your arm relaxed and steady to create the elasticity required.

We also want them to relax through their body and over the back so engagement and throughness can be achieved.

Your horse's back and frame needs to be soft and supple so you can stretch them and pick them up. Also to have lateral flexion left and right so their body can follow the curve you are creating around your leg.

Your horse is reacting in a positive and motivated way to your leg and seat aids.

We hope this has been helpful and interesting. If you have any questions please let us know.

Happy riding.

Monday's training. In your warm up in walk you want to create elasticity through your contact. Most horse's if they hold...
07/09/2026

Monday's training.

In your warm up in walk you want to create elasticity through your contact.

Most horse's if they hold any tension it will be through their contact and in the mouth. So work on asking them to let go and to have soft jaws and a relaxed tongue.

This is not achieved by strapping their mouth shut and tight.

You want to feel you can move your horse's body in many ways.

You can stretch them in a long and low position, then you can flex them left and right in the same positioning. With the importance of feeling they are in a good balance.

Remember you want them to listen to your leg and seat aid to help you to achieve this.You can bend them around your leg and steer them through your leg, all in a long and low stretch. You can also straighten them.

Followed by bringing them up to have a higher positioning and again be able to have left and right flexion. This is achieved by improving the hind legs and core engagement.

You could ask for some lateral steps like leg yield shoulder in or some Travers (quarters in) to have movement behind you through their hindquarters. This again can be done in a longer or higher frame.

The important thing is to have good swing and purpose in their steps.

The swing and purpose will help to create a good connection and contact. So active steps with energy.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Happy training.

Monday's training. Finding the right trainer who suits you and your horse's requirements is so important. Someone you fe...
07/09/2026

Monday's training.

Finding the right trainer who suits you and your horse's requirements is so important.

Someone you feel comfortable and at ease with their training methods and approaches.

You feel they listen to you and what you are saying.

You feel comfortable talking to them.

They help you through moments of lacking self belief or in confidence.

You can clearly understand their instructions and communication of the exercises so you can deliver them clearly to your horse.

They explain the whats, the whys and the hows.

What is happening, why is it happening and how to improve it.

They give you honest answers in a constructive way.

They know when and how to push you.

You feel they listen to your horse and understands them.

Help you to set aims and goals and how to achieve them.

They show patience in their training.

It's always an advantage if they will ride as well so they can show you things at times or finds out if your horse can do something. If they are finding something difficult and how to work on it.

Etc.

07/09/2026

Monday's training.

We will use either walking around the field as a nice way of warming up Sunny before his training in the arena.

Or at the end of his training to cool him off.

It's great to have the option to do this.

We are always thinking of the wellbeing of Sunny and Vinnie and keeping them happy and fresh.

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