Eight horses - One winter.

Annie - Hi Tom Tom – Hi Annie, is it that time of year already! Annie – Yes it is. It soon goes by doesn’t it! Tom – So shall we get straig [...]

[...] feel like I should give up now! But one thing I have realised, which is good, is that good horsemanship has been with us since the beginning of time. What may seem to me to be a major [...]

[...] the shoulder, or tipping on to the front end, in a desperate try to get the job done. Not good horsemanship from the human, I'd say. And then they bang on and on, round and round, thinking that if [...]

[...] horsemanship have come on a long way. What I love most of all about all this is that this is good horsemanship within the grasp of ordinary people. Seriously, you don't have to be a super human super [...]

[...] ’s fed carrots every few seconds. And secondly, people think they can short cut good horsemanship by using tricks. Well, they can’t. They think that the horse’s mind works like [...]

[...] key to that one. But now I’ve got it. Annie: Go on then, tell me. Tom: Well, it’s simple stuff actually. I guess in a sentence I’d say, ‘get your horse in balance with you, in the [...]

[...] going to have a happy horse and get good results with the work that you want to do. It’s simple stuff but for some reason, and I’ll say here straight out, mostly the reasons are that some people [...]

[...] people past and present who work in this way, including General L'hotte, Captain Beaudant, Jean Claude Racinet and presently, Phillipe Karl) make it possible for the ordinary horseman to practise his [...]

[...] ’. The guys you want to read are Francois Baucher, Phillipe Karl, Anje Beran, and Jean Claude Racinet. There’s probably others, but I’d stick my neck out here and say Baucher got this [...]

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[...] from his point of view, truly I am convinced he sees me differently. Here is a quote from Francois Baucher. 'What delights the expert horseman will experience in the progressive application of his [...]

[...] in freedom, or what the French might call ‘legerite’. The guys you want to read are Francois Baucher, Phillipe Karl, Anje Beran, and Jean Claude Racinet. There’s probably others, but I’ [...]

[...] in this way, including General L'hotte, Captain Beaudant, Jean Claude Racinet and presently, Phillipe Karl) make it possible for the ordinary horseman to practise his ideas. In my limited way I have [...]

[...] the French might call ‘legerite’. The guys you want to read are Francois Baucher, Phillipe Karl, Anje Beran, and Jean Claude Racinet. There’s probably others, but I’d stick my neck [...]

[...] is if you are using any bracing in yourself, you shouldn’t be. If you are using restrictive tack you shouldn’t be. If you are pulling your horse in at the front you shouldn’t be. If [...]

[...] think balance is just, ‘not falling over’ or something. The fact is that if you are using restrictive tack, or you have trained into your horse some muscular tension, say for example your horse is [...]

Annie - Hi Tom Tom – Hi Annie, is it that time of year already! Annie – Yes it is. It soon goes by doesn’t it! Tom – So shall we get straig [...]

Annie - Hi Tom Tom – Hi Annie, is it that time of year already! Annie – Yes it is. It soon goes by doesn’t it! Tom – So shall we get straig [...]