Winters Hill equine services

20/10/2026

🐴 LAST-MINUTE AVAILABILITY! 🐴

I’ve had a spot become available for tomorrow, Wednesday 21st October, around midday!

📍 Areas: Orielton, Richmond, Cambridge, Acton and Sandford.

I’ll be available for:

🐴 Equine Bodywork

❤️ Full Body Red Light Therapy

✂️ Professional Clipping

If you’ve been meaning to book your horse in, now’s your chance!

📩 Send me a message to secure this spot!

Winter Hill Equine Services 🐴

10/10/2026

Yesterday I had the pleasure of clipping the cutest little pony ever, Maple! 🍁🥹🐴

Just look at that before and after glow-up! 😍✨

From fluffy little teddy bear to one very smart-looking pony!

How adorable is she?! 🥰❤️

06/10/2026

Another client story! 🤍

Grace has been very dedicated to her lovely mare Estelle’s rehab. This has been a process, but it’s so exciting to see how far they have come!

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We started working with Isobel in the winter of 2024, using bodywork to help keep Estelle feeling her best. Throughout the 2025 endurance season, Isobel worked with Estelle to help maintain her agility, posture and overall way of going as her workload increased.

After our final endurance ride of the 2025 season in November, Estelle unfortunately experienced a tying-up episode. Following this, she lost a significant amount of condition and developed changes in her posture and way of carrying herself.

Rather than simply getting Estelle back into work, we focused on gradually rebuilding her strength, mobility, correct posture and fitness. Isobel developed an individual rehab plan for Estelle, including specific exercises and regular bodywork. We began seeing improvements in her movement, posture and overall condition, and eventually we were able to return her to light riding.

Unfortunately, at the beginning of March, Estelle experienced another major setback. We found her lying down in the paddock, not eating, shaking, with a very high heart rate and temperature. After an emergency visit from the vet that afternoon, Estelle was stabilised for the night and returned to eating and drinking, but still kept a high temperature. The next morning we made the trip to Scottsdale Vets.

Her blood results came back with a high white blood cell count, showing she was fighting an infection.

She spent three nights at the vets’ property receiving IV antibiotics, being treated for a serious lung infection/pneumonia.

This meant another period of rest and rehab, but Isobel continued to support us throughout. While Estelle was recovering and before Isobel could physically work on her again, she provided us with exercises and a plan so that we could safely maintain Estelle’s movement without asking too much of her.

In May, Estelle had her next vet visit. At this point her blood results came back normal, but she was still not looking herself body-wise.

Isobel has provided us with personalised exercise plans that progress each week, through the 6 weeks until her next visit.

One of the biggest things I have learnt from Isobel throughout Estelle’s journey is that rehab is not just about getting a horse back into work. It is about understanding how the horse is moving, identifying areas where they may be compensating, maintaining correct posture, gradually rebuilding strength and ensuring the workload matches where the horse is physically at that point in time.

Since getting Isobel I have really noticed a difference in every aspect of Estelle, but the biggest one is her posture and the way she holds herself correctly.

Isobel has always helped me understand and share her knowledge. I can now confidently tell if Estelle is dropping through her back or withers.

It has been a long journey of carefully planned exercise, bodywork, rest and rebuilding. Having Isobel guiding us through each stage has made such a huge difference.

Thank you, Isobel, for everything you have done and continue to do for Estelle and I, every horse deserves a visit from Isobel.

26/09/2026

⭐ INTRODUCING POSTURE POWER PERFORMANCE ⭐
Personalised plans for horses 🐴

Some of you may have noticed that over the last little while I’ve been doing more than just bodywork with some of my clients’ horses.

Behind the scenes, I’ve been developing and trialling something I’m now ready to officially introduce through Winter Hill Equine Services —

✨ POSTURE POWER PERFORMANCE ✨

Posture Power Performance is a personalised exercise plan designed around the individual horse — their posture, movement, asymmetries, areas of weakness and what I’m finding through their bodywork sessions.

Rather than giving every horse the same set of exercises, each plan is built around what that particular horse needs.

Depending on the horse, this can include targeted groundwork, pole work, hill work, stretches and strengthening exercises, with the aim of helping the horse develop better body awareness, posture, balance, strength and movement patterns.

I’ve been quietly trialling these plans with a number of horses while I continue to develop and refine the program — and we’re starting to see some really exciting changes. ❤️

So instead of me just telling you what Posture Power Performance is, I thought the best way to introduce it would be through the horses and owners who have actually experienced it.

🐴 CLIENT STORY — OLI

Oli recently completed one of my personalised 6-week plans alongside her bodywork and red light therapy.

This is what her owner had to say about their experience:

Before me and Oli were given the 6 week program, she had been struggling with her balance and posture and was quite uneven through the hind, pecks, and shoulders, and lacked overall muscle due to previous injuries and not being taught how to correctly hold herself. Oli was often quite sore after a ride and we struggled a bit with lameness without knowing what was causing it. Isobel majorly helped with bodyworks and red light therapy, but when we were given the 6 week plan was when the real underlying issues started to slowly get resolved. The plan was personalised for Oli's specific problem, with workout sessions that included exercises and stretches that were easy to complete and understand but made a huge difference. In only 6 weeks we could visibly see the difference with before and after photos, as well as the way she felt under saddle and the way she responded to being asked to complete certain exercises. Before she would quite often pin her ears back in a classic grumpy mare look, and tended to be distracted and jumpy, whereas now she seems quite relaxed and content to do whatever is asked of her. So greatful for the massive step ahead in improving her conformation and comfortability.

📸 Before & After — 6 weeks apart.

This is just the beginning for Posture Power Performance, and over the next few weeks I’ll be sharing more horses, their stories and the changes their owners have noticed.

I’m really excited to finally start sharing something I’ve been working on behind the scenes. ⭐

13/09/2026

Gelding scare

Gelding scars & adhesions — something that can easily be overlooked.

This gelding presented with significant sensitivity around his hindquarters. He was uncomfortable with people moving behind his lower back and hind end, and picking up and trimming his hind feet had become difficult for him.

During assessment, I found what I suspected to be restriction and adhesion associated with his gelding scar, particularly toward the left inner thigh. There was also a noticeably more prominent superficial vein running down this side.

The photos show the progression:

Photo 1: Before treatment
Photo 2: After the first treatment and before the second
Photo 3: After the following treatment

Rather than focusing only on how the area looks, the biggest change for me was in how the horse felt and behaved.

After carefully working through the scar and surrounding restricted tissue, he became significantly more comfortable with people moving around and behind his hindquarters. He was also much happier to pick up his hind feet and found holding them up for trimming considerably easier.

Scar tissue may look small from the outside, but restriction and adhesions within the surrounding tissues can potentially influence mobility, comfort and the way a horse responds to movement or touch.

This is why I always like to consider the whole horse and their history, rather than simply working on the area where tension is showing up. 🐴

26/08/2026

Clipping clipping clipping ! A small handful of the clips completed this fortnight

24/08/2026

🐴 WINTER HILL EQUINE SERVICES – UPCOMING AVAILABILITY

I have a small amount of availability remaining over the next fortnight for equine bodywork, full-body red & near-infrared light therapy, and professional clipping.

Thursday 27th & Friday 28th August
📍 Kingston • Allens Rivulet • Margate • Huon Valley

Tuesday 1st September
📍 Brighton • Campania • Cambridge • Acton • Sandford • Sorell • Orielton

Appointments are limited, so please send me a message if you’d like to secure a spot. 🐴✨

15/08/2026

🐴 Has your horse ever pulled back while tied up?

To many people, it can look like the horse has simply panicked…

But what actually happens to the horse’s body during a pull-back?

When a horse pulls back, thousands of kilograms of force can travel through the body in just a few seconds as it braces, throws its weight backwards, and then fights to regain its balance.

Even if your horse walks away without obvious cuts or lameness, the body may still have absorbed significant strain.

Areas that can commonly be affected include:

🔹 Poll and neck – As the halter tightens, the muscles and soft tissues around the poll and cervical spine can become strained.

🔹 Jaw (TMJ) and hyoid region – Many horses brace through the jaw during a pull-back, which may contribute to tension and discomfort.

🔹 Thoracic sling and shoulders – As the horse tries to stabilise itself, the muscles that suspend the body between the front legs can become overloaded.

🔹 Back and topline – Sudden bracing through the spine and back muscles can leave horses feeling stiff or uncomfortable.

🔹 Pelvis and hindquarters – As the horse pushes backwards and then catches itself, the hindquarters work hard to regain balance and may become sore or strained.

Signs you may notice afterwards

• Holding the head higher than normal
• Reluctance to lower the neck
• Stiffness turning one way
• Shortened stride or reduced shoulder movement
• Tightness through the back
• Changes in posture or way of going
• Resistance when being bridled or ridden
• Increased anxiety when tied up again

Sometimes these changes are obvious…

Sometimes they don’t become noticeable until the following day.

⚠️ If your horse has had a significant pull-back and shows severe pain, swelling, difficulty walking, or any neurological signs, they should be examined by a veterinarian promptly.

Once serious injury has been ruled out, a bodywork assessment may help identify areas of muscular tension, compensation and restriction that developed during the incident. Addressing these changes early can help restore comfortable movement and reduce the chance of longer-term compensatory patterns developing.

Every pull-back is different, but understanding what your horse’s body has experienced can make a real difference to their recovery.❤️‍🩹

13/08/2026