Dr Shelley Appleton Calm Willing Confident Horses

23/10/2026

Dressage, Blindspots and Other Expensive Mistakes😬

One of my greatest advantages in helping people with horses is remembering when I wasn't particularly good at it.🫣

Not that I knew! I competed officially in dressage, had ribbons and trophies, and dreamed of taking young horses through the grades. Clearly, I was doing something right.

Unfortunately, my horses hadn't read the script and frustration seemed just part of the deal.

Some rushed, particularly in canter. Others wouldn't go forward. Some were heavy in my hands and hard in the mouth, regardless of the bit. Tightening the noseband didn't help much either. Band-Aids and impressive biceps were apparently essential dressage equipment.😕

Then there were the sensitive, spooky horses that struggled at home, let alone at competitions.😖

I spent thousands on coaching from local, interstate and international trainers, including Olympians. I worked hard, followed advice and genuinely thought I was doing the right things.

Looking back, I realise how much I didn't understand.

As I became more skilled at training horses and understanding behaviour, many problems disappeared. Biomechanics added another important layer, followed by a deeper understanding of sensory systems, physiology, movement and physics.

Annoyingly, physics doesn't care how many ribbons you've won.😒

The more I studied dressage, its history, movements and training scale, the more I recognised three recurring problems: blindspots, superficial understanding and a shortage of practical know-how.

Take 'forward'. Everyone wants more of it, but what does it actually mean? Speed? Energy? Responsiveness? Balance?

Then there's 'straightness', a seemingly innocent term that overlooks the fact that horses are complex biological organisms, not pieces of furniture to be squared up with a spirit level. And 'on the bit', an expression whose meaning has become so muddled through translation and everyday use that we've lost sight of what it was originally intended to describe.

And then there's the practical instruction.

"More forward!"

"Keep the contact!"

"More bend!"

"Inside leg to outside rein!"

"Half-halt!"

Marvellous. Now, could someone explain what the horse needs to learn, how to teach it and how to recognise when it's working?🤔

Shouting "more forward" at a horse that doesn't understand the aids is rather like shouting "more French" at someone who doesn't speak French.

The uncomfortable part is what these gaps in understanding can do to horses.😎

We can unknowingly teach horses to brace against the contact, then spend years trying to soften their mouths. Confuse them with our aids, then call them lazy or resistant. Interfere with their balance, then wonder why they rush, struggle with canter or find collection difficult.

We can create tension and anxiety through training, then blame their "sensitive" temperament when horses unravel at competitions.

And we can demand movements before horses have developed the physical capacity to perform them, potentially contributing to injuries through training supposedly intended to improve their athleticism.

Quite an achievement, really.😎

I certainly contributed to problems I was desperately trying to fix.

These blindspots aren't necessarily deliberate. They're often inherited through traditions, terminology and teaching practices that we rarely question.

We become skilled at recognising what dressage should -look like- without fully understanding what we're trying to develop in the horse.🤓

My collectable advice for this post is to the dressage riders out there!

When something isn't working, investigate what you might be missing before deciding what's wrong with your horse.

Consider what the horse needs to understand, what physical capacity it requires and how your own decisions might be contributing to the problem.

Because good dressage should develop the whole horse: body, mind and spirit.❤️

I wish my younger self had understood that. It would have saved me a fortune in bits, lessons and Band-Aids.

And made life considerably better for my horses.

I'll be exploring these ideas at my Perth dressage clinic and presentation this November. Details here:

https://www.calmwillingconfidenthorses.com.au/blogs/dressage-blindspots-and-better-training-join-me-in-perth-this-november-2026

Collectable Advice 323/354. Please SHARE this with someone who loves dressage. Sometimes the most valuable improvement comes from questioning something we've always believed.

IMAGE📸: Me, back when my confidence in what I knew considerably exceeded what I actually understood.😆

22/10/2026

Must We Touch Everything We Love?❤🤔

There is something rather peculiar about the way humans greet horses. We see a beautiful animal, and almost immediately we feel compelled to approach it, start talking, reach for its face and give it a good scratch, rub or pat. Sometimes rather enthusiastically, with our excitement or nervous energy pouring out through our hands and voices. Then we wonder why the horse becomes unsettled, having just subjected it to a rather generous helping of our own emotional state.🫣

And we do all this because we're being friendly. At least, that's what we think.🤨

But have you ever stopped to consider whether the horse experiences our enthusiastic displays of affection in quite the same way?

Horses have their own social etiquette. When meeting another horse, they often begin by observing from a distance, approaching and investigating through smell. They pay attention to posture, movement and the responses of the other horse. Some are curious and approach readily, while others prefer their space. If an approach is unwelcome, they have a wonderful range of expressions, from a subtle movement away to a rather emphatic reminder that personal space is not merely a suggestion.

And smell is particularly important to horses. Their sense of smell helps them investigate their surroundings, recognise other horses and gather information about the world. While we humans tend to focus on what we see and hear, horses are also paying attention to a world of smells that we barely notice.

I remember reading a story in a Mark Rashid book* about a woman who was having difficulty getting along with a horse. As I recall, Mark eventually identified her strong perfume as a possible source of the problem. It's an anecdote rather than a controlled experiment, but it certainly made me think. Ever since, I've avoided wearing perfume around horses and deliberately choose deodorant with very little fragrance. After all, why add an overwhelming cloud of artificial scent to an animal that relies so heavily on its nose?👃

Of course, horses also enjoy physical contact. Mutual grooming is an important part of their social lives, particularly between familiar companions. But they don't automatically greet every unfamiliar horse by rushing over and giving it an enthusiastic neck massage.

Humans, meanwhile, have our own social customs. In some cultures, greetings involve hugs, kisses and handshakes. In others, such as Japan, a respectful bow can acknowledge someone without physical contact. What constitutes friendliness in one culture might be considered intrusive in another. Yet we often forget that horses belong to an entirely different species, with their own ways of understanding the world.😎

When I work with a horse I don't know, I deliberately avoid unnecessary touching and talking. I focus on grounding myself by paying attention to my actions and being thoughtful about what I do. I think of it a little like martial arts, where movements are deliberate, balanced and purposeful. I know the horse is observing me, trying to work out what I'm doing and what my movements mean.

I want that horse to learn to understand me. I want to establish clear communication between us, without constantly throwing in random touches, pressure and noises that the horse then has to work out. Which of these things means something? Which is a request? And which is simply the human equivalent of someone who cannot stop talking or waving their hands around?😆

I suspect some people might interpret my approach as cold or unfriendly. Perhaps they think I don't particularly enjoy 'loving on horses' because I'm not constantly stroking, scratching or talking to them.

But I see it quite differently.🤓

My greatest expression of love and respect for a horse is to consider how they experience me, rather than assuming they understand and enjoy the affection I'm trying to show them.😬

Horses can certainly enjoy human touch, and I'm not suggesting we should stop scratching or showing affection to them. But I do think we could become much more thoughtful about when, why and how we do it.

Once a horse feels at ease with me I enjoy showing them I am very good at discovering their favourite scratch spots.🥰

Perhaps the next time you meet a horse, resist the urge to immediately touch them. Be quiet for a moment. Give it some space. Pay attention to how they observe you, and become more aware of what you're communicating through your movements.

You might discover something rather lovely about that horse when you're not so busy trying to convince it how lovely you are.🙄

Collectable Advice 322/365. Please SHARE so more people can take a moment to not be so instinctively human and consider the horse's perspective.❤

*From memory it was the Mark Rashid book - A Good Horse Is Never a Bad Color. If you haven't read Mark Rashid's collection of books, you should. Read them in order. They are a great enjoyable read.📚

22/10/2026

ALBANY, WA - I'm coming your way on Sunday 8 November❗📣

What Makes a Brave Rider & Confident Horse?🐎

Have you ever wondered why some riders seem naturally brave, while others struggle with confidence? And why some horses take everything in their stride, while others worry about the smallest things?

I've spent years exploring these questions, including talking to some remarkably brave riders.

What I discovered changed the way I think about confidence, both in horses and people.

And here's the interesting part. Confidence is something we have far more influence over than most people realise.

I'm Dr Shelley Appleton, and I'd love you to join me for an evening exploring what really makes a brave rider and a confident horse.

I suspect you'll leave looking at yourself and your horse a little differently.

🔹LOCATION: Le Grande Hotel, Albany, WA
🔹DATE: Sunday 8 November 2026
🔹TIME: 7.00 pm to 8.45 pm

🎟️ Book your seat here:

ALBANY, WA! I'm coming your way on Sunday 8 November! What Makes a Brave Rider & Confident Horse? Have you ever wondered why some riders seem naturally brave, while others struggle with confidence? And why some horses take everything in their stride, while others worry about the smalles

21/10/2026

Practical Accountability🔥
⚠️Fair warning: This might ruffle a few feathers. It’s not about any particular person, but about ideas and accountability. If you find yourself offended, perhaps get curious about why. That’s rather the point.

There is a fascinating development in modern day horsemanship. Apparently, we are becoming increasingly sophisticated at explaining what horses are experiencing, sometimes without the inconvenience of establishing whether our explanations are correct.😵‍💫

We have nervous system regulation, emotional connection, consent, non-violence and an expanding collection of psychological concepts borrowed from human research and enthusiastically repackaged for horses.

Some of these ideas are useful. Others seem to have made the rather ambitious journey from interesting hypothesis to unquestionable truth without stopping for evidence along the way.🧐

Which is impressive. Science usually insists on a few more steps.🙄

This brings me to Practical Accountability.🤓

Take the fascination with the horse's nervous system. Of course it matters. Every living horse has one, and it's doing an extraordinary amount of work.

But here's the inconvenient bit. The nervous system is connected to the rest of the horse.😳

Pain, fatigue, poor sleep, physical weakness, environmental stress, previous learning and numerous other factors influence how a horse responds to the world.

Yet increasingly, we encounter explanations suggesting that behavioural difficulties can be resolved by demonstrating to the horse that we are listening, respecting its preferences or creating emotional safety.

Perhaps. But have we checked whether the horse's feet hurt?😎

Because if a horse is struggling with an underlying soundness problem, no amount of philosophical enlightenment is going to repair the offending tissue.

And if the horse doesn't understand a cue, perhaps the solution involves teaching it something rather than embarking on an archaeological excavation of its emotional history.🤨

I am not dismissing emotional experiences. I'm questioning our apparent enthusiasm for explaining them before investigating the rather substantial collection of alternative possibilities.🤷‍♀️

Horses are complicated biological organisms. They deserve better than becoming supporting characters in our favourite psychological theories.

Then there's the moral dimension.

We have educators demanding absolute commitments to non-violence, which sounds magnificent until someone asks what violence actually means.🤔

Excessive force? Any pressure? Creating discomfort? Asking a horse to leave its friends?

Definitions matter, particularly when we are using words that carry enormous moral weight.😎

Without them, an educator can occupy the moral high ground while everyone asking reasonable questions is left looking suspiciously unethical.

How terribly convenient.

And heaven forbid someone asks to understand the methodology before committing to it.😱

Imagine asking a surgeon what procedure they intend to perform and being informed that your insistence on understanding the operation demonstrates an insufficient commitment to healing.🙄

You might be forgiven for seeking a second opinion.

Curiosity is another fashionable virtue.

We're encouraged to be curious about new ideas, particularly those promoted by influential educators. And I agree wholeheartedly.

But curiosity becomes rather less impressive when it only travels in one direction.

What happens when someone investigates an idea, understands the reasoning, tries the approach and discovers problems?😎

Are we curious about their experience? Do we investigate why the advice failed? Could the methodology have limitations, or might something important have been overlooked?

Or do we conclude that the critic simply hasn't understood the deeper wisdom?🫠

Because that's a remarkably efficient system. Every success confirms the philosophy, and every failure confirms that the student hasn't understood it.😒

A theory that cannot lose. Marvellous for marketing. Less useful for learning.🙄

Practical Accountability requires something more demanding.

It means examining whether our explanations are supported by evidence, whether our methods produce the intended outcomes and whether we have considered the potential consequences of our advice.✅

It means recognising that being compassionate doesn't automatically make us competent, and being persuasive doesn't automatically make us correct.✅

It also means accepting that criticism can occasionally contain useful information, even when delivered by someone who hasn't subscribed to your 10,000+video library.

I have changed my own training practices when experience and evidence challenged my assumptions. Some of my most valuable lessons have come from discovering that I was confidently wrong.

Ultimately, horses depend on us to make decisions about their lives, health and education. That responsibility deserves knowledge, practical skill, critical thinking and a willingness to investigate what we might have missed.🤓

By all means, explore new ideas. Question conventional practices. Consider emotions, relationships and the nervous system.

Just remember to investigate the actual horse and how it translates in PRACTICE while you're at it.

Because being accountable to a philosophy is not necessarily the same as being accountable to a horse.❤️‍🔥

And personally, I think the horse has rather more at stake.

Collectable Advice 321/365. If you believe good advice should come with practical accountability, not just good intentions, please SHARE.

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20/10/2026

The Personality You Bring to Your Horse🤓

We spend an extraordinary amount of time trying to understand our horses. We analyse their personalities, anxieties, past experiences and every peculiar behaviour they display. Some people have even developed elaborate theories about what their horse is thinking, feeling and trying to communicate.

Meanwhile, the personality of the creature holding the lead rope receives remarkably little scrutiny.😜

Before I continue, a disclaimer. Personality research is controversial, and some personality theories deserve to be filed alongside astrology and other entertaining attempts to explain human behaviour. The Big Five model has considerably stronger scientific foundations, although there are legitimate questions about how accurately personality traits predict what people actually do.😎

Nevertheless, I thought it would be amusing to consider how our personalities traits might influence the interactions with our horses.🕵️‍♀️

The Big Five traits are remembered using the acronym OCEAN: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism.

1️⃣OPENNESS describes our willingness to consider new ideas. Highly open people are curious, which is marvellous until they spend thousands investigating whether their horse's problems are caused by emotional blockages or ancestral trauma.😆 People lower in openness can remain committed to familiar practices long after the horse has demonstrated their limitations.😬

2️⃣CONSCIENTIOUSNESS involves organisation, discipline and consistency. Highly conscientious people are often excellent at following training plans, although their commitment can become problematic when completing the exercise becomes more important than observing the horse.✅ Less conscientious people might be wonderfully adaptable but struggle to maintain the consistency that learning requires.😆

3️⃣EXTRAVERSION is associated with sociability, enthusiasm and assertiveness. Interestingly, I am naturally more introverted, but my career as a university academic required me to develop a rather convincing extraverted persona. Years of lecturing, presenting and engaging audiences made being animated and expressive habitual. Horses taught me that I was often much more effective when I stopped performing and returned to the quieter, more measured version of myself that I was naturally comfortable with. Of course, introverted people can also struggle when they need to become more assertive. The skill lies in recognising what the situation requires rather than allowing our habits to dictate our behaviour.🙃

4️⃣AGREEABLENESS reflects our tendency towards cooperation, compassion and maintaining harmony. Highly agreeable people can become so concerned about upsetting their horse that they struggle to provide clear direction.😕 Less agreeable people may have no difficulty establishing expectations but can become dismissive of the horse's difficulties.😣 Both can convince themselves they're doing the right thing while the horse deals with the consequences.

Finally, there's 5️⃣NEUROTICISM, which describes our tendency towards anxiety, worry and sensitivity to potential threats.

I score spectacularly well on this one.😱

In my younger years, combining my anxious tendencies with a reactive horse produced some impressive demonstrations of how two nervous animals can convince each other that something terrible is about to happen.🫣

However, my tendency to anticipate problems also motivated me to become exceptionally interested in understanding horses and developing the skills to influence them. What initially contributed to my difficulties eventually became one of my greatest assets.🤓

And that's what I find interesting about personality. Our natural tendencies can be helpful or problematic depending on how well we understand and manage them. 😎

Which brings me to today's collectable advice.

Your personality isn't necessarily the problem. Your lack of awareness of how it influences your behaviour might be.❤

We cannot simply blame our personality for our horsemanship shortcomings, nor should we assume our natural tendencies determine our abilities.

The wonderful thing about developing expertise is that we can learn to recognise our tendencies, manage their less helpful expressions and make the most of their strengths.

You also might discover that the most interesting animal in the paddock is the one holding the lead rope.😜

Collectable Advice 320/365. Consider SHARING this, especially if you know someone who is far too agreeable for their own good, enthusiastically disappears down the most ridiculous rabbit holes, has the conscientiousness to investigate every last one of them to its bitter end, and absolutely cannot stand suspenseful movies because not knowing what might happen next is a form of psychological torture!😅

19/10/2026

Your Horse Isn't Stupid. Unfortunately, That's Part of the Problem.🔥

I have a confession to make. For a considerable portion of my equestrian life, I thought I was rather good with horses. I could ride them, make them do things, compete on them and persuade them to participate in all sorts of extraordinary activities. (Disclaimer: Well, most of the time anyway.) Naturally, I assumed this meant I understood what I was doing.🙄

Of course, there were the occasional difficult ones. The horse that wouldn't lead without diving for grass, the lunatic that rushed everywhere, the hard-mouthed one responsible for my impressive biceps, and the sensitive one who appeared to consider every leaf out of place a potential assassination attempt.🫣

Fortunately, the equestrian industry had thoughtfully provided an impressive collection of equipment and products to address these apparent personality defects.

Horse won't lead? Buy a nose chain. Horse won't stop? Stronger bit. Horse won't steer? Tighter noseband. Nervous horse? Here's a calming supplement. Horse won't stand at the mounting block? Get someone to hold the bloody thing while you scramble aboard.🤷‍♀️

Problem solved. Sort of.😬

What I didn't appreciate was that horses are such extraordinarily good learners that they can make a relatively clueless human look remarkably competent.😎

And herein lies one of the great ironies of horsemanship. Our horses can become so good at compensating for our shortcomings that we never discover we have them.🫠

I've invented a name for this unfortunate condition: Restraint-Induced Competence Illusion (RICI).🤓 It's entirely fictitious, although I suspect it affects a substantial proportion of the equestrian population. I certainly suffered from a spectacular case.

RICI occurs when our ability to physically control a horse convinces us that the horse understands what we expect it to do. We pull on a rope and the horse follows. We pull on the reins and it turns. We hold a horse still just long enough to throw ourselves into the saddle, desperately search for our stirrups as it trots away, and casually explain that "he's always been like that".🧐

Meanwhile, the horse is busy working out what on earth we want, which of our signals actually matter and how much pressure it needs to tolerate before we finally leave it alone.

And because horses are such brilliant learners, they often figure out enough to get by. We can even accomplish extraordinary things together, blissfully unaware that the horse has been doing much of the intellectual heavy lifting while we've been taking the credit.😵‍💫

The trouble is that getting a horse to do something and teaching it to understand how to do it are not necessarily the same thing.

Consider the horse that requires constant leg pressure to maintain a trot. We call it lazy, conveniently overlooking the possibility that we've taught it our leg signals are largely meaningless. Or the horse that needs considerable rein pressure to turn. We call it hard in the mouth, rather than questioning whether we've ever systematically taught it to respond to something lighter.

Of course, pain, fear and physical limitations can also explain these behaviours, which is why good horsemanship requires more than a training theory, an enthusiastic opinion and an impressive collection of tack.

But here's what changed everything for me. I began to understand how systematically we can teach horses to recognise and respond to remarkably light signals. I discovered that behaviours I'd previously attributed to difficult personalities could sometimes change surprisingly quickly when I addressed gaps in the horse's learning.

These days, one of my greatest pleasures is helping people make the same discovery. Watching someone realise that their horse isn't necessarily being difficult, but may simply not understand what they've been asking, is enormously rewarding. And watching that horse begin responding with clarity, confidence and considerably less physical intervention is even better.❤

This is why I love teaching people how horses learn, how to recognise what they understand and how to develop the practical know-how to communicate more effectively. It changes far more than one troublesome behaviour. It changes how people interpret their horses, how they approach challenges and what they believe is possible. Their confidence grows because they are no longer simply hoping their horse will cooperate. They are developing the knowledge and skills to help make that cooperation possible.💪

The wonderful thing about horses being such clever learners is that once we become better teachers, their abilities can really shine. And so can ours.🫶

So, if you've ever wondered whether your horse is stubborn, lazy, naughty or simply determined to make your life difficult, perhaps it's worth considering another possibility.🤔

Your horse might be considerably cleverer than you've been giving it credit for, and you might have been benefiting from that cleverness for years without even realising it.🤓

Fortunately, RICI is treatable. Unfortunately, the treatment involves learning something yourself rather than buying another bit.😆

Collectable Advice 319/365. Please SHARE with all those RICI sufferers out there who don't even realise they have got it.🔥

IMAGE📸: Wining ribbons does not guarantee you don't suffer from RICI 😎

18/10/2026

Has Owning a Horse Made Your Life Bigger or Smaller?🤔

I've been putting together my 2027 clinic calendar, and it's got me thinking about something.

Has owning a horse made your life bigger or smaller?

When we fall in love with horses, we imagine adventures, competitions, trail rides, friendships and all the wonderful things we're going to do together.

We don't generally imagine spending the next decade trying to work out why our horse won't leave the driveway, why the contact feels dreadful or why an animal that behaves beautifully at home suddenly loses its marbles the moment we leave the property.

Yet it's remarkable how easily our world with horses can shrink, often without us realising.

I know, because I've been there.

➡️The things I didn't know I didn't know🫣

I wasn't exactly living under an equestrian rock. I was dedicated to my sport, worked hard and had coaching from some seriously accomplished riders, including Olympians.

I thought I knew a fair bit. And I did.

Unfortunately, I also knew a fair bit that turned out to be wrong, and an impressive amount of stuff I didn't even realise I didn't know.

I assumed some horses were just difficult. Some behaviours were normal. Sometimes you simply had bad luck with the horse you'd ended up with.

After all, I'd had excellent coaching. Surely if there was something important I was missing, someone would have mentioned it?

Apparently not.😎

Some of the biggest changes in my life with horses came from the smallest discoveries. Watching someone do something differently, having a conversation with someone outside my usual circle or noticing something about a horse that I'd never properly considered before.

And suddenly, CLICK!💥

One of those glorious lightbulb moments where you realise you've been looking at something for years without actually seeing it.

I discovered that some of the most valuable things I could learn were waiting outside the comfortable little box I'd built around what I thought I knew.

Which probably explains why I don't fit neatly into any particular horsemanship camp these days. I've learned far too much from people who think differently to be particularly interested in pledging allegiance to one.

➡️ My addiction to lightbulb moments💡

These days, one of my greatest pleasures is giving other people those same moments.

And the funny thing is, they're often ridiculously simple.

I've watched people transform their experience with horses by learning how to lead properly. Not because leading is some mystical art, but because they suddenly understand how clear communication develops a horse's focus, and how that focus can change what happens in unfamiliar environments.

I've helped people resolve years of contact problems by showing them how to recognise whether their horse actually understands the bit.

And I've seen people completely rethink their riding when they discover what it really means to teach a horse to go forward.

Hardly groundbreaking subjects. You'd think we'd have sorted them out somewhere between Pony Club and our first pair of expensive riding boots.🧐

But sometimes the simplest things create the biggest changes.❤

Perhaps the greatest discovery of all for me was understanding that calmness, willingness and confidence aren't simply qualities we either get lucky enough to find in a horse or don't.🤯

Of course, temperament, health and experience matter. But what we know, what we notice and how skilfully we communicate can profoundly influence how a horse learns to experience the world with us.🤓

That's why I'm so determined to help people develop their understanding. Because a handful of lightbulb moments changed my life with horses, and I've seen them change countless others.

➡️And then there's the people

As much as I love those moments, there's something else about teaching clinics that gives me enormous satisfaction.

The communities that develop around them.

I've watched people arrive as strangers and leave as friends. I've seen people who once needed help become the people helping others. I've watched natural leaders emerge, organise activities, encourage newcomers and create wonderful networks of support.❤

And before long, something that started with a clinic becomes a whole community of people riding together, learning together, helping each other and generally making life with horses a lot more enjoyable.

Sometimes they even manage to organise things without me, which is a rather wonderful outcome for someone whose job is to make herself increasingly unnecessary.🫶🙌

These communities are among the things I'm proudest of, because they make people's worlds bigger in ways that go well beyond horses.

➡️ So, what might 2027 have in store?

I've just released my 2027 clinic calendar, and I'm looking forward to another year of meeting horses and their people, sharing ideas, challenging assumptions and hopefully creating plenty of lightbulb moments.

I still have a few clinics and workshops to add that are just in the final stages and I will add these shortly.

You don't need to have a problem to attend a clinic, and you certainly don't need to have everything sorted out. Sometimes the greatest discoveries happen when we think we're doing perfectly well already.

Because ultimately, that's what I want my work to do. Help people become more capable, help horses become more calm, willing and confident, and open up opportunities that might otherwise have remained out of reach.

Here's to making our worlds a little bigger in 2027.❤

You can explore my 2027 clinic calendar here:

https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule/cea7b27d

NOTE: For some reason my booking system has scrambled the event and dates into a random order, so please make sure you scroll through.😵‍💫

And I'd love to know: What's one lightbulb moment that completely changed the way you understood horses?💡

IMAGE📸: Back in the day with 3 great horses and 3 great friends. ❤