Flying Hooves - Equine Massage, Bit & Bridle Fitting

12/06/2026

This guys!! 🙌👇

I posted this to my Tips Group but I also thought it would be helpful on this page 📑 I use this daily!

Building on Small Circles Around You

Once your horse understands how to walk small circles around you, crossing the inside hind leg underneath their body, you can gradually progress the exercise by asking the hindquarters to step further away whilst keeping the shoulders relatively still.

Think of it as moving from a small circle into a gentle hindquarter yield. As the hindquarters step around, the inside hind leg must continue to cross underneath and across the body. This encourages greater engagement of the hindquarters, increased activation of the core muscles, and improved mobility through the pelvis and lower back.

The key is not speed. Ask for a few calm, deliberate steps, rewarding any attempt to move the hindquarters away while maintaining balance and relaxation. The shoulders should stay as quiet as possible, with the movement coming primarily from the hind end.

Benefits of progressing to a hindquarter yield include:

✅ Greater hind limb engagement and strength

✅ Improved pelvic and lumbar mobility

✅ Increased body awareness and coordination

✅ Better control of individual body parts

✅ Enhanced balance and postural stability

✅ Encourages the horse to lift through the back and work more correctly from behind.

Remember, quality is always more important than quantity. Just a few correct steps can be far more beneficial than many rushed or unbalanced ones. Enjoy ☺️

11/06/2026

🎉 Facebook recognized me as a consistent post creator this week!

10/06/2026

Diary ‼️

Full for June, so here is July’s availability 🐎

💖 Sarah

09/06/2026

Felt like Dorothy in Kansas today!!! ☔️ 🌪️

05/06/2026

🐴 Is your horse ready for a busy summer?

If you've been meaning to get their bodywork and bit fit looked at, now is the perfect time. I have availability in June and July and I'm expanding my client loyalty package that brings both together as one joined-up assessment to new clients.

✅ Baseline assessment and full bodywork session
✅ Bit fitting assessment with priority booking
✅ Written report after each session
✅ Exercises to help you help your horse
✅ Follow-up check-in once we're done

Tension in the head and body, and bit comfort are more connected than you might think. What comes up in the bodywork session can change what I'm looking for in the fitting, and vice versa. Getting both done together just makes sense 🐎

📦 Package price: £105. This is the same rate my regular clients pay when combining both services, so you're getting the loyalty pricing from your very first booking 😍

Bodywork is £55 and standalone bit fitting is £75, so you're saving £25 just by booking together 🙌 Book both on the same day and save another £5!

Fancy a new bridle? Henry James bridle fittings are also available and are free with a bridle purchase or when done alongside your bit fitting or bodywork appointment 🐴

Payment plans are available.

Available for new clients booking in June or July. Drop me a message to find out more or to get booked in! 👇

💖 Sarah
07734063900
[email protected]

04/06/2026

𝓙𝓸𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓓𝓸𝓽𝓼! `•.¸¸.•´´¯`

This is Ben 😍 Ben hacks out three times a week and has the occasional lunge or schooling session. His owner noticed he was struggling to canter on the right rein and gave me a call 📲

When assessing his dynamic flexion it became apparent he was struggling with his left fore, pivoting on it instead of stepping over with it. And... in walk and trot his right hind was hiking up during movement and the leg was shorter in protraction, the forward reach phase of the stride 🧐

Palpation highlighted bilateral tension in his ascending pectorals and further tension in the brachialis and triceps but these were just on the left.

But what does that actually mean? 🤔

The left shoulder had so little freedom that, rather than stepping through on his dynamic flexion assessment, poor Ben was just rotating around on that leg 🌀

The right hind that was hiking and not reaching forward was tight at the lumbar, specifically over the psoas, therefore could not generate the push needed to strike off into that right rein canter 💡 meaning poor Ben was just trotting faster and faster and getting more and more unbalanced 😕

It all connects! 🙌 🐎

Being able to join the dots between what you feel in the saddle or see on the lunge and what I find during assessment and treatment is just so cool! 🙌 👀

I absolutely LOVE it!! 😍

Just to clarify, Ben had all his tension released. He loved the work and was showing a huge improvement in his dynamic flexion and striding after the treatment 🥰

Does your horse show any similar signs to Ben? Drop me a message and let's join the dots! 👇

💖 Sarah
07734063900
[email protected]

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04/06/2026

Bob and I will be partaking! Anyone want to join us? X

We are so excited to have an amazing addition to our riding club’s instructors in the brilliant Bethany Light of BL Dressage 🌟 Her first clinic will be on 14th June at Sandpit Farm in Gosberton

Please book now at: https://www.myridinglife.com/eventdetails.aspx?id=563010

03/06/2026

My boy enjoying a snooze on the gate after he demanded some reiki the other day 🥰

And yep, he demands it 😂 pointedly stands there, shoves his head in my hands then moves the sore area at me 🫶 amazing!

My Bobby is back into work, we’re taking it real slow, for both our sakes! I want to make sure he gets exactly the right support for his physical and mental health ♥️ (and I don’t want throwing in the floor!)

This is why we utilise short targeted bodywork sessions, reiki, a riding coach and have booked an osteopath. Don’t forget the farrier, saddle fitter, vet, bit and bridle… It takes a team to get this right! 🫶

Bringing an ex racer on is one of the most rewarding things I have done! I’m learning so much about their bodies, the after effects of racing and the little idiosyncrasies the ex racers all come with. I’m a little bit obsessed 😍

Wouldn’t swap my little Boblet for all the tea in China, and you all know how much I like tea!!

💖 Sarah

02/06/2026

So, we had a whole new way of Flying Hooves during a treatment the other day!

Following a huge release in the lumbar area of his back muscle, the longissimus dorsi, V decided the only way to deal with the situation was to go and have a roll and wave his feet in the air 😂

My work never ceases to amaze me! Horses are truly incredible, and yes, extremely funny 😂

💖 Sarah

02/06/2026

❓ Question time!! ❓Let’s have a bit of fun! 🤩

Why am I a tiny bit obsessed with your horse’s feet??! 🤔

WRONG answers ONLY below 👇 😂
I’ll start!!

I’ll post the correct answer later this week…