Amy Carson Equine Trainer

25/08/2026

14/07/2026

One space left for our next jumping session
Nice lesson on Saturday and everyone has come back for more so

8th August

Jumping session with Amy Carson
Saturday morning
8th August
$45+arena fee
With a friend or private
PM me or phone 02040941406

Do you enjoy jumping your horse or would you like it to be more fun and relaxing in a safe and effective environment?
Would you like to know when you are doing well and when you could adjust small things to be consistent in your rounds, we can talk about the ring environment and how it affects your horse or pony.
Or gain understanding of a horse using himself well over a fence and a good riding position can help them.
Or have a nice time doing pole work and small jumps. Building a secure seat and a nice rhythm.

Can also provide ponies or horses to capable riders.

24/06/2026

Nice advice

02/06/2026

Our most fun test — it may not have looked like it, but for me I’m going for it 🙂

He seemed to really like it. He was on the ball for the cross country. It was a nice course to ride, with the jumps placed in fun spots and galloping through the trees.

After the dressage, as the days went on, he got more and more excited. By the showjumping he was a hot horsey spooking and kicking out full of fresh cold Taupo air, after a poor warm up, we had little to no connection and ended up doing the worst showjumping round we’ve ever had. Yes disappointing in myself for a while, what can I do🤷‍♀️only learn from it and be better prepared next time, so I can enjoy all three phases. that sure would be nice.

From the best test I’ve had with Ronaldo in my weakest discipline, to the worst round in my stronger discipline. I really don’t like doing bad showjump rounds, I guess no one does!

It was an enjoyable weekend hanging out with horses.

07/04/2026

That was a fun cross country!! Ronaldo is becoming more confident and bolder. We were well down the field after the dressage, against experienced and capable riders, on beautiful horses too. Although not a good result on paper in places it came together and there were small improvements.
The showjumping wasn’t an easy course with many horses having rails, and I rode one turn not precisely enough or accurately enough so we had one rail down at the start of a double.
Ronaldo seemed happy and came out of the event looking good, so I am glade about that…Saving my pennies to buy the diesel if there is any left…for the last two events of the season.

16/02/2026

Lovely enjoyable way to be with a competition horse.

14/02/2026

Breaking News: The Horse Has Voted. It Does Not Care About Your Moral Label.🤯

Apparently the horse world is now a spaghetti western.

On one side, the Gentle and Kind.🫶
On the other, The Villains. Twirling moustaches. Plotting cruelty before breakfast.🤠

It is a great story.

It is also nonsense.🙄

Most horse people are gentle and kind. Especially women. Socially conditioned to care. Biologically wired for it. Many of you apologise to inanimate objects when you bump into them .😆

But horses do not sort humans into moral categories.

They sort us into predictable or unpredictable. Clear or confusing. Secure or unsafe. Non-threatening or threatening.

That is it.

You can be deeply kind and profoundly confusing.😕
You can mean well and still create insecurity.😕
The horse will not think, “She means well.”
The horse will think, “I do not understand this person and I feel threatened.”

Here is the real spectrum of "gentle and kind people"...

At one end - Gentle, kind people without skill hesitate, second guess, apply pressure accidentally, release it too late, panic, then feel guilty. Conflict grows.

At the other end - Gentle, kind people with skill are clear, timely, and deliberate. The horse feels secure because the communication makes sense.

Same kindness. Different competence.😎

Horses do not prefer “gentle people.”
They prefer skilled ones.

Gentleness without skill is not ethical. It is good intentions colliding with reality.💥

Ethics is not a label. It shows up in ex*****on and outcomes. Being ethical is an argument, not a statement of fact based on some ideological belief.

So ask yourself one honest question.
Has your quest to be gentle and kind resulted in your horse being calm, willing and confident to handle and ride? Or are you struggling?🤔

If you are struggling, you are probably not unkind but you are likely under-skilled.

And if the path you tried kept you stuck, maybe you do not need more gentleness.

Maybe you need a better teacher (we are out there!).

Hit save. Share wisely. No moral capes required.

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