Equusential Therapies: Equine Massage, Saddle & Bit-Fitting

24/08/2025

Moving paddocks ❤️ 🐎 snuck in a little sunset ride with Trav after a day of watching rally cars 🚗

23/08/2025

❤️ 🐎 love how adjustable the saddles from Peter Horobin Saddlery are.. and how great that this horse started their ridden career in a well fitting saddle!

Terri Rohm PHS Certified Saddle Fitter shared the comments from her client:
I love my saddle it is so beautiful and comfortable. Required little break in time. I really love that it is fully adjustable! I bought it for my horse when he was 4, now he is 10 and we have been able to adjust it through all of his growth spurts without having to buy a new saddle. Best investment that I have made!

Thank you!
Christi Ryan

20/08/2025

[🆕Webinar] New Home Syndrome in Off-the-Track Horses: What It Is, Why It Happens & How to Help 🐎

Our first webinar was extremely well received, so we have decided to present another!

📅 When: Monday 25 August 2025
⏰ Time: 7:00pm (AEST) | Sydney, Australia
🎙️ Presenters: Dr Shelley Appleton & Isabelle Chandler

When an off-the-track Thoroughbred or Standardbred leaves racing, their world changes overnight.

New people, new routines, new environments — and suddenly, the horse who seemed calm, trainable, or even brilliant can spiral into anxiety, reactivity, or shutdown. Too often, this gets labelled as “bad behaviour,” “crazy,” or a “problem horse.” 🚩

But there’s another explanation.

✨ We call it New Home Syndrome — a powerful cluster of stress responses that affect a racehorse physically, mentally, and emotionally. The most visible signs are behavioural disturbances, but beneath them lies something far deeper. It’s the most insidious and impactful challenge facing OTTBs and STBs — and yet, it’s barely understood.

What You’ll Learn:
🔍 What New Home Syndrome actually is — and how it shows up in off-the-track horses
📉 Why racehorses are especially vulnerable when they leave the strict order and routine of racing
⚡ How subtle racing-life triggers can create big confusion in their new homes
🛠️ What you can do — as a retrainer, re-homer, or owner — to help them land softly and build a confident second life
📖 Real case studies that reveal how misunderstanding this syndrome nearly cost horses their futures

💡 Why You Need to Attend

If you work with or own an off-the-track Thoroughbred or Standardbred, this webinar could change how you see everything in those early weeks and months.

👩‍🏫 For retrainers & re-homers: Understand why good horses unravel when you send them off with their new owners — and how to prevent failed rehomes.
🐴 For new OTT owners: Learn how to keep your horse safe and progressing, even if they currently feel like a “scary kite on the end of a lead rope.”😅
📚 For coaches & professionals: Gain insights to better support students and clients with OTT horses.

✨ Your horse isn’t “crazy,” “dangerous,” or “broken.”
They’re struggling. And when you recognise New Home Syndrome for what it is, you can help them not just survive — but truly flourish. ❤

👉 Reserve your spot now and be part of a conversation that could change outcomes for thousands of OTTBs and STBs. See details in the comments.



🙏Please share to as many OTTB or STB supporters, pages or groups as possible. We are determine to raise awareness to this issue in OTTBs and STBs. Thank you in advance ❤

18/08/2025

Great informative saddle-fitting video from Peter Horobin Saddlery & HanEquestrian 🐎 🌟

If you're interested in a saddle fitting assessment in Gippsland or a demo ride in one a PH saddle please contact me 🐎

How to fit a saddle for both the horse and rider! From basic anatomy to working out if your saddle isn't fitting we covered a lot of topics in this video so ...

10/08/2025

Visiting Leongatha area Tuesday 2 September, couple spots available.
PM to book 🐎

08/08/2025

Does anyone have a pony 12-13 hh sitting in the paddock because it’s winter?? Needing to
borrow one for a month . It will be returned clipped and back in work 🦄

07/08/2025

07/08/2025

It's a beautiful morning 🌄 for saddle-fitting in the hills 🐎