Umla de Badefort

07/01/2026

Une Poupi princesse des neiges ! ❄️👸☃️ (Et le roi c’est Sankish biensur 😎)

05/10/2025

Toujours l’ambiance ici ! 💃😏 Évidemment la sécurité d’abord (même si j’avoue que je trouve certains parano avec ça 🙊)

25/06/2025

Oh waow 😳

22/06/2025

31/05/2025

Joyeux anniversaire les filles ! 17 & 2 🧡

27/05/2025

Petite expérience en balade aujourd'hui, que j’estime utile de partager 🥰
Soyez à l’écoute de vos chevaux et des moindres indices qu’ils vous donnent par leur comportement, vous pourriez être surpris de ce que vous apprendrez ! 🧐
Sachez que je suis nulle en plantes et alimentation, ce n’est pas mon expertise, mais ma jument elle en sait probablement plus que moi ! 😎
En tout cas c’est parti pour chercher un peu plus et agir si besoin sur la ration, le travail ou les soins ... Je prends soin de ma mamie maintenant 🥰

17/05/2025

It’s always a good idea to head to the barn with a goal in mind. 🥅

Maybe today’s about cardio conditioning, building strength, refining balance, or getting a little sharper on your pattern. Having an outline sets you and your horse up for success and measures progress over time. ⏳

But let’s be honest - horses are horses, and some days, they’ll let you know the plan needs to change. 😬

👎🏻Maybe their posture looks a little off when you catch them in the pasture.
👎🏻Maybe they flinch when you run a brush over their back.
👎🏻Maybe there’s a little hesitation in their stride you didn’t see yesterday.

These moments don’t mean progress is lost, they are opportunities to help your athlete evolve. 🎖️

The truth is, the better you know your horse, and the more you’re willing to pause, reassess, and support them when they can’t give you 100%, the further you’ll go together. 🤝

How do we shuck the ego and suppress our disappointment? By adding to our own skills. When you have more tools in your kit you won’t feel disappointed when the saddle stays on the rack. 🐴

Why? When you have more skill than just sitting in the saddle you’ll can help your horse grow stronger, more balanced, and more confident, all from the ground.

Here are a few of my go-to ways to make “off days” count:
Lazaris Nerve Release (Self-Study) – Gentle work to support the nervous system and unlock movement patterns – opens in July!
https://www.balancethroughmovementmethod.com/nerve-course

Angel’s Animals Courses – From K-Tape to massage, acupressure and reiki, these are beautiful additions to your horsemanship, and exactly the path I started on for my own bodywork journey!
https://holistic-animal-studies-by-angels-animals-llc.thinkific.com/?ref=249ccb

Postural Integration and biomechanical performance training – 1-1 virtual lessons with yours truly from wherever you live!
https://www.primeequineperformance.com/btmm

COMING SOON: A Prime original - In-Hand & Walk-Only Conditioning Program – A step-by-step guide to build strength, posture, and connection all from on the ground and at the walk under saddle. If you want to know as soon as this drops, join the waitlist below so you don’t miss the launch!
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One of the best horsemanship tricks I’ve ever learned is that you don’t have to “ride” to get results when you’ve got a toolbox full of skills!

10/04/2025

STEPHANIE DURAND
Master Teacher

Le cours instructeur Nord de France Belgique a été initié en 2016 aux Ecuries d’Ennetières (59) avant de déménager aux Ecuries de Etréaupont (02) en 2019. Dirigé par Bertrand Ravoux de 2016 à 2020, Stéphanie Durand en reprend la direction en 2021.
Enseignante diplômée BEES1 en 1991, elle devient tout d’abord responsable d’une écurie de 35 chevaux. En 2003, elle découvre la méthode enseignée par Pat Parelli et valide le niveau 3 avant d’aller se perfectionner au ranch du Colorado de Parelli.
Puis elle découvre l’Ecole de Légèreté en 2007 et travaille seule à l’aide des livres et DVD de Philippe Karl avant d’entrer en formation fin 2009. Elle obtient le diplôme d’instructeur en Mars 2014 et poursuit sa formation en Suisse et en Italie avec Philippe Karl.
En 2021, elle devient Master Teacher et prend en charge les cours Instructeur de Suisse et Nord de France avant progressivement de prendre le relais de Philippe Karl sur les autres formations en France.
Au sein de son enseignement, Stéphanie établit des passerelles entre les connaissances de la psychologie du cheval et l’équitation classique enseignée par Philippe Karl, dont les dénominateurs communs sont le respect et la communication. La relation du cavalier avec son cheval est la priorité grâce au respect de son intégrité, par le biais d’une communication entre les mains et la bouche, le poids du corps et l’équilibre du cheval et aussi dans la relation élève/enseignant.

26/03/2025

The myth of stallion behavior...

The horse I was riding bridleless in this photo was a 7 year old breeding stallion.
On the other side of that single pole arena fence was a herd that included 7 mares.
I didn't use obedience training to get him to "obey" me in the presence of mares and other horses.
He is not the only stallion I have had that could be handled and ridden without " aggressive behavior".
Not all of them have been mine, and they have been from every breed and discipline.

If this has been the case with so many stallions, why is it generally accepted that stallions are crazed beasts that need to be handled like an MMA fight?

I don't "train" stallions any differently to other horses.
The variable here is that the stallions that have been in my care over the years have their species appropriate needs met.

This guy lived in a herd of other stallions and geldings. They would mutual groom and play often.

The primary reason for what people call
" stallion behavior' is a horse that has been kept in isolation for long periods of it's life.

Horses... all horses, are herd animals.

I know people tell themselves stories about how "stallions don't live with the herd in the wild".
This is just plain untrue.

Stallions are fully present members of wild herds, whether mixed gender herds or bachelor herds.
They even handle foal care duties.

I have seen two sides of this discussion online, with one defending a highly stressed stallion as " just stallion behavior", and the other side saying " that stallion just needs discipline".
I have a hard time with both sides of this. Harsh training to suppress a horses behavior is probably worse than just ignoring it. To punish behavior that has it's roots in needs not being met is grossly unfair.

Is it not time we considered how stallions are housed and handled?
If how we currently house and handle them makes them dangerous amd unhappy, why do we have to stick to it?