Thoroughbred Dressage

03/06/2026

🎙️ NEW EPISODE 🎙️
Episode 62- Lloyd Crabb- Finding understanding and confidence with our ex racehorse

If you’re not following Lloyd Crabb on instagram, you need to! Lloyd ‘keeps it real’ whilst showing ‘real life’ situations that we can face with our ex racehorse and shows us possible ways in which to understand and work with our horses. From coping with horses that canter sideways, to understanding our horses better and finding ways of improving our confidence with our horses Lloyd is using his social media platforms to help and educate, which I LOVE

This conversation is real, insightful and brilliant

Link to podcast in comments below ⬇️

03/06/2026

🏇🏾 FREE WEBINAR; Mastering the Canter 🏇🏾

📆Tuesday 9th June
⏰ 7pm GMT

From transitions, to balance, to softness and straightness and being able to develop ‘uphill’ way of going this webinar will cover all aspects of the canter

Sign up in the comments below ⬇️

🐎Free webinar: Navigating Ex-Racehorse Life, Mastering the Canter
📅 Tuesday 9 June
⏰ 7pm

Have you signed up for our free webinar with Lou Robson from Thoroughbred Dressage on 9 June at 7pm?

Canter work can be one of the biggest challenges when retraining a former racehorse. From those all-important first canter transitions through to improving balance, suppleness and adjustability, this session will explore practical ways to build confidence and develop a canter that works for both horse and rider.

Whether your goal is competition success or simply enjoying a more relaxed ride in open spaces, you'll come away with plenty of useful training tips to try at home.

🔗 Sign up: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X6a255nBQ-avkDS4KOu1zA #/registration

Can't join us live? Register anyway and we'll send you the recording afterwards.

These webinars are free of charge thanks to the support of our friends at Agria. 💚

02/06/2026

⬇️⬇️⬇️ For all members of the ROA ⬇️⬇️⬇️

What happens when a racehorse's career on the track comes to an end?

Join the Racehorse Owners Association, Godolphin and Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) on Wednesday 8 July 2026 for *Life After Racing: Responsible Ownership* at Godolphin Lifetime Care in Newmarket.

This exclusive event for ROA Members will provide valuable insight into responsible ownership beyond racing, exploring the journey from retirement to second careers. The morning will include:

🐎 A dressage demonstration from Louise Robson of Thoroughbred Dressage
🐎 Expert guidance on retraining pathways and aftercare
🐎 Advice on traceability and owner responsibilities
🐎 Informal discussions with industry experts

Whether you're considering retirement options for a horse now or planning ahead for the future, this event offers practical knowledge and inspiration.

📍 Godolphin Lifetime Care, Newmarket
📅 Wednesday 8 July 2026

ROA Members can book their place here: www.roa.co.uk/events

31/05/2026

💪Retraining is…..💪

Part, understanding the biomechanics and balance of our thoroughbreds and training, plus being in awe of them, for the horse they are, not the one we want to be.
💪Their hindleg does ‘come under’ their body, but it is up high and ‘underneath’ to ‘push away’ and extend, not to ‘come under’ and ‘carry’
💪To ‘be through’ in the stride their back has a ‘drop down’ moment and in the ‘push’ phase the hind end come ‘up’ as opposed to ‘sitting’
💪Their neck is allowed to extend forward into the rein, not a ‘rounded’ contact/position
💪The contact is ‘elastic’ as it goes ‘with the horse in a forward momentum

Appreciate, understand and be in awe

🎥 EQUIX Prostride (horse galloping)

26/05/2026

⭐ TONIGHT ⭐

🔀The Sideways Lean Webinar 🔀

📆Tuesday 26th May 2026
⏰7pm

↪️Do you feel like your ex racehorses’falls in’ or ‘leans’ on the leg on one rein more than the other?
↩️Do you sometimes feel like you’re going sideways like a crab and don’t know how to fix it?
🔀On the lunge do you have moments where they ‘fall in/fall out’ accelerate and decelerate?

The Sideways Lean Webinar will look into how we develop and work with our former racehorses when we feel them 'falling in' and 'falling out. Whether it be from the shoulder, or the hindleg, this webinar will take you through the possible reasons as to 'why' it happens, how to develop from the groundwork to the ridden work. We will also look into how we develop straightness, alongside balance as we progress through the levels.

Video replay will be available to all who sin up along with any additional material given out in the webinar

Signing up link is in the comments below ⬇️

24/05/2026

💚RoR SE Club Morning Cambridgeshire Park Polo Club 💚

A beautiful day ☀️ ☀️ ☀️ and lovely lovely horses and riders. Thank you to the polo club for their fabulous facilities and accommodating us last minute. Thank you all who came, you were brilliant ❤️

Next session is on 21st June, at the same venue 💚💚

22/05/2026

🔀The Sideways Lean Webinar 🔀

📆Tuesday 26th May 2026
⏰7pm

↪️Do you feel like your ex racehorses’falls in’ or ‘leans’ on the leg on one rein more than the other?
↩️Do you sometimes feel like you’re going sideways like a crab and don’t know how to fix it?
🔀On the lunge do you have moments where they ‘fall in/fall out’ accelerate and decelerate?

The Sideways Lean Webinar will look into how we develop and work with our former racehorses when we feel them 'falling in' and 'falling out. Whether it be from the shoulder, or the hindleg, this webinar will take you through the possible reasons as to 'why' it happens, how to develop from the groundwork to the ridden work. We will also look into how we develop straightness, alongside balance as we progress through the levels.

Video replay will be available to all who sin up along with any additional material given out in the webinar

Signing up link is in the comments below ⬇️

22/05/2026

📍 Yorkshire/Leeds/Doncaster/halifax/York Area 📍

I have been *provisionally* asked to come and teach in this area in EITHER the 13th or 28th June and wondering how many people would be interested?!?

Just trying to gauge interest/venue

22/05/2026

🤩Super proud of Saint Gregoire aka Greg, gaining a new PB at Advanced Medium freestyle 🤩

💰 £95k on the flat
👥Charlie Appleby,
🔵Godolphin Lifetime Care

The flying changes are becoming more secure and his balance and way of going is ever improving

Good boy Greg ❤️❤️