STL - Equestrian Coaching

STL - Equestrian Coaching UKCC Level 2 Confidence specialist equestrian coach and the first (and only!) Equestrian specific NL
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24/08/2025

Next week coaching availability :
Tuesday AM ONLY
Wednesday
Saturday

Finn and Ann very pleased with their Icelandic horse society gymkhana results!! 🏵️ Well done both 👏
23/08/2025

Finn and Ann very pleased with their Icelandic horse society gymkhana results!! 🏵️
Well done both 👏

22/08/2025

The Square Pole Exercise 🤍

I LOVE this exercise. Not only because it is easy to set up and only requires four poles, but because it can be super good for increasing the amount of lateral suppleness your horse has.

Simply walking around the outside of the poles for a less experienced horse can encourage them to flex through their whole body; walking straight along the straight side and having to bend varying degrees around the corners.

Progressing this into a shoulder in can increase rib cage mobility further; differing angles of the shoulder in can target more neck, shoulders, ribs or hind legs depending.

Leg yield across the poles can be super challenging for the horses proprioception, further refining lateral mobility.

I like to start & finish with walking a small circle around the corners of the square. This allows me to assess the degree of suppleness through the horses body, and see if there’s a particular exercise I need to repeat.

Have you tried this exercise before? 💭
Featuring my absolute STAPLES for polework — Kublox!! I can’t seem to tag them, but they are incredible (kindly gifted).

Next weeks coaching days:Tuesday AM ONLYWednesdaySaturday
16/08/2025

Next weeks coaching days:
Tuesday AM ONLY
Wednesday
Saturday

08/08/2025

Next week coaching days:
Wednesday & Saturday

Mr Finn practicing for his Hooves in Harmony in hand dressageBrilliant session with him and Ann today 👏
06/08/2025

Mr Finn practicing for his Hooves in Harmony in hand dressage
Brilliant session with him and Ann today 👏

31/07/2025

Next weeks coaching days :
Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday/Saturday

Please DM to book in asap if you want a session booked in.

31/07/2025

When your horse sneaks off while your setting up camera. Thankfully he (mostly) knows if I raise my hand it’s for him to stop. Knowing Ru he’s only off to find the nearest dandelion to munch!

27/07/2025

I have Wednesday ONLY available for coaching this week

Mr Ru making (yet another) return to work 😂Well havent we just been through the wringer this year! It’s been stop start ...
25/07/2025

Mr Ru making (yet another) return to work 😂

Well havent we just been through the wringer this year! It’s been stop start since Jan and we really haven’t got anywhere this year.
Early this year he had hoof puncture which took him out for ages and the foot ended up with about 5 abscesses blowing out at different times all in different places 🙈

Spring time bought allergies and some mild head shaking.

More recently we’ve been investigating his feet with x rays and actually for a thoroughbred they are not bad!
Well not now anyway after 18months of us carefully correcting. But we still have some work to do getting more correct hoof angles.

He has also been suffering with some facial nerve pain and a lumpy looking forehead 🙈
I couldn’t work out why he was reacting so badly to our in hand work but I was right to back off as after head x rays and some research he has mild suture line periostitis, causing the lumps and head sensitivity and we also think it caused his blocked tear duct that had to be flushed.
Suture line periostitis is a self limiting condition and it should rectify by itself in 6-18months but for the most part he can now carry on as normal.

🤞 hopefully we seem to be on top of things. Finally!!
And under the guidance now of Lou Robson (Thoroughbred Dressage) we are returning to work with long reining both in school and out hacking

Let’s hope for a more successful second half of the year 🙈🤞🙌 pleeeease!

Ann & Finn today progressing their work on the long reins. Now working beautifully off the bridle and a lot straighter!
23/07/2025

Ann & Finn today progressing their work on the long reins.
Now working beautifully off the bridle and a lot straighter!

I have lesson spaces available this Saturday.Groundwork/ridden/hacking confidence/rider confidence….Spaces are limited n...
22/07/2025

I have lesson spaces available this Saturday.
Groundwork/ridden/hacking confidence/rider confidence….

Spaces are limited now during summer hols

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Tuesday 9:30am - 2pm
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Thursday 9:30am - 2pm
Friday 9:30am - 2pm
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