Long Ride Home

06/19/2026

Self carriage is all about setting the horse up for the exercise and then letting him do it! Watch Hidalgo play with some dressage in nature.
Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igXrhLsLwGk&t=13s

06/19/2026

✨ "The best tool we have is be the best human you can be. You don't have to know everything. You just have to be clear on yourself — and then help your horse be the best horse it can be." – Mary Ann Simonds

What if your horse is already talking — and the only thing missing is you learning how to listen?

Mary Ann Simonds is a wildlife biologist who spent the 1970s studying wild mustangs in Wyoming, later discovered her own undergraduate data had been used to justify mass BLM horse removals, taught interspecies communication to veterinary students in Tokyo, and has spent decades developing practical tools for riders who want to actually understand what their horse is communicating. Her new book is A Horse by Nature. This conversation is Part One — and it goes deep.

New episode with Rupert Isaacson. If you love horses and have always felt there's more going on than training manuals let on, this one's for you.

👉 Watch here: https://youtu.be/aaEhkkV-jLA

🐎 Go deeper at https://longridehome.com — $24.95/month

✨ "The best tool we have is be the best human you can be. You don't...

06/18/2026

By dedicating quality emotional time, you can become your horse's ultimate safe space, fostering an unbreakable connection.
Full podcast with consciousness researcher Mary Ann Simonds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaEhkkV-jLA&t=4486s

06/15/2026

Mastering counter shoulders in and outside hind leg engagement is crucial for athletic horses. This video breaks down the technique and introduces diagonal and 'A' patterns for advanced training.
Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoBCPdkm7S0

06/14/2026

Good treatment of your horse is essential for when you need them most. Old masters understood that training horses requires mastering emotions, a skill applicable to leading people and economies.
Full video with Linda Tellington Jones and Rupert Isaacson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6bVATITMhw

06/12/2026

In the classical manuscripts the piaffe is not described as the end goal, but a gateway tool. If a horse is ready and collected, it opens the door to advanced movements like capriole, levade, courbette, and more.
Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa7nD-7cWS8

06/10/2026

Many people feel they need to prove their intuition, but that's the wrong path. Instead, focus on deepening your connection to it. Horses, in particular, are incredible facilitators for this process, helping us explore our inner guidance in ways other animals can't.
Full podcast with astrologer Denise Elizabeth Byron: https://clip.opus.pro/clip/P3042204MUJM

06/08/2026

Discover how focusing on joy can transform your relationship with your horse. It's not about doing things just one way, but about creating a positive vibe for both horses and people. If it's not joyful, it won't last.
Full podcast with David Lichman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxRmvrDMJ6g&t=55s

06/08/2026

✨ "The best teachers and coaches are the horses. It's important for us to learn to listen to them and see them." – Mario Contreras

If you've been hammering away at the same movements and wondering why the joy has gone out of it — for you and your horse — this conversation will land.
Mario Contreras has spent 35 years as head trainer at Medieval Times Chicago, turning the classical Alta Escuela and charrería traditions of his Mexican horse family into a living, breathing program that keeps horses performing caprioles and piaffe in front of 1,500 people every night — with genuine passion. In this episode he and Rupert dig into cross-training, liberty work, schoolmaster horses, and the word that's missing from every training pyramid.

This is a conversation for riders who want to understand what joy actually looks like — and how to get it back.

👉 Watch here: https://youtu.be/da9Tq8K6s5g

✨ "The best teachers and coaches are the horses. It's important for...

06/07/2026

An only recently discovered manuscript about dressage by Johann Cristoph Regner von Regenthal (1720) reveals a streak of spirituality in horse training that we don't commonly find anymore today. Is it time to bring it back?
Full video on this manuscript: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa7nD-7cWS8