Lydia Scott Equine Services

Lydia Scott Equine Services I have 20+ years experience with a variety of horses. I offer services in Foundation Training, Mentorships, Trail and in barn lessons.

06/18/2026

First trail riding lesson for this young horse human. So fun when we get to this point!
The foundation has been built with lots of time learning and understanding from the ground. Before we go out for a trail ride we go out for trail hikes with horses. Learning about multiple points of awareness, understanding how our horses navigate and things like transition zones where our horses have to switch gears mentally and in their awareness and how that can show up for different horses in their process. As humans we are building skills of being able to pay attention to our horses, to our own body and to the environment... multiple points of awareness. And like always with horses, so much of it is about subtly and energetics, what we often hear referred to as “ feel”.
Trail riding is about much more than our own personal entertainment, our goal is to go out and have mutually enjoyable experiences, in a quest for flow state of being.

One thing you don’t hear me talk much about is that this very sweet well behaved young breeding stallion was a very inte...
06/17/2026

One thing you don’t hear me talk much about is that this very sweet well behaved young breeding stallion was a very intense wild man as a stallion. When he was gelded he was left to mature a bit and spent time doing some light ground work and trail hikes and integrating in more with different horses both mares and geldings, even a few young up and coming stallions and in that year or so he was pretty much left to mature. This boy has turned into one of the sweetest, pretty darn chill dudes around. It would likely be great for me on a content level to focus or talk about his past but really the horse in front of me is a lovely, well mannered ( sure he still has little whispers of stallion behavior like being slightly mouthy) but overall him getting time to mature and learn how to navigate life as a horse did so much for him that by the time he came in to get started riding ( he is 6yrs old now) he has pretty much been a breeze. It’s also been a breeze because I strive daily to meet the challenge, to try to figure out how I can show up best, make things interesting enough and know when to ask and even push a bit and when to
Listen and let him guide.
My time with Heath is coming to a close and I’m really going to miss this big goofy snuggle hunk 🥰 He has been a delight to work with!

06/13/2026

Second session, first attempt for mounting from the “ off side” at liberty for this sweet Dales gelding.

06/11/2026

Fun watching the progression of kids learning to be around horses for the first time and when it gets to the point of learning to ride :)
I pretty rarely teach lessons anymore that just go around and around in circles in an area. I rarely teach lunge line lessons anymore either. So much more focus on context for both horses and humans as they learn to balance, communicate and navigate together.

06/10/2026

Good to be back with the horses 💗

Heath is learning to have humans mount and unmount on his right side. He has a bit of a strong belief about placement and his body’s relationship to the mounting block.
This is our very first time working on this! So you are seeing the process, not the finished result.
These ponies are so cognitive I really try to create variety in our training sessions, especially when the focus is arena training.
The day before this session I had done a regular riding session and was working on stretching Heath’s threshold. He did wonderfully but we did bump up against some frustration so I decided for this next session I wanted to do something different, give his brain a different task to problem solve.
I will show a little video series over the next week or so of the progression of his skill mounting on the “off side” and his understanding of leg pressure at liberty.

05/29/2026

I have had to step out of regular time and space to be present with family right now.
I look forward to when I am back with the horses as they are not only incredible teachers ( even as I am the one training them) but they can be such soothing heart balm and offer space for healing ♥️
But for now, my human family needs my attention

This little cutie turned 4 yesterday 🥰 This is the only horse I have ever had since birth. I know his whole life story. ...
05/23/2026

This little cutie turned 4 yesterday 🥰
This is the only horse I have ever had since birth. I know his whole life story. He was born in our backyard when I was taking a short break from farming and decided to rescue mini’s 😂
He is about the sweetest most secure little horse I have ever met. Comes running in from the pasture to say hi and although sometimes he acts like he is “ hot stuff” 5 minutes of attention and grooming and he settles right in to being about the gentlest sweetest eager to do a good job little guy 💗 plus he is Chicago Jack’s best friend!
Moose May Star we love you!!!

05/23/2026

Love the versatility of this pony and the Fell pony!
Wonderful to feel what a strong foundation of trail hiking, long lining , learning to be receptive to this pony’s preferred learning, helping him build confidence and encourage his curiosity and getting out and having mutual experiences in different places can do ♥️
First trail ride in quite awhile and I can hop on this 5 year old ba****ck and bitless and he can comfortably lead out on a trail he doesn’t know all that well. I’m so impressed with the navigation skills he has developed over the years and how he checks in with me periodically as we travel down the trail together.

05/19/2026

Learning to walk in a straight line slowly while pulling weight takes practice! Very proud of this little gelding!

05/18/2026

This is a simple video but this is how it progresses. Small short building blocks laying down a foundation of experience.
This is Heath’s 5th ride and he has moved through with ease understanding me on his back, movement, rein pressure and now combined with leg pressure.
He still has a short duration for all of this input but that is ok. He is doing wonderfully building on his understanding and we have no need to override his threshold. That piece will expand as we go.

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Ridgeway Road
Pleasant Hill, OR
97455

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