Howling Wind Farms

08/31/2026

There’s no muscles below the hocks and knees…..

What I have learnt through this work and collaboration with other dissectors is that the horses never read the anatomy books. Mother Nature doesn’t care for what we think we know and I continue to be humbled by the horses body. The best thing we can do for the horses is put ego aside to work together for the horses.

There is so much political BS that goes on in the background that’s not in service to the horse. Why these muscle fibres are there we can’t say, this is a gross observation over the weekend on my 170th dissection. This variation was already on my radar because I had a conversation months ago with another dissector who found the same variation in a horse. Although this a minor muscle it had its own connective tissue above and below the fibres.
Shibumi Equestrian Centre

08/27/2026

08/24/2026

Many people ask during a lesson:
“How do I know when to give an aid?”
My answer rarely begins with the aid itself.

It begins with understanding.

When we ride a horse, we move with a three-dimensional motion: up and down, forwards and backwards, and from side to side. We want to disturb this natural flow of movement — the Schwung — as little as possible.

That is why, for me, the art of riding is not about memorising techniques, but about developing timing.

In the beginning, guidelines help us. They provide structure and make the movement easier to understand. They are like a recipe.

But ultimately, the goal is not to keep riding according to a recipe.

The goal is for the recipe to become feeling.

As long as you are consciously thinking about every aid, you are still mainly riding from your head. Through practice, observation and guidance, that thinking gradually develops into feeling.

And at some point, you no longer have to think about when to give an aid.

You feel it.

That, for me, is the essence of the art of riding.

Because when theory becomes feeling, true harmony between horse and rider can emerge.

08/24/2026

Some glimpses of our future 🥰

08/21/2026

Amanda and Elli taking Ebi on a walk about