20/10/2025
A little something to think about when you're having a bad day or wishing you were further along in your journey with your horse.
Remember — quick fixes, harsher gear, and shortcuts don’t create ribbons, wins, or lasting success. They create shut-down horses who eventually stop wanting to do their job.
As the old saying goes, “It’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey.” 🌿
Enjoy every moment. Praise the tries — big or small. Teach one skill at a time and really nail it before asking for more. Give your horse days off to let their body adjust to the training.
Keep your focus on the basics — they’re the foundation of everything.
Mix things up with hacking, interval training, road walking, long reining, in-hand work, and polework. Every horse, no matter the discipline, benefits from variety and cross-training.
And above all else, remember: your horse is a living, feeling being. They have good days and bad, get stiff and sore, yet still give their best for us. The least we can do is return the favour. 💛
💬 Beautifully said by Late To Bloom Cowgirl — this post really hit home for me and was too good not to share.
Happy Monday everyone.
I’ve been thinking about confirmation bias and luck in the horse world. How you can not put the work in or condition your horses and still be lucky. We can still have a half willing horse no matter how sore, we might even manage to get a place at a lower level and that confirms that all that boring, hard work isn’t required. Our bias has been confirmed.
But here’s the thing with luck, it eventually gives out. That horse become completely sour and jacks up and no amount of harsher equipment works. That horse breaks down. Or the people you used to beat at those lower levels are beating you or gone onto higher levels/faster times because they put the work in when you didn’t want to.
I’ve never felt luckier than when I’ve been doing the work and seeing the consistent results. What would you rather trust in? Luck or hard work?
