Confident Rider

13/09/2025

Can a saddle help with Confidence??

The simple answer, "yes"!

A correctly fitted saddle that not only fits your horse, but fits you is paramount. No slipping, sliding or "natural rock" , (long story).

Confident Rider are pleased to showcase an excellent saddle for those riders needing more security in the saddle or just wanting to feel more "held in place".

Based on a stock saddle but built in their own UK workshop on an English tree, those clever folks at The Saddle Exchange may have the perfect saddle for you.

As with all their saddles, they are adjustable and professionally fitted to your horse.

Our very own H U Owen discusses the benefits of this model.

For details please contact The Saddle Exchange, quoting Confident Rider.

https://youtu.be/GHXdneauHjk?si=055zzlsiuYNgXEqx

Discover expertly designed, well fitting saddles for all breeds and disciplines with Saddle Exchange, offering personalized solutions and a 14-day trial. Saddle fitting Nationwide

05/09/2025

Friday thoughts...

22/08/2025

🛑✋️PASS WIDE AND SLOW!🛑✋️

Exciting news, we have just ordered a new batch of bumper stickers to promote Confident Rider and Road Safety Awareness for drivers.

Details to follow about how you can win and/or purchase one for your vehicle. Just £1.50 including postage.

Expected delivery second week of September 🙂

If you are interested in a freebie, please like and share our page, comment "shared" below.

First 20 people to like and share get a free one! UK postage only.

Stickers are approx A6 size and designed to be applied externally. Fully weatherproof vinyl.

20/08/2025

Everybody wants a good horse.
But not everybody wants to become the kind of person that makes a horse good.

In today’s world, people expect fast results.

Instant gratification.
Swipe, click, scroll, done.

People expect success to be delivered like an Amazon Prime Order:
fast, easy, and with a smile.

They want to turn their feral horse into a “finished horse” without ever putting in the hours it takes to truly understand one in the first place.

Here’s the thing…
Mastery isn’t downloadable.
A reciprocal relationship can’t be rushed. It is build over time and it comes with highs and lows.

What took others years of learning, failing, watching, refining, people now want handed to them in a weekend clinic, a 10-minute video, a one time exercise, a one-sentence answer or because they bought a course.

The shortcuts people chase are often detours that lead them right back to where they started, just more frustrated this time.

They want the feel, but not the feedback.
They want the bond, but not the humility.
They want the horse to change, but they don’t want to change themselves.

No one can hand you the timing, the feel, the quiet, calm and consistent leadership it takes.

It can’t be downloaded or bought.

You earn that, you develop it, with every consistent rep and step. With patience. With clarity. Through being a lifetime student of the horse.

By showing up on the days it’s hard, boring, frustrating or humbling.

Put in the work.
Put in the hours.
Because your horse
deserves that version of You.

www.confident-riding.co.uk

18/07/2025

Friday thoughts...

"Every movement is a chance to begin again - a correction, fresh energy, fresh perspective.

Embrace the change; it is where growth begins"

10/07/2025

ARE YOU A DIAMOND?🏇

At Confident Rider we know it takes a lot of courage to overcome difficulties and obstacles on your riding journey.

"Pressure isn't the enemy. It's the birthplace of greatness.

You don’t grow in comfort.
You grow in challenge.
You grow when it’s hard.
You grow when you’re tested.

Diamonds are just carbon…
Until they’re put under pressure"💎

Join us for our mileage challenges, just £10 per entry. All completed distances get a handmade rosette with a printed tail.

Open to any rider, carriage driver or even do it in-hand.

Mileage starts from just 5, but pick your own goal.

Complete your goal hacking out at home and with no pressure, you have 3 months to complete each challenge. Ride any distance on any day, just keep a note of miles ridden or use an App.

Full details and sign up info on our website
http://www.confident-riding.co.uk/mileage-challenges.html

09/07/2025

🎉Confident Rider is 5 today! 🥂

🙏Thank you for supporting us and join us in our celebration - 5 years of supporting riders of all ages, abilities and nationalities on their confidence journey. ☺️🏇

The wonderful self help book by HU Owen are available on Amazon or the website www.confident-riding.co.uk

For anyone lacking confidence and not feeling happy, these books could help you!

If you are struggling with self-doubt and nerves then you can work on your exact problems with 2 books written by a rider, for riders. It might seem like you will never overcome fear or worry on a horse but take it from me you can and will. You may just need some guidance.

Cleverly and honestly written. HU OWEN teaches how to transform your mindset, set achievable goals and rethink your riding to become competent and confident.

Today is a great day to start making changes towards your horse riding dreams.

I HOPE IT RAINS The Confidence Manual for the nervous rider https://a.co/d/6DFFFMr

AFTER THE RAIN: The confidence manual for the nervous competitor https://amzn.eu/d/8wucVry

04/07/2025

If you are struggling with self-doubt and nerves then you can work on your exact problems with this amazing book. It might seem like you will never overcome fear or worry on a horse but take it from me you can and will. You may just need some guidance.
Cleverly and honestly written. HU OWEN teaches how to transform your mindset, set achievable goals and rethink your riding to become competent and confident.
Today is a great day to start making changes towards your horse riding dreams.

I HOPE IT RAINS The Confidence Manual for the nervous rider https://a.co/d/6DFFFMr

20/06/2025

Friday thoughts...

"The only limit to our realisation of tomorrow will be our doubts of today"

📷 Liz Ebsworth

23/05/2025

When you were just a little girl,
but deep in your heart you already know — one day you'll be galloping,
riding your very own horse,
through the wind, across open fields, chasing freedom...

It's not just a childhood dream.
It's your goal.
A calling of the soul that never fades with time.
Because true riders aren’t born in stables —
they’re born in the imagination of a child who never forgets what she truly longed for.

So....

If you are struggling with self-doubt and nerves then you can work on your exact problems with this amazing book. It might seem like you will never overcome fear or worry on a horse but take it from me you can and will. You may just need some guidance.

I HOPE IT RAINS The Confidence Manual for the nervous rider https://a.co/d/6DFFFMr

23/05/2025

Friday thoughts...

'Positive thinking will always get you much further than negative thoughts '

Learn how to turn your negative inner voice of doubt into a voice of reason, positivity and success with your horse.

Easy to follow. Tailored to your individual needs with our unique workbooks. Check out the fantastic best seller I HOPE IT RAINS THE CONFIDENCE MANUAL FOR THE NERVOUS RIDER on Amazon

I HOPE IT RAINS The Confidence Manual for the nervous rider https://amzn.eu/d/8uUZXVp

22/05/2025

Riding, training, horses in general, it's a roller coaster, but we should all feel blessed to be part of all things equestrian 🙏