that true partnership starts "From The Ground Up”

safety and the confidence of the horse is a priority

that lightness is the conversation between horse and human and should be invisible

 fair but firm with horses, while striving to strike a balance between Rapport and Respect

 a solid foundation on the ground leads to the easier application of techniques of equitation in the saddle

I allow horses to approach and retreat from their thresholds of fear but understand that the element of progress must be there

I teach horses by using pressure to activate a reaction and then a release from it to provide comfort (the learning phase)

 I use stages of understanding with everything I ask of a horse as this creates lightness!

the importance of getting to the horse’s mind first and then to his feet

I use the natural ways of equine herd dynamics, to understand how to think as they do