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• Everyone horse owner needs a trusted team dedicated to their

  The famous line in the John Donne poem, No Man is an Island, says: “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.” Horses can be curiously isolating and make you feel as though you are battling your problems alone. Essentially, they are…

  

• Five Freedoms

  Think about your horse’s life, his day-to-day living. In the book Harmonious Horsemanship, which explores and explains the RHpE, the authors Sue Dyson and Sue Palmer state: “We enjoyed a phrase from Roly Owers, Chief Executive of the charity World Horse Welfare, who said in his presentation at the Saddle Research Trust International Conference in…

  

• The Importance of Our Social Licence to Ride

  It can seem overwhelming to sway the general public's opinion, but each of us has a part to play. Every interaction you have with the public allows you to share what we are doing for our horses. Every driver that slows down for you, every person who asks if horses like being ridden, and every…

  

• How to look deeper than lameness

  Learning how to use the RHpE will give you a lifelong resource to help improve your horse’s quality of life and your relationship together. Everyone can use the Ridden Horse Performance Checklist (RHpE), whether you enjoy hacking your horse on weekends or competing at a high level; if you ride horses, then the Ridden Horse…