Waratah is a 7 yr old mare that had a stressful capture in 2017 resulting in her aborting her foal. Luck for VBA she was saved. This week one was about getting her settled into a new environment and helping her see that humans can be kind.

WARATAH allowed me to touch her neck, shoulder, chest, ribs and back on the near side this is awesome feeling to do it all at liberty and not feel like there was any dangers because she was staying so relaxed and calm all at liberty.

Read about how even a seasoned trainer like Emma can hot a horse up on feed, just eager to care for them and make them look good. Mistakes and all read their progress.

This was the week she showed me she was ready to move on to haltering as she has been calm and relaxed through the rubbing prep and introducing her to the rope.

Starting horses, has been my passion since I was 11.
I never wanted to compete, I just loved starting them and handling them, gaining their trust, helping them cope in a human world. Once you stop you missed it, like life is not complete. Only those who do it will und...

CONNECTION ... What dose this mean? Why is it the most important step during the education of a horse?
How I came to use this:
This connection process has been developed from the observations of how the foals in my mothers breeding herds, used to get brave enough to ap...