Forward is not always the answer
Forward is not always the answer…. There I said it, and I’m feeling the wrath of many horse trainers who are reading that opening statement. Years and years of playing with horses, many lessons, clinics and reading books, and the most common piece of training advice I hear is, add more leg, make it go […]
Working through the fog.
I’ve been a bit absent in the blog writing department of late, I apologise. But the truth is, I’ve been struggling. In many aspects. Life very rarely goes as dreamily as planned, and events of this year haven’t been an exception. As a family we had our ‘bucket list’ 6 week UK holiday adventure. It […]
Welcoming the new team members
I’ve said it many times before, this small business journey is a rather tough gig more often than not. It seems the easiest way to move forward would be to consult a crystal ball. Trying to find the balance between comfortable family life, financially stable and developing ones business offering is really hard. Compounded by […]
The one that got away
Stanley was a spunky little dude, who I kind of feel got a bit of a raw deal from me. He was an inquisitive, bold, in your face type guy, who was a delight to have around, if you like that sort of thing. Keen to learn, a very quick thinker, but with an attention […]
Boris and the cart wreck
With horse training, it is so often the case of one step forward two steps back. You may have read in my other blogs, that Boris has been challenging at times. I have to be honest the majority of Boris’s lack of progress is my lack of giving him the time required for consistent training. […]
The bumpy road of training Boris
Following dreams can be a bumpy ride. Sevenish years ago, long before Nibbles and Tabby entered my team, I purchased a grey Percheron mare from Echuca sales, with the intention of her joining my team as a harness horse. This was a big step forward in having a grey to pull my carriage. Before starting […]
Boris and the battle of the horse float
If you have been following us for a while, you will know of Boris, who is one half of the pair affectionately known as the delinquents. Aka Boris the bastard. Now, Boris is a magnificent creature, standing at nearly 17hh weighing in at approximately 750kgs and is only 5 years of age. He was a […]
The coming of Age
I think the scariest thing about what we do with our horses and carriages, is doing something for the first time. Years of training, working towards a certain picture, is all put to the test in how the horse responds to a new environment or situation. Our young Clydesdales have been working towards commercial work […]
The long road from training to commercial
It’s a hard thing to gauge, when a horse is ‘ready’ to perform the tasks of one of our carriage horses. We ask a lot of our horses, we do things that ‘normal’ horses wouldn’t cope with. Our horses have to deal with a lot of unusual sights, sounds and circumstances. How does one even […]