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Each month I shall do an article giving advice on schooling and training aids.
I will also answer your problems or questions.
Please e-mail with your problem or training questions. I am also open to
suggestions for my articles. e-mail: tanya@the-winningformula.co.uk
I look forward to hearing from you.
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Tanya and Sure T Reed
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Communication through feel
Communicate v.t./i. make known; transmit; pass news and information
to and fro.
Natural Horsemanship has its roots in Western Training. These training
techniques are nothing new and have been reinvented many times over the
centuries, but the basics stay the same. A horses can only learn if it
understands what it is being taught, this requires communication.
Western Riding is quickly becoming a very popular equestrian sport here
in the UK. More and more people are discovering this unique riding style and
enjoying the close relationship it builds between them and the horse.
Any breed of horse can be Western trained with time and patience, although
breeds such as Quarter Horses and Arabs are more adept. It is better to start
the training when they are young, but older horses can be successfully
re-trained. A lot of time is spent on groundwork training, teaching a horse to
be light and responsive to your feel whilst being handled on the ground
transfers over to the ridden training.
Western tack does not make a Western trained horse. Western trained horses
respond to light cues from hand and leg and subtle bodyweight shifts in the
saddle. The horse must stay balanced and cadenced through all manoeuvres
and transitions. Suppleness in the horse is very important and an emphasis
is placed on this in Western training. Riders benefit by becoming more 'in tune'
with the feel of the horse underneath them whilst maintaining an independent
seat and light rein contact, this in time produces a really secure seat and leg
position.
Western trained horses can be competitive in other disciplines such as jumping,
dressage and endurance, they also make lovely hacks and great youth horses.
With this growing popularity, it is important to maintain a high standard of
training and instruction to suit all levels of ability, Tanya, with over 3 decades
of experience to share is a WES Approved Instructor, British Champion and
European Silver Medallist.
Tanya offers one to one Western riding lessons either on the clients horse or
on fully trained American Quarter Horses, groundwork training for weanlings /
yearlings, starting / backing and re-starting for older horses, initial / intermediate
and advanced western training and show preparation / showing. She also
holds regular training clinics and seminars throughout the year emphasising her
'communication through feel' approach to handling and riding.
Earlsway Farm, where Tanya is based, boasts excellent facilities, alarmed
American barn stabling with heated wash down area, large indoor arena with
viewing gallery, outdoor arena and round pen.
Tanya Rowe
Earlsway Farm, Bramfield, Nr Halesworth, Suffolk. IP19 9AD
Tel. 01986 784687
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