30/08/2026
I’ve recently had the pleasure of working with some amazing horses, dogs and people.
But one horse who stands out is a horse who was trained to race in his early years , who i recently went to see.
The owner had purchased her horse some years ago and together developed an amazing relationship, he was never the easiest but had amazing talent as long as it was his way.
Quite the cheeky chappie but was so clued up like he had been here a thousand times, so knew every trick in the book, well actually I think he wrote the books!!
His energy was quite powerful and flowing nicely in some places then began to dwindle and pool to become quite stagnant. So I worked with him to try to even his flow and as I was working with him he was sharing so much with me, he told me all about his owner and his past. Shared things about other horses on the yard with him.
This horse should have his own tv show!!!
He said the “fox” can out fox the “fox” which I questioned what he meant by this!
He went on telling me about when he was being trained at the racing yard and he gave me the impression he wasn’t too impressed with it it really wasn’t for him, So after a few weeks of training, the moment the staff would bring his tack and take him from his stable he would walk like he only had three legs!! Like he was totally dog lame!
He told me he then got to stay in for a few weeks whilst he watched the others doing what he didn’t like, then they would come again with his tack and this time it would be the other leg and Apparently the vet could never find what was the issue!
As I was revealing this to the owner she burst out laughing and said “I know he still does that to me!!”And on his racing record it stated “lameness issues” and unwillingness to work or words to that effect!!
But that wasn’t it all, he then taught all the other horses at the racing yard to do the same thing!!!! His owner and myself were in stitches with him, but he did say he just wasn’t ready at that age had they have give him 18 months he would have been different and not all horses are the same. “To get the best out of a horse you need to listen to every sense and action of the horse it’s about loving the horse enough to allow the horse to be themselves.”
This super smart gelding shared so much to help with himself and other horses what an absolute genius! It’s always an honour. ❤️
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