All natural horse care in the west of Ireland

Single rein riding is the step that riders and horses should learn before being ridden on two reins. It is not a replacement for riding on two reins, it is just an intermediate step that most people tend to skip.

If you already ride on two reins, then you just need to go back and see what single rein riding can give you that you might be missing.

You will learn what it feels like to ride on a release and to ride a horse that is relaxed and soft.I think that once you have ridden on a single rein, you will never ride on two reins quite the same way again. And this is a good thing.

There is a difference in how you connect to your horse that you cant get if you never take that step of going to one rein for a while.

Dermot McCourt (www.hoofsculpture.com) and his son John, together with my farrier Paddy Jr Van Raepenbusch came to see how Baby was doing today and to carry out some further treatment in our endeavour to make her comfortable.

This is a picture of Baby today 2nd February 2010

Woke up to 3 inches of snow this morning. I had to deliver something up to a neighbour in the village about 2 miles away but didn't think it would be too safe in the car.

So I tacked up Polly, including Rhythm Beads with jingle bells to help calm her, and decided to attempt it on horseback!! 

Meet Rhianne!! A Welsh Section A show pony. Rhianne and her owners came over for a play session today to introduce them all to NH. I met Ann, one of Rhianne's guardians, at the Parelli Celebration in November and offered to help Ann and her husband Garth familiarise themselves with NH. This was Rhianne and her owners first hands on experience with NH.