In order to make your riding comeback a lasting one, you will have to begin spending more time in the saddle than you have been recently. It makes sense, right?! And yet, while clocking up those minutes and hours in the saddle each week can initially ‘seem’ to be a win… They are likely working against you and your horse…
So you’ve committed to get back into regular riding again. And, you’re taking it a step further this year by focusing on specific outcomes or goals to work towards in your riding and with your horse. But the ‘goal’ and the ‘first ride back’ are MILES apart! In fact, very often the comeback to riding can feel a little overwhelming…
If horse riding has fallen down the priorities ladder in your life, you may – like many riders – want to push it back up the list. You know, get it back up somewhere near the top so that you can really feel like it is truly something that defines ‘you’ again… Unfortunately, making horse riding a priority again can…
The canter. It is often so wonderful – until it’s not! And for this particular listener of the Daily Strides Podcast, the whole experience is being ruined by her knees. Specifically gripping with her knees in the canter. This can be a challenge for many riders, so today, I want to address it here in this episode of the podcast.…
What stops riders from getting back in the saddle after a break? Returning to riding. I mean, if it was as easy as simply mounting up, everyone would do it, right? And yet, everyone doesn’t. In fact, so many riders sit on the sidelines of their proverbial horse-riding dream, forever wishing and waiting for the day to arrive when they…
It can seem like something that only novice or beginner riders would worry themselves with; revisiting the basics. After all, surely there’s a point where, as riders, we can ‘set and forget’ a couple of things in our riding? Basics like position and the aids. Or trotting and cantering… And I think a lot of this stems from the fact…
