Training

Sadly, about 80 percent of young horses will adapt to bad initial training.

Sometimes the reasons for failure are not as simple as first suspected.

When are these people going to join the dots? All the ‘gaining of respect’ and ‘desensitisation’ doesn’t work.

Concentrate on what works best for your horse, writes Neil Davies.

Neil Davies talks horse smarts – and how early education affects how horses take to being ridden.

Researchers assess Thoroughbreds, Arabians and Anglo-arabians.

Proper functioning of the hoof capsule is necessary but there is more.

Movements problems can reveal site of damage before X-ray.

Hot tips to see you through a cold winter in the northern hemisphere.

Don’t get stuck in the past and try to emulate the old Classical Masters.

There’s no such such thing as habituation in relation to training horses, writes Neil Davies.

You’ll never rub your horse up the wrong way if you follow this simple method.

Want to be herd leader? Don’t bother trying; horses know you’re not one of them.