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[Ample Prosecco]

I have just seen his like his FB page and like what I have read so far. But I am a sucker for a FB page and have gone down a few rabbit holes as a result.

So thoughts please. Sound or suspect?

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[SEL]

I have the book and it didn't really do much for me. I understand in person he's very good so perhaps one of those sessions gives a light bulb moment that the book didn't.

 

[humblepie]

I went to a seminar he did with an ex racehorse he helps train who I think is in his 20s and the horse was very supple. I mainly went because I was interested in working on core conditioning in hand. A lot of the work needed to be done on a lunge rein and as I don’t have anywhere to lunge as we can’t lunge in our arena I couldn’t really carry much of it over to do, but I did think it was quite good.

 

[iknowmyvalue]

I have the book, but I found I could understand what I was aiming for but not how to get there in a horse who doesn’t already know! But I’m the kind of learner who needs either a video of what I’m meant to do, or a written description of every single step, so maybe some people get on ok with it

I do have a friend who has done a lot of work with him in person/virtually and has had really amazing results. I think maybe one of those things that works if you can get it right/figure it out?

 

[Nocturnal]

I don’t agree with everything he says (he’s a bit too dismissive of walk work imo), but I like his attitude to horses and find value in much of his method.

 

[little_critter]

I went to a talk of his years ago, my physio happened to be there too.
Neither of us were impressed.
I thought he did everything too fast, I feel this sort of suppling work should be like Tai Chi or yoga, done slowly and thoughtfully. He looked to be spinning horses round in circles with not much consideration of the care and detail needed.

 

[sbloom]

It's not one I direct my customers towards. If a horse "falls forwards" naturally and we want them to be in better balance to carry us, and if the ribcage tends to be stuck in rotation in one direction, then we want to de-rotate that and reduce the leverage the rider is exerting as they sit on top of said rotation. A horse can look well muscled and supple, but is it in correct balance, moving straight and able to easily compress its joints as required?

 

[hottoddy]

AE, he’s doing a clinic near you at the end of May and I think there are still some spectator tickets available

 

[Ample Prosecco]

Thanks all. I’ll read a bit more and see what I think. But sounds like unless he’s actually hands on, I won’t be able to achieve the effect he’s after.