We Wanted a Middle Ground

Soon after we met we began to see similarities in how we were working and training horses and people. Hanna's desire to see every horse become as playful and adventurous as they can fit brilliantly with Matt's focus on how important the detail of each movement is to your horse. We started to see great results as we taught and worked horses together. 

We each spent years travelling the world to seek out and train with some of the best horseman, competitors and trainers. We are both passionate about finding the best professionals we can and learning from them. There is value in seeking out different approaches and not staying in one church. We have both been fortunate to spend extended periods of time working for and training with olympic coaches, natural horseman, classical riders, liberty performers, biomechanics experts and practitioners focusing on science based approaches to behaviour. 

We brought that training back to the UK and opened our first training barn in Hertfordshire where we spent years experimenting and blending our two methods to create an approach that has helped over 1000 horse and rider combinations. In 2023 we moved to Oxfordshire and opened a new barn where our methods are taught as in person courses and online programmes.

When you come to train, you work with both of us, sometimes at the same time, sometimes moving between us. It's the same for your horse. Our aim is to ensure you and your horse work with which ever one of us is best place to help you move forwards at each stage of your journey. 
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Hanna

Ever since I was little I wanted to be an eventer. But the only horses I had access to were barely able to confidently hack. I couldn't afford a horse, so I rode the horses that no one else wanted. The more I spent time with the 'complicated' ones, the 'dangerous' or 'excited' horses, the more I realised that these horses were just not understood. So I took a new path, I found people who could understand these horses and took a 2o year journey to learn about horse psychology from the best people I could find. 

"I know what it's like to feel stuck, disconnected or unconfident. My programme aims to help you move past that"

I have worked with thousands of riders and horses to help them better understand their horses, solving problems and achieving the things they dreamed of doing. At home in our barn in Oxfordshire we start horses under saddle, train and rehabilitate horses, often examining the fine line between pain and behavioural problems. 

It is in our barn I have been developing a programme that I use with every horse and rider. From baby to Grand Prix, hacker to eventer. A whole horse approach to training, that focuses on building the two things that matter most for every horse:

Confidence & Connection