Grace Equine Therapy

11/17/2025

Im baaaaaaaack !!
Off holidays and ready to rock 💪

11/15/2025

I had SO much fun judging the First Annual (hopefully ;) ) Win and Wine Show !
(adults only ! )
Great laughs, lots of learning, comraderie and of course.... wine + cheese! 🍷 🧀
Check out the gorgeous (and hilarious! ) ribbons 🏆

11/11/2025

The only pressure is from within. Be kind to yourself...and your horse ❤️

For anyone who needs to hear this — there is a lot of change going on at the moment seasonally, don’t feel the need to put the pressure on you and your horse to succeed/ride/“be normal”.

If your horse feels a bit too fresh to ride, just do groundwork. Or go home and try another day.

If it’s raining and you’re not feeling in the right headspace to ride, consider a shorter ride or trying another day when you feel you can be the person your horse needs.

If you’ve been in the school lots and you want to hack so your horse is having variety in their work, great. But if they’re unsettled and will spend most of the hack in negative posture, will it be worth it?

If you’re doing polework and your horse is continually spooking at the scary corner, give time to the corner and its problems… give space and patience and return to the poles after.

I’ve swapped from raised poles in a straight line to more complex flat poles like in the diagram for Meji, giving his brain something to focus on (alongside his core bands).

We have had a very dry Summer, followed by a mild and wet Autumn-Winter transition… a lot of the unsettled, different or slightly “off” behaviour from our horses at the moment can be due to metabolising these changes. It is often that type of “sharp” behaviour that cannot be relieved with exercise, so lunging 100 circles or riding for hours will not likely solve your problem (not that it should do!)

Don’t feel the pressure to get on and ride, this phase will pass & be kind to you and your horse 🤍

EDITED TO ADD: I have had lots of messages about polework designs, I have two polework inspiration manuals on my website that you can download!  https://www.vetphysiophyle.co.uk/shop/p/polework-inspiration-manual-vol-2

11/11/2025

Lest we forget

11/08/2025

Up early adding tools to my toolbox 🤓
This years theme for the Vet Rehab Summit is *Dynamic by Design* ..... how movement is more than motion: its intention, biomechanics, anatomy and purpose brought together .

10/31/2025

On holidays doesn't mean I'm not workin!
Communication, hands on techniques and theory learning alll month

10/30/2025

Lil P showing us all how to take a load off ......

I took her lead and will be on holidays until November 17th (well I own a farm, so working holidays ;) .

10/13/2025

Hapoy Thanksgiving ! 🍂

(And happy post- food coma!)

09/12/2025

It's an outdoors kinda day ❤️ 🍂

09/06/2025

Beautiful day for some up and coming riders .so happy to be judging today ❤️ 🍂 🐴

09/05/2025

School horse treatments complete ✔️
And somehow my assistant has sub-contracted himself an assistant .....

07/20/2025

Im baaaaaaack!