International Equestrian Centre

It's Monday Morning & the Party's over.

Horse, once again, proving to be a complete e most kind animal...*Watch till the end* #ouch #fail #horse #horselove #animallover #horsegram #instahorse

If your deciding whether or not you can do it yourself, just don't..

Thank you Genevieve Finsten and her hardworking team. We had a fabulous time at Sugarbush 2019 awsome as always

Another great one from Thelwell! I love how the instructor is holding a net... presumably to fish the kid out of the water after they fall in?? Lol!

We often teach clients about Mindfulness on our Rider Confidence course. Be mindful with your horse. Stop missing the moment by worrying about what may go wro...ng, all the 'what ifs', all the nerves and anxieties - instead start with even 2 minutes of just sitting on your horse and listen to the birds singing, feel the air around you, look at the sky, the trees, your surroundings, feel your horse breathing, look at your horses ears, feel the creak of the leather saddle and take in every moment and remember how lucky you are to have a horse to be able to ride at all. Don't miss the moment. Enjoy the now. Be thankful. See more

If horses had phones Credit; https://www.facebook.com/TorHeardEventing

The anatomy of a horse leg vs. a human foot. This is the best example I have seen explaining just how closely their bones resemble ours and which ones correspond. Fascinating, right?!

*In addition to this information, it’s been correctly noted in the comments that the bones of the feet are not in fact mature at birth. The coffin bone is not f...ully mature until the age of 5 or 6, and shoeing an immature hoof can cause a lifetime of problems. Why are we backing and riding two year olds? Why are we teaching three and four year olds PSG movements? Look at this. Six years for the spine. Five years for the sacrum and pelvis, five years for the jaw! Big reasons for letting your horse mature before moving into serious work and expecting correctness. Please don’t tie your young horse’s head down, please don’t hyperflex for the sake of an outline. Don’t try to sit your 3 year old back on its haunches in pirhouette or piaffe. Work long and low. Allow your horse to grow and develop the necessary strength for self carriage. You won’t get that from a 3 or 4 year old, and if you force it, you may cause long term damage.