EQUINE SOUL

It’s easy to assume that if a horse moves enough, their body will take care of itself. But over time, I’ve learned that how  a horse moves matters just as much as how often  they move. Movement and exercise are not the same thing. Exercise is usually intentional. It’s something we ask for - ridden work, in-hand work, schooling, training sessions. It tends to be structured, time-limited, and often repetitive. Movement, on the other hand, is what fills the rest of a horse’s day

When I first learned to trim, I thought the rasp would be the biggest influence on my horses’ hooves. Good balance, clean lines, careful detail - I believed that’s where improvement came from. Over time, I realised the trim is only one small part of a much larger story. What changed my horses the most wasn’t what I did with my hands, but what I changed in the life around them. When horses live in an environment that encourages movement, curiosity, social interaction, and free