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Autumn Planning: Building Your Winter Routine

Autumn Planning: Building Your Winter Routineby: Jenny AdamsonPublished on: 21/09/2026

Start your horse's autumn planning now. Build a winter routine with quick, effective in-hand exercises that boost strength, straightness and mobility.

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Autumn Planning: Building Your Winter Routine

Why Your Horse Bends Better One Way — And What's Really Going On In Their Body

Why Your Horse Bends Better One Way — And What's Really Going On In Their Bodyby: Jenny AdamsonPublished on: 10/08/2026

Why does your horse bend better one way? It's not a training problem — it's a whole-body pattern called locked short and locked long. Here's what it means and how to address it from the ground.

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Why Your Horse Bends Better One Way — And What's Really Going On In Their Body

In-Hand Work Isn't as Complicated as You Think — Here's Where to Start

In-Hand Work Isn't as Complicated as You Think — Here's Where to Startby: Jenny AdamsonPublished on: 27/07/2026

Most horse owners think in-hand work isn't for them. Here's why they're wrong — and the simple building block approach that starts with standing square and ends with a horse who already knows shoulder-in.

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In-Hand Work Isn't as Complicated as You Think — Here's Where to Start

Why Your Horse’s Topline Isn’t Changing (Even If You’re Doing the Work)

Why Your Horse’s Topline Isn’t Changing (Even If You’re Doing the Work)by: Jenny AdamsonPublished on: 20/04/2026

Topline isn’t something you build directly. It’s something that develops as a result of how your horse moves. So if your horse is still: uneven relying more on one side not quite using their body correctly They physically can’t build the topline you’re aiming for. Because the body will always strengthen around the way it’s being used.

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Why Your Horse’s Topline Isn’t Changing (Even If You’re Doing the Work)

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