Training Plans & Explanations

The other day I got my husband to snap a few pictures of my Icelandic gelding Vinur. It has been quite a while since I have seen pictures of us together and it is always enlightening to watch afterwards. Also, my husband doesn't know what is good or bad movement so he just keeps his finger on the trigger - literally! 800 pictures later I found a few that I want to share with my thoughts about our training. So here goes.

Vinur is from nature higher in the hind end than in the front end - and thi…

How much can I train with my horse?

Well, that depends... What do you want to achieve? What are you training? How much training is your horse used to? Does your horse find the training difficult or easy?

You see that the answer will vary in every case. But here you see how this coming week's training plan for Celina looks and why I train what I do. And maybe that will help you make a training plan for your horse.

Celina is young and relatively untrained. She is 5 years this year, and still gr…