2 Day "Confident To Canter" Weekend
"Don't be brave, be really well trained instead."
Join us on a 2 day weekend as we offer you a unique opportunity to learn with us how to become more confident with your cantering and in open spaces using our trained calm horses and being supported by Karl and Zana, expert Rider Confidence coaches and horse trainers and their staff with your physical riding skills and psychological mind training.
Day One
On the first day we teach our regular Rider Confidence Course content with classroom sessions covering rider psychology, horsemanship and understanding how our brains work and why we can get fears.
We also teach how to deal with horse behaviors, why horses behavior the way they do - what's causing it and learning about how important our relation with horses is to become confident and have trust in each other.
The practical arena session part of the day covers how to deal with a rear, horses slipping and tripping, riders losing their balance from spooks and spins and how to fall off safely to avoid injury.
This day sets you up well for progressing to Day 2.
Day Two
The horses chosen for you to ride our our super experienced horses that you can trust.
Each horse is ridden by staff first to show you how they move and their temperament so you are happy with the horse you are riding.
We work on an outdoor sand track of around 120m to give you time to really experience the horses movement without worrying about upcoming turns as in an arena environment.
We always work in small bite size chunks here so we look at breaking down the ride by working in trot first before progressing to canters.
We will cover learning NOT to balance on the reins, not to restrict the horses and how to stay balanced and still in control and fundamentally learn to have fun with our horses and cantering again!
Camping here is available for no extra charge, so bring a tent or your camper van/horsebox or we can recommend local B&Bs.
We have a country pub just a 2 min walk across estate land for good food and drinks
WEEKEND COURSE FEE - ~£699
Payment can be made using Paypal and your Paypal can offer 3 installments or BACS.
6 SPACES MAX PER COURSE - OVER 14 YEARS
YOU MUST BE ABLE TO CANTER ALREADY TO ATTEND THIS COURSE AS WE ARE NOT TEACHING RIDERS TO CANTER FROM SCRATCH ON THE WEEKEND
Novice cantering level accepted.
DATES 2025 - TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
MAY
JUNE
JULY
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
To book in: Send us an email with some infomation on why you think this course would suit you and let us know your current riding level so we can check suitability for this course.
Email: info@horsebackcombat.co.uk
Sept 2024 Review
“Huge thanks again for the most fabulous course last Wednesday.
It has made such a difference already.
I have gone from being worried about to loving cantering in Windsor Great park. Luna and I have done our longest canters there yet together (and our fastest too as I am no longer holding her back). We went up a hill with fences either side and a clear stop point (the statue of the Queen on horseback) and she slowed down beautifully. We had been there a couple of times before so she knew it and it felt like a bite size to allow her a little more speed.
We have also started cantering around a course of jumps in the arena - having never jumped in my life before a couple of weeks back. I no longer see cantering as scary - it is so much fun!
I also used Karl's advice to take us through a herd of stags - being 5 this was her first experience of these incredible creatures and she was nervous but I focused on the tree ahead and off we went to where we were going. Having another horse there also helped but equally I was her leader and she trusted me.”
