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Training the horse.
Tuesday 14th October 2025

Asymmetry workshop
Thursday 6th November 2025.

Softness and Contact
Thursday 4th December 2025

Goal Setting Workshop
Thursday 15th January 2026


These clinics are fun and informal. With limited numbers permitted, for each class all participants gain individual attention. Come along without your horse and increase your awareness and knowledge of how the top riders ride. Take away new ideas to try when you next ride.
During the two hour session, we work on various exercises, both mental and physical, that you can practice both on and off your horse, enabling you a greater body awareness, helping your fitness and muscle tone in the areas needed for riding, when appropriate we also focus on mental fitness. All this allows you ride to a higher level.


For more details on these and more dismounted clinics click on the link above or contact Karen.
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Saturday 6th September

Saturday 11th October

Sunday 9th November

Sunday 7th December

*Would you like new exercises and ideas to make schooling the horse on the flat more interesting?
*Does your dressage horse need some variety in his training?
*Is your eventer struggling with skinny fences or angled rails?
*Does your Show Jumper need to improve his turns or canter quality?
*Do you want to introduce your young horse to poles?
*Does your horse struggle to keep focused when schooling on the flat?
*Is your horse worried about poles and jumps?
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Sunday 14th September 2025

Do you have a horse, young or old, that you would like to take to a show but you are not sure how he will react in the big wide world?
Does your horse get excited in company?
Does your horse have a behavioral challenge that we may be able to help?
Would you like to improve his manners?
Is your horse very spooky?

This may be just what you need.
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There are so many benefits to practicing Yoga. Whether you are a horse rider or not, we can all gain from yoga; young and old, no matter how fit or mobile, it can help in so many ways.



Here are 28 reasons why I would recommend Yoga to all Horse Riders.

Karen enjoys teaching both yoga classes and 1to1 sessions.
Please contact us for more details.
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Principle verses technique.
A technique will work in one situation.
A principle can be applied to multiple situations.

There are many many techniques out there, you only have to look on social media to see how many variations there are.
Some will resonate with some of you, others may not.
Over the years, I have seen various techniques being used, sometimes really well and very successfully and other times the same technique may not be working due to the principles not being grasped.
I have many technique tools that I use and I will vary the tools that I use depending on the horse and handler in front of me.

Principles however, can be applied to multiple situations so this is what I plan to share over the coming weeks…..
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Sunday 14th September 2025


Are you wanting to take your horse out to a competition but not sure how he or she will behave?

Would you like to learn some useful in hand schooling techniques that you could take into your ridden work?

When working in at a competition, Are you stuck if lunging is not allowed?



Learn some useful training methods to improve your horses asymmetry and muscle balance.

Do you have trouble mounting?

Are you wanting your lateral work to improve?

Does your horse get strong when ridden or other contact issues?

This may be just what you need to improve your partnership.
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Thank you to all who applied for this giveaway, we will send each of you a personal message.
Due to an overwhelming number of applicants, we have chosen two riders to benefit from Karen’s giveaway tuition this winter.

🥳Congratulations to the lucky riders;

Fiona Pople and Maisie Randle🥳

During the winter months, these lucky riders and their horses, will receive one free lesson each month, from October to March, at Christon, 6 each in total.

The training will include ridden and unmounted work for the riders also both ridden and in hand work to improve the horse. The 6 lessons will be very much bespoke to the goals of both individuals.


We will post their progress throughout the six months both here and on our social media platforms. Hopefully helping other riders to also benefit.

Press on the link to see how Fiona and Maisie get on over the winter.
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It is fascinating how methods of training horses have evolved in 50 years.

It is no wonder that training has changed when you look back on how the horse/human relationship has transformed.
There are now very few horses on the payroll of industrial, transport or military businesses in the UK and the western world.

Nowadays most of us enjoy our horses for leisure, sport, fun and therapy. It is noticeable how the horses that we breed have changed too, many less heavy horses, most are bred with the thought of competition success in mind.
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This Winter we have some exciting new workshops planned to help riders of all levels to improve their riding.
From improving your competition performance, helping your fitness, building confidence in you or your horse, or learning to ride for the first time

Working with your body awareness, mental and physical fitness and techniques off horse has been scientifically proven to improve your ridden performance.



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Over the past few months, I have been studying the human back and abdominal muscles (or core)with the Franklin Method.



Find out more about Franklin Method here….
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‘Stay Safe’ are two words we have heard a lot over the past years.
When it comes to riding horses it is most important. I have compiled my top tips to help you stay safe when schooling your horses both from the ground and ridden.
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In aid of Riders Mind.

**£1,030 raised for Riders Minds**
Thank you for your support.

In 2019, Karen ran a charity demonstration event and raised some money for Dogs in Sri Lanka. We planned to make this an annual event but then the pandemic got in the way!
This year, with your help, we would love to run another fund raiser demo.

Karen plans to demonstrate various ‘Off horse schooling techniques’ to benefit all horses, whether they are old and young, competitive or leisure horses and we plan to cover help for troubled horses too.

In the past two years, mental health has become a larger issue than ever before, therefore we felt it right to support Riders Minds for 2022.

There will be more details on how to book tickets and donate very soon.

Please save the date, tell your friends and give what you can.
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I wrote this about 10 years ago when I was asked several times how my training methods differed from tradition. It is amazing how just in that time how ‘traditional mainstream’ are moving in the direction of the methods that I was embracing 20 years ago!

Every so often I will be asked how my training methods differ to the traditional main stream. I really don't see them as differences! I have the horses welfare at the fore front. I am always open minded to new ideas and not afraid of moving forward with new ideas if I think that is going to benefit the horse
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We plan to run both ridden and Unmounted classes on these days, with the option of joining both the Unmounted and ridden classes or just attending One class. Numbers will be limited due to Covid-19 rules so early booking is recommended.


Learn how making subtle changes in your body can improve the horses way of going.

*Improve your core strength.
*Sit better to your horses sitting trot and canter.
*Help the horse to lighten his/her forehand.
*Gain more lift through the back and roundness.
*Feel more secure and confident.
*Improve your asymmetry.
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Jumping Clinic with Focus on Rider Biomechanics to Improve the Overall Performance of horse and rider.


Do you want to improve your jumping position and your horses’ technique for show jumping and cross country?

Are you lacking confidence to go to the next level with your jumping?

Would you like to improve your core stability when jumping?


Click on the link for more details;
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Now that the lockdown rules have progressed, are you about to get on your horses to ride again for the first time for a while?
It is essential that we use our common sense when starting up again, to keep both you and your horse safe and confident.
You know your horse and your own fitness and capabilities, so take care and take your time.
Before you jump on your horse, notice his body language, when tacking up, mounting and riding away........
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This chart may be something that you have seen before but I believe that when training horses it is really important to observe.
Allowing the horses learning to progress well and to enable both the rider/handler and the horse to be safer and more confident.......
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Rider Biomechanics Demonstration with Karen Whiston

All Proceeds to go to WECare Worldwide, Helping Street Dogs in Sri Lanka.

We have raised £710 for WECare Worldwide! Thank you so much to everyone who contributed in every way.

* Enjoy a fun and interactive evening.
* Learn how to improve your position to enhance your horses performance.
* Find out how subtle changes in your balance can effect the horse.
* Improve your core strength.
* Try some off horse exercises to help your riding.

£10 per ticket. Tickets limited so book early. Contact Karen for more details.
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Healing Process Week 1-2

Ok, it’s only a broken wrist but it has changed my plans for the rest of 2018!
Instead of campaigning for winter regional qualifications, the horses have been turned out and roughed off. Thankfully the weather was very kind to us during the weeks of my recovery, allowing them to enjoy 24/7 in the field.

Despite being unable to ride, It is important to me to continue to keep fit. I am going to share with you some of the exercises that have helped me during this time.
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Healing Process Week 3-6

With the healing process underway, it was great to see the wires that were helping to knit the bones back together on the X-ray. It gave me a picture of what was happening under the plaster.
I kept myself entertained by stretching, working on more stability and balance exercises and working out the best way to deal with any pain.
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