Clare Hainsworth Equine Tuition

14/08/2026

Lovely morning teaching at spaxton, it's really interesting teaching the same person on two TOTALLY different types of horses, wizz is a cob x welshx shire x ? Typical pony type , charges around bending his neck to the outside , short choppy tense steps and runs away from the leg , for him it was all about first teaching him turn on the forehand so he gets the idea of then moving sideways away from leg and not just forwards , he over bends the opposite way to Henry the second horse so Tess has to work them both differently, but the main thing was to keep them both straight , we then worked on lengthening wizz s frame especially in canter which he's very unbalanced in due to only ever cantering with his head up and out to the outside , lots of moving his neck to help soften it , Henry we work the opposite and shorten his frame , he's a big 17+ horse that would go as long as a boat if you let him , so after stretchy work it's short sharp transitions to engage the back end but not let him run off down hill in front either , its a real pleasure teaching Tess as she's so keen and really ambitious which I love, aiming to event them both next year and do some BD quest , starting with some intros for wizz so he can learn it's not all about wizzing round and get the canter more balanced at home . Well done Tessa Davis 👏👏🥰

14/08/2026

Absolutely 100%agree with this article , issue 4 BD magazine
Why are young horses having joints injected at a young age, I believe they are pushed too early to perform in an advanced outline before they have done all the foundation work building the correct muscles and top line , and foot balance is not taken seriously enough in some cases

13/08/2026

Lovely morning watching these 3 having a last minute tune up for BD area festival this weekend. Wishing them and everyone that's competing the very best of luck 🍀

13/08/2026

07/08/2026

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31/07/2026

2 outings in a lorry for the first time and 2 trips to whw , first time with company for reassurance and second time alone, wat a star Annie ( Jane Surmon 4 year old mare) was 🤩, working mainly of going forwards, turning from the outside aids ( lots of squares) and straightness, and Jane keeping her left hand with a more consistent contact and not letting her over bend left. Another lovely mare bred by Jade Collins , I cannot rate her horses enough, the start they have at the beginning and her careful breeding program is just outstanding 🥰. Well done Jane , loving the journey with you ###

28/07/2026

Short and stocky necks in horses and ponies are in my experience the hardest to work with, it's their conformation and they find it very easy to suck back and brace themselves, these types of horses I will always encourage to work deep and round if they are a nose poker or long and nose out if they are a chin on the chest type , they are generally one or the other but for me THE MOST important thing is to move that neck keeping it soft and independent from the rest of the body , no amount of supplying work around the leg is going to help if the neck it tight ,we always hear about the back end but the front is as important , it's a shame alot of judges can't mark according to to breed and it's physical capability, in this video Jane Surmon is working her arse off to keep him up off his shoulders as he is built down hill, and round as he would love to stick his nose right out and go very flat . It's disheartening when you get comments such as tight/short in the neck , take the neck out or similar because actually he isn't tight in the neck he can flex and touch Jane s toe if asked but he is short in the neck which is his breed and conformation .When Jane bought him he was upside down with a over developed underside of his neck so he has spent all his years with Jane stretching and lengthening his top line to build the correct muscles to be able to work up off his forehand , without that strength he wouldn't be able to.
He's very lazy behind and does not offer you much so you have to work like hell to get the bare minimum from him 🤣 well done Jane , you really do work yr socks off, I applaud you 👏👏👏

07/06/2026

Jane Surmon had her second lesson today on her 4 yr old mare Annie.
She's been mainly hacking and is now going out solo 😃👏👏, and just doing a tiny bit of short sessions in the school.
Jane was a bit unsure of wat to do with her being very hollow in the trot as in the walk shes in a nice contact/outline, after assessing jane trot round, the main problem was pulling back on the inside rein , Annie not going forwards enough , and just a bit of confusion on both parts. I changed Jane's short whip for a longer schooling whip and checked she was happy in walk first with it. we just worked on sending Annie forwards with lots of voice praise as she really picks up on that and loves to please 🥰WHEN she was forward only then can jane just have a little conversation ( feel) through the reins to encourage Annie to accept a contact and work the right way round , also remembering as a youngster to prepare much sooner for things ie turning , corners .We're thrilled to bits with this mare , a credit to Jade Collins who breeds such lovely versatile horses and vicky heal who gave her such a great start to her ridden career when breaking her in 😊, at the end of the session Annie was joining up with me which is such a lovely feeling as you know they've put their trust in you and feel safe.💖
Well done Jane you did fab today 🥰xx

04/06/2026

FLY STRIKE !
With the pesky flies around it can sometimes cause maggots in a horses sheath where they feast on the sm**ma ( black smelly stuff) rudie has had maggots b4 even though we clean his sheath but trying not to over clean getting rid of the good bacteria
For a couple days he's been kicking up at his belly and out behind , I was certain it wasn't colic as no other signs and eating well but obviously if in doubt always get a vet, I was pretty certain the discomfort was coming from his sheath so me and Debbie Williams have been cleaning it removing sm**ma ,putting hosepipe up which he's been loving and although appeared much happier was still kicking out last night occasionally .
JSB Sheath Cleaning very kindly came out early this morning on her way to her next clients and after a good old root around found this 1 maggot ! She said we must have removed them without realising as we weren't looking in the sm**ma 🤢 but this 1 maggot was really causing rudie discomfort.
He's a much much happier horse , Jade is so thorough and good at wat she does I'd highly recommend her ☺️A great tip from her is to wear black latex gloves as more likely to see the maggots if tiny and use ky jelly @

11/05/2026

Why is it , my favourite is always left , just so tempting 🙈 but I can't so fozzie bear is still 👀🏡