Ashley Horse Training

11/13/2025

The perfect Christmas gift for the horse lover!

Happy Horse Happy Life Instructor’s Tips for Better Riding Volume 2 picks up right where Volume 1 leaves off. This book is not about normal riding lessons for the beginner. Instead, you’ll find a wide range of important topics that will impact and improve every rider. A deeper understanding of how horses are affected by riders, what they need from us expands into learning skills that shape a better ride, from overcoming boredom in the arena to managing your energy and overcoming fear to cantering, jumping, trail riding and even ponying another horse. Even if you might not physically do some of them, studying all these topics will broaden your mind and make you more creative as both a rider and a leader for your horse.

Topics covered in Volume 2 include:

10 Tips to Working a Gate from Horseback

10 Tips for Cantering with Confidence

10 Tips for a Successful Riding Session (Ashley’s Chapter)

10 Tips for Ponying a Horse

10 Tips for Better Jumping Position

10 Tips for Riding Ba****ck

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11/06/2025

10/26/2025

Paris cracks me up 😅

06/05/2025

That’s a wrap for the 2025 HHHL member’s and instructor’s conference!
I’m looking forward to getting back to teaching my horses and students with even more knowledge and renewed energy 😀

06/04/2025

More learning with Linda for the Happy Horse Instructors. Observing Linda teach is one of my favorite things. She is so good at finding the one thing that will make the biggest difference. Today we delved into teaching riders to have a better more stable position and how to help horses and riders with fear.

06/02/2025

What a wonderful few days of learning at the 4th Annual Happy Horse Happy Life Member’s Conference.
Watching Linda teach her curriculum in clinic format is so enlightening and inspiring. The theory is engaging, the exercises are efficient, the horses are happy, the students are progressing, and the results come quickly!

01/09/2025

Check out my latest blog post:
Let Kids Horse Around: The Benefits of Horses in Children’s Lives
https://www.ashleyhorsetraining.com/?p=455

11/07/2024

https://youtu.be/SsyVEfow9OU

Playing with a horse at liberty is fun and a great test of the relationship! ...

11/07/2024

Pepper the Pushy Stopper

During our second session together, I taught Pepper “stay over there.” We worked on having a quality response to both forwards and backward. This will be very important for riding!

10/31/2024

Trainers, Riders, and Owners check out my latest article on how to have happy lesson horses 🙂

How to Ensure Your Lesson Horses Are Happy: A Guide for Trainers and Riders by Ashley Forlie | Oct 31, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0 comments Lesson horses are the backbone of riding schools and equestrian programs. They are trusted partners in teaching both beginners and advanced riders, and their well-...