Michael Peace "Long and low" Update From aggressive to win @125/1

After an injury. "This mare was trying to kill us and her self when tacking up. We would need two people to do it and it would be a stressful situation. Now she is being tacked up lose without a head collar on standing respectfully still and I am doing it on my own! A remarkable transformation thank you Michael Peace." Simon Earle Racing. “The significant thing is that she’s changed her understanding of what’s being asked of her and also therefore her attitude towards the people administering”. Michael Peace ‪@thinkequus‬ Update! She was angry and defensive and had become impossible to work with. After just two visits and Michael’s magic touch she became trainable again. Congratulations to Simon Earle and his team for continuing the work successfully and on this fantastic win! First race after Michael's help to get her back on track with a win by lengths @ 125/1 So if you feel like your training isn't progressing and your local person is out of their depth, why not make the leap, and do the best by your horse by booking a kind and true horseman with an excellent reputation plus 40 years of professional hands on experience. For ridden and ground work issues like loading, leading & shoeing. Send a messenger with your postcode a bit of horse history and I will get straight back to you. #horsemanship #horsebehaviour #equinebehaviour #equinebehaviour #horses #horsetrainer #equinebehaviour #equinelearning #horsebehaviour #horsebehaviourproblems #horsebehaviourhelp #equinebehaviourconsultant #horsetraining #equinebehaviorist #thecotswoldhorsewhisperer The Middle Ground Theory I firmly believes that there is not a bad horse born. There may be bad horses about but they certainly didn’t start like that. Some are easier to get on with than others but all have some softness in them that can be developed if we know how to do it. The ‘middle ground theory’ helps people understand how to work with horses a little better. ‘All horses have an area of tolerance in which you can work with a certain amount of inconsistency and get away with it without causing problems to you or to him. Provided you work within this area of tolerance (or ‘middle ground’ as i like to call it), you can be too hard sometimes and the horse won’t resent you and too soft at other times and the horse won’t exploit you. In other words, the relationship can go slightly out of balance without you doing any permanent damage. If however you work outside the limits of the middle ground and for example are really too hard sometimes or really too easy at others, you will begin to damage the relationship. The ‘middle ground’ will erode and cause the horse to become less and less generous. In this case the middle ground will eventually become a fine line at which point the horse will give you very little room for manoeuvre in future encounters. This is when a horse is considered a problem horse and requires skilled, delicate and precise handling/riding to restore the middle ground'. Michael has not met a horse that he could not help by widening the fine line to give the owner or rider room to work again. Michael Peace © 1999 Think Like Your Horse.