A podcast about horses and horse people that takes a closer look at our most important friend - ever. New episodes on the first Monday of the month. www.clanofthehorses.com Art work photo: Femke Ketelaar
Latest episodes
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42 - MAYDAY
- I have learned so much about pressure and control, but if you get a real connection you can just ask the horse and wait and it will happen, says Jasmin Schacht. We met for the fi…
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52 min
41 - Am I safe?
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45 min
40 - Meet Ivana Ruddock
It's crucial to bring this perspective with us: we must remain humble and remember that horses expressing pain, discomfort, or uncertainty should always be taken seriously. Just be…
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1 h 08
39 - The Whistleblower
Photographer and fine artist Crispin Parelius Johannessen has been called "a man on a mission," and he certainly is. A man with a self-imposed mission to remind us that we cannot t…
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1 h 18
38 - Let's talk about pressure & RELIEF
- Often, when our strategy is to increase pressure, taking a step back—allowing the horse to breathe and process—is a far better way to move forward. Synchrony is what horses want,…
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1 h 00
37 - Meet Janet Jones PhD
- Janet Jones earned her PhD from UCLA and taught the neuroscience of perception language, memory and thought for 23 years. But what caught my attention and piqued my curiosity was…
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1 h 10
36: Groomed into violence?
This week’s podcast guest is fine artist and photographer Crispin Parelius Johannessen, who has spent more than 15 years photographing horses in equestrian sports. I hope you view…
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51 min
Judgement Day in Equestrian Sports
Have Grand Prix Dressage on international level been reduced to a culture dominated by silence, greed and money? A culture where good people are reluctant to speak their minds when…
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39 min
#LetHorsesSpeak
In this episode, I revisit Sue Dyson, one of the initiators Horse and Hound referred to as top equestrians when we launched our petition campaign New Era for Equestrian Sports #Let…
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16 min
An Open Letter to the FEI
A horse can certainly be forced to do whatever we want it to do because they are sensitive flight animals seeking safety and survival. And if events organised by the FEI do not cra…
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40 min
Meet Elaine Butler
- Sometimes the horse exhibits behaviour that we mistakenly interpret as disobedience, but it's actually a cry for help. In such cases, it's not effective to ride for a trainer who…
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48 min
Biomechanics meets AI
- I really call this disruptive technology because from this point on there is no excuse anymore not to measure lameness objectively. It's practical, it's scientifically proven and…
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40 min
Meet James A. Serpell
- We need to start with the assumption that animals aren’t looking for conflict. They don’t want conflict any more than we do. But animals will become aggressive if they become fri…
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42 min
It's all about connection
- Good ridning means that you stop disturbing the horse, and that is one thing I find it important to tell everybody; get out of the way, cause you are the problem, says Arne Koets…
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43 min
Meet Jeff Sanders II
- Rather than focussing on the footfall of your horse, feel the rhythm in the movement of his spine. It is like the rhythm of a song, and you can move with it, says Jeff Sanders. P…
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33 min
Meet Jeff Sanders
- We have a running joke in the US about how California and Texas got into a fight about horsemanship and Texas won, says trainer Jeff Sanders.
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40 min
Scentwork for horses
- Offering our horses scentwork and exploration exercises not only reduces stress and make them more confident. It can also be a brilliant tool when horses struggle with what we of…
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55 min
Meet Sue Dyson
- We’ve been conditioned that many behaviours exhibited by the ridden horse are normal, when they are in fact often a reflection of underlying musculoskeletal pain. And if we resol…
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51 min
Meet Amy Skinner
- What I teach can be tricky to teach people because they often expect a series of steps, but what I try to teach them is how to be more aware, more intuitive and more creative, sa…
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46 min
Calming Signals
In today's episode you'll meet Turid Rugaas and Rachaël Draaisma who will shed some light on equine calming signals. Photo: Anne Lill Kvam.