The Best of Season 1 episode of Dear Horse World is here! 🎉
It’s a celebration of the moments you loved most, plus a few that truly changed how we think about riding and partnership with our horses.
We’d love to hear from you — what part stayed with you the most? 💬
Season 1 Highlights: Riding...
🌿🐴 Now on NF+: The Reflective Horse Meditation Series
Connection with your horse begins with you.
This 6-part guided meditation series with Cassandra Ogier is here to help you:
✨ Ground your energy before riding
✨ Shift from stress to stillness
✨ Build trust through presence, not pressure
✨ Lead with the calm confidence your horse already believes in
From mindful grooming to walking with “the lead mare within,” each session brings you back to your body—so you can show up steady, clear, and connected for your horse.
Connection isn’t magic: it’s practiced.
What’s your win this month? 🎉
I had a little victory today that felt like a big breakthrough. After watching all of Josh’s Review My Rides, I finally put the pieces together about why my horse was slightly rushing through the trot on a figure-8.
It clicked—he wasn't balanced. The moment he anticipated needing to shift weight onto his right shoulder, he’d try to rush through it. From the ground, I’m sure the pace change would’ve looked almost invisible, but in the saddle, I could feel the tension.
Thanks to Josh, I could actually see the why behind it, and that felt so empowering. Those tiny moments where you can meet tension head-on and make a shift? They’re everything.
Would love to hear your wins this month—big or small! 🫶
Inspired by this week's Office Hours with Josh, today I worked on Body Mapping my horse's shoulders and hips before my ride. Afterwards – I had THE BEST RIDE EVER 🤩. I also focused on moving my horse's shoulders and hips under-saddle, relating to another Office Hours question. For the past few months, my horse has been struggling to pick up his right lead canter, and this time he got it effortlessly, on the first try. 💥
Review My Ride - Josh Nicho...
🚨 Last Chance to Submit Your Training Footage for Live Feedback with Josh Nichol! 🚨
This is a unique opportunity to get real-time, expert insights from one of the leading figures in horsemanship. Whether you’re working on groundwork, riding under saddle, or tackling behavior challenges, Josh’s horse-first approach will help you build trust and communication with your horse like never before!
⏰ Don’t miss out—submit your video now for a chance to get personalized feedback straight from Josh in tomorrow's Review My Ride webinar!
Let’s take your training to the next level!
Today, I worked with a customers horse and used the words "he needs to have his emotional needs meet first and then we can teach him to..."
Thanks Josh. It's clicking.
Brought this former reiner, now jumper, to his first HJ show this weekend. The horse park was sandwiched between an active car racetrack and an airport. It was his first *real* jumper course. As a normally kind of spooky guy, he was not only calm about all the (loud) noise and chaos, he was focused and responsive. My friends say “if you can show at the Evergreen Horse Park, you can show anywhere.” 😆 We’ve done a ton of ground work over the past five months, and I walked him around on schooling day for about a half hour to get him acclimated. It was amazing to see his confidence grow day by day.
I was inspired by Tik this weekend and decided to give clicker training a try with my horse! My timing wasn’t perfect, but overall he really enjoyed it and picked up target work super quickly. It even helped him work through a spook—over a hula hoop, of all things! By the end, he was confidently touching it and clearly proud of himself for earning a click and a treat. We’ll definitely be doing more of this!
I've had a very memorable moment this week, and I'd
Iove to tell you about it. I've had my new mare Skye for only 3 months. She usually trots over to the gate when she sees me--or at least she walks over-- but this week after I hadn't been to the barn for 3 days (my husband has cancer and was hospitalized, so my plate is very full), Skye full out galloped over to greet me at the gate! My heart just burst!
I am over the moon at my tiny breakthrough tonight with my baby 6 year old.
I let her say no.
It sounds weird to me, because for years I have always rode with the idea of not letting the horse say no. Tonight she did not want to go near a small obstacle she could easily walk over, and instead of fighting her,. We went away worked on other stuff, and then came back to the obstacle and got a little bit closer, when she said no we walked away again. We did this patiently back and forth until she gained enough confidence to easily walk over it, then jump it. Wow!