It was a great day yesterday. Oh yes, life is good. Thank heavens for my work. I think I would have lost the plot by now if I wasn’t so passionate about my job. Our clients' horse is divine and his owners are really dedicated to helping him develop some confidence. He has the courage of a mouse at the moment but is such a gentleman. We have one month to help him overcome his fears and he has all the classic tension patterns of horses that spook so there is plenty for us to work on. He is high headed, with cold lower legs, tension through the back and cold patches over his hindquarters. He is also very tight in the tail.

He was great today and is enjoying his work. Tilley Farm has a wonderful atmosphere which really helps the nervous horses to settle quickly and he has just been turned out on his own. He is actually grazing with his head down instead of snatching at grass and looking around with worried eyes as is his usual habit. He hasn’t been ridden for months as he is rather dangerous under saddle so we will see. For now, he needs confidence when being led before we even think about putting him back under saddle so we will be working with all manner of things. I am happy. It has been a good week.