You can have a brilliant lesson. Your horse goes beautifully, you feel completely in control and there's not a hint of anxiety. You finish feeling pleased with yourself and wondering why you ever questioned your riding. But suggest going for a hack on your own and suddenly everything changes. You start thinking about what might happen. What if your horse spooks? What if you meet a tractor? What if something goes wrong and there's nobody there to help? Before you've even put y

Every second of every day, your ancient survival mechanism is collecting information from the environment and asking a simple question: "Am I safe?"

"its about a fear of what falling, freezing, panicking or struggling might mean about them."

Here’s the reality: most riders who “lose confidence” in competition haven’t lost anything at all.

Truths about life