Make riding and schooling easy and fun for both of you!
So you can enjoy real progress, feel the confidence of finally knowing exactly what to do in the arena AND have a genuinely happy horse.
Schooling Made Simple isn't just another course. It's the solution you didn't know you needed that changes everything for you and your horse.
If you care how your horse feels about riding and you want to make real, consistent progress, we have the coaching, support, training and community for you.
"YES! I'm Ready for Schooling Made Simple!"With Results Like These:
“I did exactly what you said and he immediately responded.
He was round, he was soft -
it was a wonder!"
"We are now progressing significantly. Last week I did an online dressage test and got 69.7% - I was just over the moon!"
“My vet says he's gone from 20% to 85% mobility. He was blown away - he said this horse doesn't have kissing spines now!"
It's No Wonder Our Clients Are RAVING About
Our Unique Approach to Riding and Training!
We know you care more about what your horse thinks and feels than almost anyone else on your yard
You dreamed of a deep connection and a trusting partnership. Floating effortlessly around the arena on a willing, happy horse. A horse who's enjoying the work as much as you're enjoying the riding. More of a dance partner than an animal you're sitting on and ordering around.
But somewhere along the way, that dream started to feel further away, not closer.
Do any of these sound familiar?
- Your horse switches off the moment you start schooling. He may be fine out on a hack, brilliant over fences but the second schooling begins, the engine is gone and you're pushing, nagging, kicking, just to try and get him properly forwards.
- Or the opposite: your horse is a bundle of nerves. A bundle of tension, spooking, head in the air, running off. The sense that you're sitting on an unexploded bomb rather than the relaxed and willing partner you hoped for.
- You've had lessons but you haven't really made any progress. You see the same comments on every score sheet. Your physio finds the same sorenesses every time they come out. You know something's fundamentally wrong, but nobody can tell you what.
- You're told to "use more leg," "shorten your reins," "just make him do it" but you just feel awful about what you're having to do to your horse.
- You've tried everything to make your horse more comfortable. New saddles, different bits, bodyworkers, the vet, hoof care, different clinics. Somehow nothing seems to get to the root of what's holding you back.
- You've lost the joy. Schooling has become something you dread rather than look forward to. And in the arena, you don't really know what to do for the best, so you do the same old walk, trot, canter pattern... or maybe just go for a nice hack on the trails instead.
And underneath it all, the part that's harder to say out loud:
You lie awake wondering whether your horse actually hates schooling. Whether he's only tolerating it because he's kind or he has no choice. Whether - even with the best intentions in the world - you might be causing suffering to the animal you love.
If you recognise yourself in any of these, then
you’ll want to read every word on this page, because
We get it!
And it's not your fault!
The truth is, no one's ever shown you how to understand
what your horse is trying to tell you
None of it means you're a bad rider or a bad owner. Your horse isn't being difficult, he's trying to communicate. And once you understand what he's saying and you know how to give him the help he needs, everything can change... often surprisingly quickly!
The problem is, you've been given a very poor map. Most riding instruction today traces back to military origins: a "one size fits all" system built to make young men and horses follow orders without question.
The fastest way to get a horse and rider ready for the battlefield was to use the aids in opposition - asking for plenty of energy with your legs and regulating it with strict and firm use of your hands.
But that means you're effectively asking your horse to go and stop at the same time.
Horses that didn't comply were subjected to forceful aids, strong bits, gadgets to keep their heads down and frankly, whatever it took to get them to submit.
Sadly, this approach is still regarded as the "correct" approach to riding and schooling a horse even today... when most riders are women, riding a much loved horse for their own enjoyment.
Good news...
There is a better way
Based on the almost-forgotten principles of the old French classical masters, tried and tested over centuries, and refined for modern day riders, our Happy Riding Horse Formula™ rests on three simple pillars.
Get all three in place, and riding becomes a joy — for you and your horse.
Pillar One: Work with your horse's nature, not against it.
A horse's body and mind are completely different from ours. They're perfectly fine just being horses but when we sit on them we give them some huge problems to solve. Once you understand why your horse does what he does when you're riding, everything changes.
You stop struggling against his nature and start working with it, and riding gets a lot easier. This is where our unique "bowling ball" model comes in. It's a simple concept that makes your horse's balance and posture easy to feel, visualise and influence, with no more pushing, pulling or forcing.
Pillar Two: Make riding a two-way conversation.
All the time you're riding, or working with your horse from the ground, you're asking your horse to respond to your desires. But are you really listening to him?
Once you learn how to hear - and understand - your horse's replies to your requests, riding becomes a rich, 2-way conversation between two good friends.
Instead of the frustration of wondering why your horse doesn't just do what you're asking for, you're getting a constant stream of incredibly valuable information. So you know exactly what he's finding easy and what he needs help with... and crucially, how he feels about the work you're going together.
Your horse feels heard and empowered and school time becomes something he truly enjoys.
Pillar Three: Follow a flexible development plan.
Even the most talented horse will find some aspects of being ridden more difficult than others. That's just nature.
So once you know where he needs help, the final piece is knowing how to help your horse improve, in the way that fits his individual needs, moment by moment.
No more repeating what you did in your last lesson, copying what's working for someone else or just doing your best to guess. You know exactly which exercise your horse needs right now, in the moment, and how it's going to help.
You notice real improvements in your horse that last and your self confidence soars, even when you're schooling all alone.
You just need to know how to put all three pillars in place and
- you get the horse, and the partnership, you always dreamed of!
Hi! We are Derek and Jo Clark,
...and we're here to help you finally do right by your horse.
We started out where you are now. Over 20 years ago, Jo, an experienced rider, had run into very serious difficulties with her own Hanoverian, Perry. Despite trying everything she knew and getting lots of lessons and experienced help, Perry was getting worse at dressage, not better.
At the same time, Derek, an Olympic level coach and adult beginner rider, was finding his riding lessons desperately frustrating. He couldn't make sense of what he was being told to do in his lessons and he couldn't stop thinking, "If this doesn't make sense to me, how is it supposed to make sense to my horse?"
So we went searching, and discovered the French classical tradition. Perry finally began to relax and say "yes" to Jo's requests. To her amazement, before long she'd schooled him up to piaffe and flying changes. Movements she'd never previously ridden before!
Derek loved this logical and horse-friendly approach and with his TBx, Charlie, were soon amazing Jo with the quality of their lateral work and collection.
Soon our friends were asking us for help and we discovered that the riding and training that was helping us and our own horses works with all horses, of all types and breeds.
We wanted to share what we were learning further so we opened our own riding school, The Holistic Equitation Centre, and persuaded Philippe Karl, a former Ecuyer of the elite Cadre Noir of Saumur to run the first UK teacher training course of his Ecole de Légèreté at our school.
Derek is now a Licensed Teacher of Philippe Karl's École de Légèreté - a rare, hard-won qualification and Jo trained with Philippe Karl in person too, and is a qualified Equine Podiatrist and Remedial Saddle Fitter.
Everything we do is based on respect. Respect for horses and respect for you, the rider.
We don't just get on your own horse to show you how it's done then leave you to struggle and feel incompetent. We never shame you for where you are right now.
We coach you and break the French classical principles down into simple, usable concepts like our bowling ball model and the Happy Riding Horse Formula... so you on your own horse can easily apply them and make real, tangible progress.
In 2020, we took our coaching online and now we've helped hundreds of riders and horses all around the world.
Will you be next? Join us today and transform your riding and schooling forever.
Introducing...
Schooling
Made Simple
Our online course and coaching programme that guides you to make riding and training more productive, more effective and more fun for both you and your horse!
There is a reason SMS has earned its reputation for genuine results
Most riders come to us worn out from trying. They've had the lessons, read the books, attended the clinics, and tried everything mainstream teaching has to offer. What they've never been given is the one thing that actually changes things: how to understand why their horse does what he does, and a clear plan for what to do about it.
That's exactly what Schooling Made Simple gives you. A complete, horse-friendly system that shows you precisely how to help your horse, step by step, at your own pace, so you always know exactly what to do, even when you're schooling alone.
Here's everything you get when you join:
1. Finally make sense of riding and schooling with lifetime access to the 9 core training modules. It's the complete course in Working With Your Horse's Nature, 2-Way Conversation and Flexible Development Plans that you didn't know you needed!
2. Never again wonder "what should I do today?" Our detailed, step by step A-Z Guide to Training Progression is your map and compass throughout the whole journey, yours to keep and return to for life as you school your own horse.
3. Get the clarity, confidence and answers you need with 6 live group coaching sessions on Zoom with Derek and Jo. Whatever level you're working at, we're here to help. There is no such thing as a stupid question in SMS.
4. You're not doing this alone. You're with other like-minded, caring riders for 6 months in our private members-only community. You can post videos of you and your horse (if you choose to) and get help and support from us any time you need clarification or you aren't sure what to do for the best. It's a safe, friendly place to share your breakthroughs and challenges.
5. Get answers to the questions other instructors tend to dodge - with lifetime VIP access to our Q&A Recordings Vault - containing in-depth answers to all the questions we've been asked over the past 6 years. Yes that does include those awkward ones!
6. Keep our lessons and demos in your pocket wherever you go with a free app that makes it easy to check our teaching whenever you need a quick reminder, anywhere you've got internet access - even in the arena or out and about. Yours for life.
7. Trust yourself in the school. As everything comes together, you gain the diagnostic skill and self confidence to read your horse and know exactly what he needs on any given day, so you're finally fixing the root causes that were holding you back.
...become the rider your horse would choose!
It's time to give your riding and training (and your horse's happiness!) the boost they need!
Just like it's done for our current students:
"I have just got to tell you how amazed I am at Sox’s improvement after all these years!"
And it is due to this programme!
After Schooling Made Simple something has changed, it’s me!!
I just had to say another big Thank You to both of you Derek and Jo.
Laura Lees
"I've definitely had the best year ever with my ex-racehorse George!"
My understanding of the principles of schooling and the understanding of what I'm doing and how to do it and how to break it down has helped me relax more and that certainly helped him.
To be able to go out into the common and have a canter without it being completely bonkers is just amazing!
Ginny Banks
Ginny Banks
And then there's Iain and Rebecka who've started their youngsters since joining Schooling Made Simple...
"I trust him more than my 14 year old!"
I’m finding that Hendrix is reacting really well, he’s so quick and eager to please. He’s coming on beautifully. I have to say, I’m so chuffed! He is now light in my hand, he has the most wonderful paces, he's just a pleasure to sit on. It's all completely light and gentle and soft.
Iain Cox
"From our very first ride he was completely chilled and easy"
In the past I was a bit overwhelmed and really worried I was going to mess it up. But Teddy Edward, at four years old, he’s incredible!
He understands and he's really understood. The confidence and the trust is amazing!
That's never happened to me before my whole life: there's the proof of the pudding straight away!
Ginny Banks
Straight from the horse's mouth!
One of our members' horses explains a breakthrough and shares his opinion of Schooling Made Simple 😉
Nemo Horse
From dressage disaster to winner...
Camilla Norgaard explains how, before Schooling Made Simple, her horse Jakes would fling his head in the air and try to run off the moment they entered the dressage arena. Now they're winning classes!
And The Horse Who Just Hated School Work...
"It’s so wonderful to have
a relaxed horse who enjoys his work!"
I didn't school Mickey before because neither of us enjoyed it and it was stressful. Out hacking he was settled and happy and he was enjoying himself, and then the minute you took him in the school he'd get tense and worried and so there were a lot of things that we just didn't do.
Schooling Made Simple is so clear for the horse. There’s no pressure on him so he can cope easily. It all clicked for him and he suddenly realised that he could give the right answer. It's been a real breakthrough! He’s now completely fine in the school and we've been able to work on things that we've never been able to work on before.
Georgina Ridal
And what about the horse
who didn't want to be ridden at all?...
"I am thrilled with his progress!"
Haribo, my 8yr old, was written off aged 4 and a half. He only ever worked for 6 months intermittently.
He hated work, wouldn't go forward, became difficult to mount and eventually even to tack up. He'd been turned away for 3 and a half years.
I started groundwork with him at the beginning of the course and got on him again about half way through.
I wouldn't have tried working him this way if it weren't for the programme.
Josie Waters
"This way of riding should be the law!"
Thank you so, so much for literally the best programme I have ever experienced. I've gone through my entire 50 years of being alive on this planet, and never had so many epiphanies and breakthroughs in my whole time of being. That's a massive thing!
People are searching, searching, searching and to have all this put in a fantastic course that you know you can return to again and again and to feel that you've got that confidence that you now know what you're doing and you feel supported.
Rebecka Blenntoft
“Every module that I did, there was a light bulb moment!"
Incredible! One of the best learning experiences ever.
This course has joined the dots for me, It’s been phenomenal. The whole thing has been broken down into such a simple, easy to follow format that even somebody with a busy brain like me didn’t get bogged down with information overload.
It is just so simple and so clear!"
Ginny Banks
The Happier Hacker...
Karen Jenner loves to hack out in the beautiful Welsh mountains. She tells us how Schooling Made Simple is helping her and her two ponies: Connemara Aero and Welsh Cob Ifor.
"What I wanted was some direction"
"I know that I can get a bit aimless and repetitive in my schooling sometimes. Schooling Made Simple made me want to go into the school and practice new things. And it made me keen to experiment. I find the exercises that you teach are really interesting. You have patterns that I've never thought of, and they’re actually really useful and show up things that you need to work on.
Georgina Ridal
"It was really motivational"
The modules give you loads to work with. It's really motivational and it is really nice to be with the others as well. You really feel part of the group.
Lynda Carey
Let's break it all down, shall we?
Check out everything that's waiting for you inside...
Module 1: Working With Your Horse's Nature
Working in harmony with your horse instead of struggling against his or her fundamental nature is the key to making the progress you want in your riding and schooling.
That's why we're going to start out by understanding:
- what balance REALLY means when it comes to horses
- the unintended challenges we cause our horses simply by sitting on them
- our unique Bowling Ball™ model that let's you see life from your horse's point of view
- what really causes asymmetry and the most effective way to correct it
- the essential foundations for fun and success in EVERY discipline
Module 2: Developing a Truly Well-Schooled Horse
The 'Bowling Ball' model is the key to riding and schooling your horse. You learn all about how to use it and ride it in here.
You'll understand:
- the unintended challenges we cause our horses simply by sitting on them
- asymmetry, what really causes it and how and why you must improve it
- how your horse controls his own posture, balance, speed and direction
- where your own individual horse is starting from, right now, today
- why there’s a gap between this starting point and how you’d like him to be
- why some horses are easier to school than others
- what to do about it if you have one of the less-easy ones (clue - most riding horses actually fall into this latter category!)
Module 3: Communication & Influence
Riding has huge effects on horses and that presents them with some serious challenges. You'll discover how to use aids that work with your horse's nature instead of against it, so you can help him find carrying you much easier, both physically and mentally.
- how to establish a language for 2-way communication
- how to use the aids in a way that helps, rather than hinders your horse
- understand the 'mise en main' (getting your horse in self carriage and on the bit) in a way that work with your horse's nature and not against it
- understand and resolve contact problems
- how to be clear without resorting to strong or rough aids
- why you don’t need gadgets
Module 4: Schooling on the Lunge
Lunging is foundational for starting a youngster, re-training, returning to work after a break, warming up for riding and exercise on a non-riding day.
But it's much more than just going round in a circle! You'll learn:
- how to get started with your horse on the ground in a way that respects his nature
- how to create the foundations of the language you’ll use throughout your horse’s training
- how to teach and develop balance on the lunge
- understand the critical importance of lunging on straight lines as well as circles
Module 5: Schooling in Hand
With work in hand you teach your horse how to keep himself comfortable with the bit and how to use it like a telephone to communicate with you.
You teach your horse the language of the aids and how to manage his bowling ball so he can comfortably carry your weight once you're on board.
In this module you:
- use a bridle and bit to promote balance and relaxation in your horse
- teach your horse how to keep himself comfortable with the bit at all times
- introduce and develop the rein aids in a clear, simple and gentle way that every horse can understand
- use flexions to develop balance, relaxation, flexibility and your horse’s understanding
- prepare your horse properly to carry a rider (or improve his ability to carry you)
- use exercises to prepare your horse for advanced work
Module 6: Schooling Under Saddle - the basic exercises & fundamentals
Solid basic ridden exercises are the foundation for everything you want to do with your horse: dressage, jumping, cross-country, hacking out.
Here's where you develop your horse's ability to carry you easily and with minimum wear and tear.
And it's how your horse becomes comfortable and a pleasure for you to ride!
In this module you:
- use the aids in a horse-friendly way - in practice
- ride the basic schooling figures so they actually develop your horse
- improve your horse's balance and flexibility
- establish the essential foundations that enable easy and consistent progress to more advanced work
- resolving asymmetry and developing straightness
Module 7: Schooling Under Saddle 2 - Towards Advanced Work
Lateral work doesn't have to be difficult - for you or for your horse. And it's not just about progressing through the levels in dressage!
It's how you develop your horse's symmetry and straightness, improve the quality of his natural paces, his ability to shorten and lengthen and, with time, collection.
In this module you:
- get started with lateral work - we've it very made simple and easy
- understand each of the classical training exercises (shoulder-in, travers, half pass, renvers, counter shoulder-in)
- learn how to use the exercises to improve and develop your horse’s physical capabilities
- when, why and how to introduce each exercise
- how to improve and develop them
- how to know when your horse is ready for the next step
- begin collection in preparation for piaffe, passage and canter pirouettes (without compression between hand and leg!)
Module 8: All About Canter
Canter is fundamentally different to walk and trot and can present its own particular challenges. This is where you discover how to eliminate difficulties and develop your horse's natural canter so it's smoother, more balanced and easy to shorten and lengthen as you wish.
You'll:
- understand the canter and why it can pose particular difficulties
- how and when to introduce the canter
- how to get both canter leads consistently
- straightening the canter
- how to develop the quality of your horse’s canter
- counter canter - why, when and how
- canter lateral exercises made simple
- understand flying changes
Module 9: Analysing What Your Horse Needs In The Moment
This is the module that sets you free! Now you can read your horse's side of your 2-way conversation and use his feedback to assess which areas he's finding easy and where he needs more help from you.
You've got a rich toolbox to draw on and you'll know exactly what to do when, even when you're schooling all alone.
Your horse is progressing well, becoming noticeably more comfortable and easy to ride and he's happier too.
Here's where you:
- know what to work on - even when riding on your own
- identify the root cause of any difficulties so you can solve problems more efficiently
- interpret the feedback your horse gives you
- know when you've done enough
- know when it's time to try something new
- discover the secrets to making more rapid progress in your schooling
PLUS: Our A-Z Step By Step Map of Training Progression
To guide you through the entire process of educating your horse (and make planning your next schooling session super-easy and fun):
You also get our 25-page, done for you, illustrated A to Z map of how to develop your horse’s mental and physical education
- easily tailor your training plan and schooling sessions to suit your individual horse
- check and develop the critical, fundamental building blocks on which all further training depends
- understand how each step prepares for the next and depends on the quality of the one before
"I use it all the time"
"I've got a copy of the A-Z map at the yard. Before every schooling session, I have a look and see what I'm going to do. The fact it's in a logical order as well, it's really really helpful. I use it all the time, I really do."
Lynda Carey
"It’s about knowing where you are and how to get to where you're going"
"The A-Z map was really, really useful. It’s about knowing what to check and what milestones and markers you need to think about on the way and what you're aiming to get."
Rebecka Blenntoft
Now, you may be thinking…
That sounds like a TON of stuff!
We know!
And if it all seems a little overwhelming, believe us: It’s not.
We created Schooling Made Simple to eliminate overwhelm, not create more… to make riding and training easier, not harder.
We've designed it to make your transformation from struggling rider to being the rider your horse would choose easy and fun - for both of you!
In fact, it’s the exact kind of programme we wish had existed when we started our search for a better way to ride and train our own horses, over 20 years ago.
First of all, the lessons and exercises are broken down into small, bite sized chunks averaging around 5 minutes each. You won’t have to sit through hours and hours of videos that suck up your precious time.
More importantly, all the content is clearly laid out and easy to understand, so you build confidence and momentum.
Now having said all that...
Schooling Made Simple is NOT for everyone
SMS members say Schooling Made Simple is the most complete, most accessible way to put the joy back into having and riding a horse.
It’s easy to follow. It gives clear explanations and answers the questions that others gloss over. Our demo videos show you exactly how to put the knowledge into action, the common mistakes and challenges to watch out for and how to put them right.
And you get our A-Z map of training that takes all the guesswork out of knowing what to do, when.
SMS guides you through the process of developing a happy, well-schooled and cooperative horse who loves being ridden like no other programme out there (and we have the success stories to prove it!)
But, it’s definitely not for everyone.
If you’re only looking for a few tricks or ‘quick fixes’ then SMS is not for you.
If you only care about competition scores and aren’t interested in helping your horse enjoy dancing with you and live a long, happy, healthy life, then SMS isn’t for you.
But if you’re ready to develop the partnership of your dreams with a horse who practically begs to be ridden and you’re willing to put in the time and effort (yes, there’s time and effort involved) to make your vision real… then here is your chance!
If that sounds like you and you’re finally willing to make that commitment to yourself, your horse and your dreams, we promise you that SMS will be your surest path to success!
OK, how much is my investment?
Schooling Made Simple shows you how to actually get the results you’ve always wanted.
It’s an investment in yourself and your horse that will pay huge dividends in both your futures.
We’ve each spent over 20 years and well over £100,000 developing the hard-earned knowledge and experience we’ve distilled down into our signature programme that will transform the way you ride and train.
It’s exactly what we taught and shared with riders who paid over £12,000/year for our help at our equestrian centre - and even then we still couldn’t share with them everything that’s inside this programme!
If you’ve read this far, chances are you can already see what understanding your horse at a deeper level, knowing exactly how to give him or her the help they really need and having a constantly growing resource of information, step by step guides and expert guidance to fall back on will do for both of you.
And let’s not look at just one horse…
...but every other horse you ride… now, or in the future! Because...
You get to Take Everything You'll Learn About Understanding, Riding and Schooling horses more effectively With You Forever!
Plus, when you enrol in the programme today you’ll get LIFETIME ACCESS to the course content.
When you weigh all that against the investment and what it will do for you, your horse and your future together, then it’s an easy choice.
We’re committed to making Schooling Made Simple as accessible as possible, so as many riders who want to can use it to turn their equestrian dreams into reality.
So, because you’re reading this during our special ‘Happy Riding Horse Formula’ event, you can join today at our special promotion price of just twelve payments of £99.
That’s right! Until midnight UK time on Monday 13th July, you can join us inside Schooling Made Simple for just £99 today.
Plus, you can rest easy knowing that we’ve taken ALL of the risk out of investing with our 100% no-quibble money back guarantee.
Our iron-clad, no-quibble guarantee
Because we are so confident that this programme delivers on its promise, we’re including our 100% no quibble money back guarantee.
You can try our programme for 14 days absolutely risk free and in the unlikely event you're not happy with it, just let us know and we’ll refund the amount you paid. It’s as simple as that.
Join Schooling Made Simple Today!
You'll Need To Act Fast!
This offer will stay open only until midnight UK time on Monday 13th July. After that, this chance will be gone. We don’t know when we’ll be opening the doors again and we can't guarantee we'll be able to offer this same low price when we do!
"It’s a no brainer!
If you want to improve, do the programme, it’s a no brainer! It will give you things to think about, that maybe you didn't realise the importance of. It's the little things that made the difference. Knowing when you can introduce the different exercises. Having the whole programme laid out for you in a logical order. It tells you what's important and what will get help you to make progress. And it does it in a way that's easy to follow and gives you the results.
Lynda Carey
"If you want to change everything for the better, you just have to do it!
If you really genuinely want to push forward into new ground and stop doing the same old things over and over again expecting different results, then you have to do it. It's changed things so much! I was dithering as to whether to actually just hang up my boots. Now I'm actually excited about having a beautifully balanced horse.
Rebecka Blenntoft
But wait - there’s even more!
When You Enrol in Schooling Made Simple Today You’ll Also Get our
'Maximise Your Effectiveness'
bonus pack
included absolutely FREE!
Bonus 1: A Set of Done-For-You Sample Session Guides
VALUE
A set of done for you, 'fill in the blanks' schooling session example templates that save you time by helping you get started making the most of your schooling sessions.
VALUE
Bonus 2: Being An Athlete
- Appreciate what it’s like physically and psychologically to be the one UNDER the saddle
- Understand the challenges involved in carrying a rider
- Discover what makes a 'good seat' from your horse's perspective
Bonus 3: The Psychology Of Training - For Horses
VALUE
- How to engage your horse’s mind throughout the process of training
- How to develop trust and enthusiasm
- How to understand and resolve 'resistances'
VALUE
Bonus 4: Physical Aspects Of Training
- Understand the vital relationship between work, rest and recovery
- Discover what limits how fast your horse’s physical capacity improves
- Learn how to maximise progress and minimise wasted time when riding and training
- Know how much to ask, how much is enough
- Understand when and how to give breaks
Bonus 5: The Psychology Of Training - For Riders
VALUE
- Managing your attention and awareness
- How to bounce back from disappointments and deal with criticism
VALUE
Bonus 6: What To Do When You Hit A Plateau
and don't seem to be able to make progress
Our unique guide that helps you understand why these plateaus are something to welcome and not something to be afraid of - once you know how to navigate your way through them effectively!
- Lifetime access to the 9 essential modules of bite-sized training and demos every rider needs in order to learn how to truly understand their horse and give him the moment by moment help he needs
- Instant access via an app for quick reference anytime, anywhere you have an internet connection
- Our 25 page illustrated A-Z map and compass to guide you through all stages of the training process
- Group Q&A calls so you get the answers to your specific questions
- Our comprehensive Q&A recordings vault to supercharge your progress
- A thriving members’ community to support you and your horse on your journey
- Coaching, feedback and friendly advice from an Olympic level coach and an Olympic level athlete with expertise and experience in riding horses, schooling horses, starting horses, saddle fitting, equine podiatry, problem solving, sports psychology, fitness training...
And much, much more!
That makes everything you get worth over £13,670 in value and you can get it all for just 12 monthly payments of £99 (just £99 today!)
Special Pay-In-Full Bonus!
Exclusive 1-to-1 Horse Assessment call with Derek
To help you and your horse get up and running as quickly as possible, the first 10 new members who join and pay in full will also get an exclusive, private horse-analysis call with Derek (Regular price £250).
It couldn’t be easier! If you are eligible, Derek will contact you and invite you to send in s short video (max 10 mins) of yourself and your horse for review.
He’ll then arrange a private, 1-1 Zoom call at a mutually convenient time where he’ll give you his personal analysis and set you up with an initial schooling plan.
Remember: This bonus is only available to the first 10 new members who join and pay in full before the doors close on Monday.
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"Derek and Jo do such a good job of explaining
I've had some trainers in the past who are excellent riders and get an excellent tune out of a horse but who just aren't that great at explaining what they're doing. You do that, and you're brilliant at it. You show how it should feel and how to get it and you make it very clear.
I found that the demo videos with Jo and Magic were great. To be able to see it, and how it worked and the reactions you got. Seeing it in real time is very, very helpful.
Georgina Ridal
"You don't just see the finished horse
It was so very helpful that you explain how this might go wrong or that might go wrong and what you need do to help. Quite often when you see online demos, you just see a great finished product but there is actually not much information on troubleshooting.
Ginny Banks
OK… if you’re like some people reading this, you may be thinking, “I want to join Schooling Made Simple but I can’t afford it.”
The fact that you’re on this page means you KNOW you need a programme like SMS to get you to where you want to be. And the fact that you’re on this page also means that you’ve not yet found that programme, because if you had, you wouldn’t be here now, right?
If this applies to you, what you’re about to read is the most important thing about improving your riding, your training and your relationship with your horse.
Doing nothing comes at a cost!
You’ve probably already heard wise riders say that every moment you spend with your horse is a moment of training (whether you realise it or not...). You’re always either training your horse in a positive way and making things better, or things are going backwards and getting worse. There is no in between.
If you’re in a place where you want to join Schooling Made Simple, and you think you can’t afford it, then you may be caught in the 'hope riding' trap (ignoring the long term cost of continuing to do the same things while 'hoping' for a different result).
Here’s the truth
You have to ask yourself this one vital question that will determine whether you reach your goals, or not…
“Am I going to be 100% responsible for my horse’s experience while being ridden and trained or am I not?”.
According to the dictionary, the definition of responsibility is; Causing something to happen.
So what that means is that whatever happens in your development as a rider and trainer you have caused and what does not happen in your development as a rider and trainer you have also caused.
We know that you’re not where you want to be today and you now recognise that you’ve caused that. And, if you really want to be the rider your horse deserves, you now know that it’s going to be you who causes that too.
The question has changed
If you’re going to truly be 100% responsible for your riding, your training and the relationship you have with your horse, the question is no longer can I afford it. It’s now “How can I be 100% responsible and MAKE this happen?”
If you’re going to stop here and do nothing different, do you know what that means? It means you’re choosing not to stretch your thinking out of your comfort zone. You're forgetting your greatest gift - the gift of creativity!
It also means you’re choosing to ignore the costs of inaction and risking saddling yourself with the even higher costs of putting right the mistakes you make along the way...
...or even risking letting the situation deteriorate so much it becomes unrecoverable, so you miss out on realising the dreams you have for you and your horse altogether!
How to escape from the 'hope riding' trap...
You’ve probably heard the old story about how every journey begins with a single first step.
And that first step for you is about making a DECISION.
It’s time for you to make a choice:
If you already have the horse of your dreams, a horse who’s light to your hands, light to your legs, responds to your mere thoughts and does everything you could ever ask with ease and enthusiasm, then you don’t need our programme - you need to go and celebrate!
But if you need some help in solving your current issues without resorting to force or gadgets, or want to know exactly how to make real progress in your riding and training and have a happier horse, then your options are simple:
You can choose to do nothing... and then of course nothing changes. The problems just get worse...
OR you can choose to be the CAUSE IN THE MATTER and do something about it.
You can choose to avoid the problems altogether and hope that they'll magically go away (but guess what - they won’t!),
OR you can get 100% Committed to doing something about them!
If you choose the latter, then now is your time to get signed up and get started!
Otherwise, you can just click right off this page!
But CHOOSE Quickly!
Because we can't keep the registration period open forever…
The programme starts soon, so Membership in Schooling Made Simple is only open until midnight on Monday July 13th, that’s less than 96 hours from now! After that, it’ll be quite some time before you have the chance to join again.
You’ll miss out on the chance to transform yourself, your riding and your horse.
If you put this off, what will change? So don’t wait! You can get started today!
You CAN do it. With the right guidance, the right techniques and the right support, you can transform your life and the lives of all the horses you ride, train or work with - now and in the future.
And we will be there to help you every step of the way.
So, don’t waste another moment dreaming about how things could be...
Join us now and become The Rider Your Horse Deserves!
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"If you have questions,
they'll be answered in this course"
If you feel like you are struggling a little bit on your own then don't hesitate to jump in on the course. I would also say whichever is your preferred way of learning whether you like to watch things, do things, write things down, all of those options are there for you.
Ginny Banks
"It’s a no brainer!"
If you want to improve, do the programme, it’s a no brainer! It will give you things to think about, that maybe you didn't realise the importance of. It's the little things that made the difference. Knowing when you can introduce the different exercises. Having the whole programme laid out for you in a logical order. It tells you what's important and what will get help you to make progress. And it does it in a way that's easy to follow and gives you the results.
Lynda Carey
