Kinect Horse

Did you know we were a 2023 nominee for Instructor of the year?

Please get in touch to discuss your coaching needs. We would love to help you.

Confidence.

This is something hard to gain but easy to loose.

Perseverance with your riding and lessons is so important as having that support and reassurance is what will help get you through.

It’s so easy to give up or listen to other opinions.

We provide blocks of 5 lessons so that you can have consistency and we work on areas you are wanting to focus on and get you back on track.

We now have availability on Saturdays and Sunday afternoons. Please contact us to discuss a regular slot.

Evening everyone. Just some updated information, from today: 48hrs notice for cancellations, and prepayment is required to secure your bookings. Blocks of 5 must be paid for together to take advantage of the discount, rosette and certificate.

Weekends are filling fast. New clients welcome but slots are limiting so don’t miss out over the coming months.

Remember we specialise in teaching children from 3yrs +. Clients we have taught have gone on to qualifiers for Olympia, won at local grass roots shows and have had success in the dressage arena.

Confidence crisis - we can help you get that partnership back. Would you like support at at competition and on site coaching? We do that too.

We also specialise in working with first time horses owners.

Please do get in touch to discuss your needs.

Coaching 🐎 Weekend Booking

It will not be long until the nights start to draw in. Please start to consider booking your weekend slots in advance. Please try and keep the same times each week this assists with us planning our travel and fitting as many clients in as possible.

For those who may be able to access indoor schools or have lights available we ask if would consider afternoon appoinments.

The diary will fill fast so please do not miss out. Saturdays will be Cheshire (am) and Staffordshire/Shropshire/Derbyshire based (pm). Sunday no area structure.

Morning guys,

We have been asked a couple of times if Adults have the yard deal off open to them.

YES it is open to all the 3 hr session.

Summer Holiday Yard Deal.
We are offering: 3 hr mini stable management & riding lessons or riding lessons & mini show/gymkana.

With the light nights, we are offering coaching on weekday evenings.

Please get in touch via the message function.

We just wanted to thank all who nominated Kinect Horse for the Equestrian Business Awards Instructor of the Year. Just having your nominations is very humbling and is amazing in itself. Sadly it was not our year this year but there is always next year.

Kinect Horse wish the four finalists this year the best of luck.

Good Luck to everyone.

From 7pm this evening, we will start to announce our 2023 finalists. It was a delight to select them and we are very much looking forward to their reveal!

As there are so many areas of the equestrian industry that deserve to be celebrated and recognised, we will spread the category announcements out over the next few evenings. This is to ensure maximum exposure for each category and reduce the risk of posts being lost.

I'm sure you will join us in congratulating the finalists on their success!

As a freelance coach, we are now accepting work from riding schools throughout the week and happy to cover adhoc if required.

Experience running all aspects of pony club, specialise in teaching children, regaining confidence and adult beginners. Covering all areas through to advance.

DBS Checked.
Safeguarding Qualified.
Road Safety.
Fully insured.

Polite reminder as per our Union advice to avoid false employment please ask about our Ts & Cs

Please respect your freelance instructor, they work very hard, have rights and living expenses to cover.

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT

Our diary is now open for Saturdays. Please contact us to book.

New Clients

Take advantage of our offer for 5 lessons. We cover Staffordshire, Cheshire, Shropshire and some of North Wales.

Private lessons and group yard lessons all catered for. Children and Adults from beginner to advanced.

We can not wait to hear from you.

Keep an eye out for us when we are out and about.

Our services provided are on the backs of our personalised work wear. We do not offer any ridden activities other than coaching at your yard.

Our contact number has changed so just ask or drop us a message via here or our website (currently under construction).

🐎 What makes a great Coach? 🐎

Kinect Horse pride themselves in building a rapport with not just the rider but their family member.

Why?

It builds trust, enabling difficult situations to be dealt with effectively and confidently.

Family members of children open up and feel supported. From this we are able to learn if there is illness/learning difficulties or mental health issue.

This is key to ensuring a good structure and lesson and for the rider to not feel criticised or discouraged.

Horse Care … please get booked in sooner rather than later. All aspects of horse care catered for. Fully insured, BHS stage 2. Areas covered are Staffordshire, Cheshire, Shropshire and some of North Wales.

Stable Management Lessons are available for all ages. Certificate and rosette upon completion of 5 sessions.

Please contact us to discuss your requirements. All payments are to be made at the time of booking. Holiday cover/horse care is also to have 50% paid upon booking to secure and the remainder paid 24hrs before the date care starts.

References can always be provided for any of our services. Check out our reviews too.

🌱 Sycamore Poisoning🌱

Good morning everyone, we wanted to make you aware to be vigilant for sycamore seedlings. We have seen it everywhere we have been in the last week.

If you find any seedlings please keep your horses/ponies/donkeys in until you can get your fields treated.

Atypical Myopathy (sycamore poisoning) happens when horses ingest the seeds or seedlings whilst eating. The toxin contained in the seed/seedlings damages the striated muscle cells.

Please check your paddocks and arenas.

This can be FATAL as quick as a couple of days. The RCVS website lists the symptoms to be aware of.

A few are; depression, colic symptoms but not off their feed, recumbency.

If you are at all concerned about your horse call your vet immediately.

🐰 Happy Easter 🐣

We hope you are enjoying your Easter holidays. Kinect Horse is closed today, however, we have a few spaces available for stable management, lessons and horse care.

Across 19 award categories, we have received 18,870 nominations for thousands of professionals, businesses, charities and organisations. We are very much looking forward to shortlisting!

NOMINATE | The Equestrian Business Awards Nominate your chosen equestrian professional, business or charity who has gone above and beyond. Self-nominations are also accepted.

Thank you to everyone who has voted for Kinect Horse so far in the Instructor Category. Voting is still open until April 1st.

If you feel that we deserve your vote, we would be very grateful.

NOMINATE | The Equestrian Business Awards Nominate your chosen equestrian professional, business or charity who has gone above and beyond. Self-nominations are also accepted.

Naugle KE, Hackett J, Aqeel D, Naugle KM. Effect of different Kinesio tape tensions on experimentally-induced thermal and muscle pain in healthy adults. PLoS One. 2021 Nov 5;16(11):e0259433. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259433. PMID: 34739522; PMCID: PMC8570489.

This is a very interesting read on Kinesio tape having more effect when applied at 25% tension.

Kinect Horse offer Kinesio taping (KT) as a rehab and training option. We are fully qualified to use KT.

Part 2 Should We Ride on Snow?

Did you get it? …….. the answer is a snowball formed from a shod horse.

Snow compacts into the foot as the horse walks along. With shoes the snowballs become deeper than that of barefoot horses.

A horse carries 60% of its body weight on the front limbs. In the photos you will see how the formed snowball has significantly altered the horses limb and foot placement ( their hoof pattern axis) in a static position. This places undue stress and pressure on the limb musculoskeletal structures.

Snowballs can also have a negative impact on the placement of the feet upon impact with the ground during movement. This may cause unnecessary injuries.

In the UK we have minimal snow so preparation for riding is discussed widely as being petroleum jelly on the foot and shoe to minimise the build up of snow. Snow Pads could be an option for areas more prone to regular snow fall.

When turning out horses in the snow Kinect Horse staff use petroleum jelly as a precautionary measure if they are required to turn out even on minimal snow fall.

Our advice would be to speak to you farrier if you are wanting to ride in the snow the next time it is forecast.

Part 1 Should We Ride on Snow?

Riding with snow on the ground seems fun and a different experience. With there still some around, we wanted to share this with you.

Look at this first photo ….. have you any idea what it may be on the ground?

Pop your comments in below and keep an eye on here for Part 2.

**PROPRIOCEPTION: WHAT IT IS AND CAN IT BENEFIT PERFORMANCE AND REHABILITATION**

** PROF. HILARY CLAYTON**

THURSDAY 16th MARCH 2023 @ 19:00 HRS GMT

This popular two-hour webinar will provide a review of proprioception in the horse with a focus on the application and value of proprioceptive stimulation techniques during rehabilitation of horses after locomotor injuries. The evidence-based literature related to the effects of different types of proprioceptive techniques during training and rehabilitation will be reviewed.

CPD Certificates

30-Day video replay

Live Q and A

To Book

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/proprioception-what-it-is-its-benefit-for-performance-rehabilitation-tickets-507316716957

Stable Management is incorporated into our lesson schedule with our youngest clients.

Why do we do this?

1) Encourage responsibility having a pony.

2) Education, education …. Understanding why and how.

3) Achieving and being proud of their progress.

4) Getting in a routine but able to have fun doing stable chores.

5) Parents need a day off once in a while and just supervise.

New Clients

🏇🏾This is for you. We have decided to re introduce our 5 lesson offer. So take advantage of the discount £10 off your 5th lesson.

⭐️ For our current child clients …. book a block of 5 lessons and on the 5th lesson your child will receive a rossette/medal and a certificate.

This offer will run for the next 6 months 🥳 For those that can’t get to shows or want to be proud of their achievements and encouraged to enjoy their ponies what a great opportunity.

After all, Kinect Horse are encouraging and aiding the development for the riders of the future!

Send us a message to book.

More snow days. For the safety of all lessons are cancelled for today and tomorrow.

Fingers crossed for a snow free weekend and back to coaching.

Stay safe everyone xx