Bring the Problem You Feel You Can't Fix — One-Day Clinic.

ALL SORTS OF RIDERS COME TO THESE CLINICS Some are competing, and something is inconsistent — it holds together at homeand comes apart at the show. Some have a young horse with real potential and don't want to get the next twoyears wrong. Some want a horse that is safe and good company on a hack, and nothing morethan that. Some are rebuilding their own confidence, after a fall or after years away. Some have been told for a long time that their horse is difficult, and havenever quite believed it. And plenty arrive without a clear reason at all. They ride because they havealways ridden, and something could be better — they just couldn't say what. None of those is a better reason to come than the others, and the last is nota worse one. WE START BY FINDING OUT WHAT YOU ACTUALLY WANT Every session begins the same way, before any work: we get clear on what youare building with this horse, and it gets said out loud. You cannot work toward a heading nobody has set. Most riders are not stuck forlack of effort — they are working hard without a clear picture of what goodlooks like for them and this horse. If you don't know yet, that is the first thing we do together, and it is oftenthe most useful part of the day. THEN WE WORK You have probably been offered explanations that describe your horse'scharacter rather than his state. He's being disrespectful. She's testing you.He knows better. Maybe. But none of them tell you what to do on Tuesday. Almost everything that looks like defiance is a horse whose nervous system hasarrived somewhere his training hasn't. He isn't arguing with you — he isshowing you where the gap is. Once you can see that, it stops being a fight andbecomes a sequence. A sequence is something you can work through. Any discipline: dressage, western, trail, jumping, or a horse you simply wantto enjoy. Any level: green youngsters and thirty-year riders both. TWO WAYS TO COME Rider place — two sessions built around your heading, plus the full daywatching the other seven. Eight places only. Auditor place — the full day, narrated as it happens. No horse needed. You hearthe reasoning, not just the result — and the horse that finally makes it clickis almost never your own. Everyone leaves with a written plan: your heading, and the two things to workfirst. 08:00 to 16+:00, and bring what you need for the day. BEFORE YOU BOOK — THE PRACTICAL PART Weather. A wet day is not a cancellation, so bring a jacket. We only move theday if the ground or conditions would make the work genuinely unsafe — and ifthat happens you will know a week ahead, not on the morning. The seven-dayforecast is reliable enough to call it, so the decision gets made the Saturdaybefore. The day moves rather than disappears: either to the Sunday, or to adate the following month. If the new date does not suit you, you are refundedin full. Food and coffee. Not included in the ticket. Bring what you need for a fullday, or buy on the day. Baboons. They are active around Tokai and they are bold and quick. Lock yourcar and close the windows, keep food out of sight — including inside your box —and do not leave feed bags, tack or handbags standing. If you have childrenwith you, keep them near you. Most people in Cape Town know the drill; it ismentioned because they are noticeably active at this yard. What to bring. Riders: What you would work with at homeYour horse in his normal tack A headcollar and lead rope Hay/Teff if you are from another yardSomething to write with and take notes. Auditors: A hat and something to sit through a long day in. (It is an outdoor clinic)Seating is inside the arena, on the shaded side.Something to write with and take notes. Cancellations. Message me directly rather than cancelling through Quicket. Myterms are a sliding scale based on how much notice you give, and they are moregenerous than a flat rule — full refund less a small admin fee more than 14days out, and a free transfer to another clinic at any time right up to thestart. The…