Creating Foundation Behaviours In Foals To Give Every Horse the Opportunity To Be A Champion
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Creating Foundation Behaviours In Foals To Give Every Horse the Opportunity To Be A Champion
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This interview was previously published in 2018 Leigh Wills (252)
About Leigh
– Leigh runs Equus Education (NZ) Ltd, which gives every horse the opportunity to be a champion. Leigh is working in the area of foal education to give foals and a human friendly basic education.
Leigh has two New Zealand Eventing Titles and has presented at 2016 and 2017 ISES conferences and also written
Writers of NZQA papers.
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Leigh’s Favourite Inspirational Quote
– “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” Mohandas Gandhi
Who Has Inspired Leigh
– Jean-François Pignon
– Dr Andrew McLean (003, 111, & 141LC)
– Monty Roberts (002 & 155LC)
– Anna Twinney
– Professor Natalie Warren
Recommended Books
– Love Anthony – Lisa Genova
About This Episode
– Leigh discusses why watching your mare with her foal is part of the foundation for training on where the foal will end up.
Time Stamps
01:29 – “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” Mohandas Gandhi
02:33 – Having horses in the family, horse racing background
04:15 – Memories working with Colman De Bolgar
04:55 – Trying hard not be involved with horses, but being drawn back to horses
05:40 – First instructor for Monty Roberts
06:30 – Starting foal business with Sir Patrick Hogan
07:02 – Love and passion for horses, hard work and willingness to learn
07:38 – It a privilege to work everyday with foals and horses
08:20 – Horses that Leigh has started from a foal to go on to good things
09:02 – Work progressing with foals who have not had basic handling
11:40 – Having horses every day
12:13 – How Monty Roberts, Dr Andrew McLean and Professor Natalie Warren & others who have inspired Leigh
13:30 – The ongoing envolvement of training methods.
15:10 – Amazing sessions with foals and mares
16:18 – There is so much to learn, develop and innovate and passing on this information to others
17:25 – The mares are the key
17:55 – Not looking at the mare as the mare will give you a true reading on the foal.
19:32 – Look for the body language the mare is giving, it could be nickering, if worried, tensed up muscles and head up
21:50 – ‘Love Anthony’ by Lisa Genova
22:53 – Working with foals and passing on knowledge, researching, measuring mental state of mare and foal
23:52 – Taking what they do naturally and setting the foundation for the life they are going to have.
24:45 – Train with the least amount of stress so they cope with most amount of stress
25:45 – Contact: see details below
Leigh’s Contact Details
Phone: +64 27437 8870 (Auckland New Zealand)
Email: leigh@equuseducation.com
Website: www.equuseducation.com
Facebook: Equus Education
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