New season out now!
This season on Changing Rein we are focusing on where the and how the decisions that shape our sport - for better or worse - happen. And we are kicking off the season with someone who is lucky enough to be 'in the room' when many of these decisions are being discussed - Professor Nat Waran OBE. Professor Waran, Nat, is an international horse welfare researcher and advocate, and was chair of the FEI Ethics & Wellbeing Commission, 2022-2024.
Professor Waran has authored numerous papers and books, including editing the book, The Welfare of Horses, a foundational text for horse welfare research in the 21st century.
Ways we can help you
Equestrian Communciation Style
The hidden skill of horsemanship
How do you communicate with your horse and with other horse people?
Understanding our own communciation style, and that of our fellow horse people can make or break our success as riders, coaches and colleagues.
Take our free quiz to find your Equestrian Communication Style or join us for a webinar where we learn the strengths and weaknesses of our own style and how to build a more flexible style using practical exercises. We also explore what our horses are telling us, and navigating disagreement without defensiveness.
Adaptive Coaching
A new paradigm for skill development
What if the way we teach riding could evolve?
Many coaches learn how to be a coach from their time as a student. And while this gives us some great skills in what to teach, it often doesn't help us think a lot about how we teach.
Adaptive Coaching can fill this gap. Based on seeing the horse and rider as dynamic partnership, the Adaptive Coaching approach helps us see coaching from a new perspective - and with new perspective comes new ways to solve problems and help your students succeed.
What's your equestrian communication style?
Take our 3-minute quiz to learn how you communicate with your horse and other horse people.
Navigating change ...together
Many people involved with horses would agree horse sport and racing have a PR problem. Questions about horse welfare are increasing and growing louder - and yet - just about every horse person we have ever met loves their horses, cares about them and works hard to give them the best care possible.
So why are the public and animal welfare scientists so concerned about horse welfare? Is this criticism justified? Is the industry doing its best to change or is welfare washing real? How do we create an industry where horses truly do enjoy great welfare?
There are no simple, one size fits all answers to these questions, and there's a lot of conflicting opinions all over the internet and social media. At Changing Rein, we don't suggest we have all the answers, but we do have a lifetime of experience in the horse industry and expertise in horse welfare, and horse industry policy and regulation.
If you are looking for policy advice, education, assessment or maybe just a community of like-minded people, we invite you to listen our podcast or reach out...we can help you on this journey, as we all work towards creating a horse industry where horses really are at the centre of all we do.
Karen & Meta
Highlights from the podcast
A few of our most loved episodes...
The Power of Words
A conversation with former long-time FEI vet and horse welfare advisor, Dr Mette Uldahl.
U-turns and Leaky Buckets
From the world of Equitation Science, Dr Andrew McLean shares his journey of helping create a better horse industry.
Lessons from the wild
What can we learn from a hoof trimmer whose job is trimming the hooves of wild and free-roaming horses without restraint?
A conversation with the amazing Bonny Mealand.
You can read Bonny's groundbreaking paper here.
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