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This Blog is about understanding how the horse’s mind works. Here, interesting and relevant research is presented and discussed as a model for horse training and handling. It opens a perspective about the complex range of thought processes and decisions that take place in the horses mind. The blog offers an interesting window into equine intelligence and cognition.

Cathrine Fodstad, who has developed the Ride like a Viking program is a horse trainer with an academic degree from Holar University College, Reykjavik, Iceland. She thus has one of the very few university degrees available worldwide on this topic. In addition, she is a certified Riding Instructor from the Norwegian Equine Center. She has developed a training method based on communication and trust between horse and human and offers clinics and courses with emphasis on the horse-human connection.

Her blog gives inspiring insights from everyday horsemanship to problem solving, horse training, and riding.

Callie King is the founder of HorseClass. In her teaching and training, she takes a science based and holistic approach, considering the health and soundness of the horse, the suitability of saddle and tack, and the individuality of each horse and rider. Besides her profession as a horse trainer and riding instructor, Callie King has also a degree in psychology. I can recommend her blog which covers everything horse related from horse husbandry to riding and includes the newest information and research on psychology, behavior, and learning.

Mission: Ethical, researched and peer-reviewed equitation science. Committed to enhancing horse welfare and improving the horse–rider relationship