Mark Langley Horsemanship Solutions for Partnership

Horseman Mark Langley tackles a range of horse related training questions: this week a look into helping with parts of his Challenge Series; understanding how to help a horse that won't move forwards into a trot and training tips to correct a horse that will only go in the direction it wants to go in. Plus, advice for helping a horse over a working equitation challenge - the bridge.  Mark supports...

This week Mark Langley offers his expert advice on how to know when to stop training your horse - they just aren't getting there - or when to keep going to get them through and past that point. Mark is known for creating mental shifts in horses to change the way they cope: today he addresses the complexity surrounding this. PLUS, how to keep your horse flowing or moving freely (ground or under sad...

This week Mark addresses 2 really common problems that people ask us about: Girthiness and Feet. In this episode, Mark Langley provides emotional explanations behind girthiness (and anxiety) and sheds light on practical ways that we can help change this and help horses to feel less worried when we handle their feet - it's all in the training that we provide!  Join MLH Online to learn more: over 60...

In this week's episode, Mark Langley guides us through Helping the Nervous Horses to come out of their shell and trust us: how we can create a shift in their mental acceptance of us, leading to confidence and a desire to communicate - rather than always being wary of our energy. Also, specific training advice for horses that are getting distracted with leading (pawing or rearing around other horse...

In this episode, Mark addresses How to Structure your Training giving his thoughts on what to assess to make logical decisions; How he would do a Pre-Flight check and he answers some general training questions based on theory: Should you wait for a chew? Should you give a horse some time off?  Mark Langley is a prominent Horseman known for helping horses to make mental shifts to improve their Emot...

This week we listen to a podcast Mark did in 2023 on Separation Anxiety as he helps to provide specific training solutions to help various scenarios with Separation Anxiety a leading factor. Listen for training help on: The over-focused riding horse; avoiding separation anxiety issues when you ride alone; stopping the grazing when field walking; and advice for a horse that WANTS to leave the barn...

Horse Expert Mark Langley offers his advice on Pushy Horses: How to help an anxious, pushy horse on trail (always pulling the reins); a pushy horse at feed time and how to Assess what an Unknown Horse does or doesn't know? Mark Langley offers insights into Helping Horses using Insights that tap into a Horse's Mindset: setting them up to cope, regulate and understand. Join MLH Online to Learn more:...

Horse training for Mark Langley is all about getting a horse's thoughts and body to align. Gaining a horse's thought, directing it, and keeping it are all skills that Mark is highly familiar with, and he uses them to change how a horse feels about us and our training, as well as producing far more balanced horses. In this podcast he helps answer specific training questions on how to get a horse's...

In this weeks podcast Mark Langley tells us about his experience training the wild horses of Australia: the Brumbies. In his time, he has started and trained countless numbers of them, and was selected to start a particular handful of big, strong, 6-8yr old stallion Brumbies; whilst having a life threatening experience.  Mark Langley provides solutions to help horses by changing their behaviours....

Welcome to Mark Langley's Horsemanship Podcast, where we help you understand your horses better and provide positive training solutions. In this episode, Mark and Jenny Langley address common issues horse owners face, particularly focusing on where to start when dealing with horses that have anxiety or trust issues. Rachel's Brumby, who had a traumatic first saddling experience, continues to face...

In conversation with Australian Horseman Mark Langley, as he talks frankly about his 30 years experience of training many wild horses and why he decided to "become a master in guiding" rather than driving. Through examples of the horses he has worked, Mark gives us a touching personal look into his philosophy. Mark Langley provides solutions to help horses by changing their behaviours. He has been...

A look into biting or nipping: advice + an explanation for a horse that bites when things are being done to her in the stable, but not outside; advice for a horse that becomes nippy when anxious. Also, help for a horse that refuses to go forwards under saddle + for an impulsive/ explosive horse with exercises to try. And busting the myth: are some spooky horses just not cut out for trail riding? ...

Mark Langley provides solutions to help horses by changing their behaviours. He has been dabbling with his unique insights into expanding a horse's emotional capacity to take on information, for decades. This week, he answers a variety of horse training questions including: how to stop micromanaging a highly anxious horse; how to stop a horse running out of a trailer; how to help a separation-anxi...

This week Mark Langley dissects the detail in Leading and how to get it right when it goes wrong: giving insights and training advice on into how much pressure to use; why a pony refuses to lead after a while; and how to get a horse to follow feel, not just our cue's so they stop when the feel stops.  Mark Langley provides solutions to help horses by changing their behaviours. He has been dabbling...

Expert Horseman Mark Langley delves into the reasons behind horses getting anxious on trail rides - and how we can help reduce this. With practical tips on what you can do to regain connection, help your horse to overcome it's fear and improve confidence or just get them to move forward - this is an episode that has many useful insights. Mark Langley provides solutions to help horses by changing t...

Sometimes we need to do things around our horses that might appear to be loud or intrusive or sudden or scary - like waving a flag or a rope or making a sudden movement or noise. It a part of horse training that if used correctly can offer a Change of Thought; and if used wrongly, can be REALLY detrimental to how your horse feels in life and about you. Here's how to do it, without being a bully. L...

Horseman Mark Langley gives insights on two things that he commonly assesses in horses to assist in focusing his help: how much curiosity or how much caution they may have. This episode explores his insights into these characteristics, detailing the background behind what causes each one, their impacts, and how it can be changed, to help horses. Learn Mark's Horsemanship Approach Online: MLH Onlin...

Horse Expert Mark Langley discusses treats used with animals, particularly horses, and their impact on the animal. He also offers helpful advice for a horse that reserves it's trust for one person only and how others can help to overcome their fear of people. These questions come from MLH Online Members, learning from Mark's emotional empowering horsemanship. Membership includes a 7 day free trial...

Horse expert Mark Langley shed light on how to help the horses that can change when the energy increases - or, as he calls them, the paranoid horses. He offers advice for some new training approaches to help a 2 yr old who can get aggressive when asked to increase the speed of what he is doing; and a horse who can fluctuate in his energy levels as she is working to the point where he can be menaci...

In this episode expert Horseman Mark Langley gives advice for a horse that won't take a single step backwards. Plus training advice for a horse that runs back to the barn with its owner; and rugging tips - how to do this safely, if you feel the need to rug. Learn more effective solutions and training tips Online! Join Mark's Online Horsemanship with access to over 600 training videos. Just AUD $20...

A question came in from a MLH Online Member seeking advice for a horse that has had 6 owners in the past 2 years and has been almost destined to be put to sleep. The problem is it randomly rears and strikes. But there is hope and these horses can be helped! Listen to find out Mark Langley's strategy to help this horse. Also in this podcast: training the previously shut down horses - in this case a...

Explanations + training tips from Horseman Mark Langley: this week - explaining the unexpected behaviours in horses: A previously shut down horse that now stops randomly and freezes; a competition horse that hops in the trot; and a horse that can't keep a straight line. ­­­­­­Australian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology neede...

Advice to help with the retraining of an off the track race horse who doesn't like spray or hoses; and for a pony that spins and bolts when something comes towards her. Listen to understand the needs of these reactions which can be defensive aggressive (fight) or flight. Plus when to retire a horse? ­­­­­­Australian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques tha...

Would you like your horse to be more responsive to your legs? Here's how! Also, when it is okay to get big and how you can do this without detriment (this is one tip that everyone needs to know about). Plus, how to manage horses both from the ground and under saddle that tip their nose away as you go to ask for that rein/ direction. Expert horseman Mark Langley provides Solutions for a Positive Pa...

In this episode, Mark Langley reveals the techniques and training behind helping horses to be more relaxed on trail; or not spook at something unusual. Based on his vast experience and many horses that he has helped directly with this, he unravels the psychology behind why horses spook and explains how it can be improved. He also shed's light on whether a horse's personality can be changed to bett...