Mark Langley Horsemanship Solutions for Partnership
By: Mark Langley
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Mark Langley horse training tips with a unique psychological perspective. Answering REAL horse training questions with practical and compassionate solutions. Help and advice on how to overcome common horse problems in a way which doesn’t use dominating and damaging techniques but influences their mindset and sets you up for long term success and partnership.
Episodes
The difference between lightness & softness
Jan 10, 2026Join Mark and Jenny Langley as they delve into the art of finding softness in horses and why softness is different from lightness. Listen to understand why softness is the ultimate goal that riders seek; with specific tips to help a hard eyed horse become softer.
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Duration: 00:28:54Short Lessons for Winter
Dec 20, 2025Horseman Mark Langley gives some short exercises for you to do with your horses over winter to help when you bring them back into work later in the year. Plus how you can create personal space with horses that you have spent a lot of time grooming and are very comfortable with you - particularly if you now need to start to train them. Also - explaining what the indirect and direct rein are.
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Duration: 00:18:54How important is footfall to the timing of aids? How to stop Pawing.
Dec 13, 2025In this episode of Mark Langley's Horsemanship Podcast, we explore key aspects of horse training, including the timing of aids in relation to footfall, strategies to stop a horse from pawing when tied, and techniques to help a shut-down horse become more responsive. Mark shares insights on achieving a centered mindset in horses and the importance of focusing on their thoughts rather than just their movements. Join us for practical advice and expert tips to enhance your horse training approach.
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Duration: 00:16:58Insights to help your horse load and travel well
Dec 06, 2025In this episode of Mark Langley's Horsemanship Podcast, we delve into the intricacies of float loading, exploring why horses may become hesitant to load and how to address these challenges. Mark shares insights on the importance of preparing horses for travel, not just loading, and discusses the impact of float design on a horse's comfort. We also cover practical techniques to help horses manage anxiety and claustrophobia during transport. Tune in for expert advice on ensuring a smooth and stress-free experience for your equine companions.
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Duration: 00:24:32Young Horse Starts: avoiding common pitfalls
Nov 29, 2025In this episode of Mark Langley's Horsemanship Podcast, we explore common challenges faced by young, newly started horses, focusing on those that get easily frightened and those sensitive to girth pressure. Mark shares insights from his extensive experience starting over a thousand horses. We also discuss practical techniques for addressing these issues, including the use of belly ropes to help horses control pressure and improve their responsiveness. Tune in to learn how to create a positive training environment and avoid common pitfalls in horse training.
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Duration: 00:21:45Training Tips: If riding out makes your horse anxious
Nov 22, 2025Perhaps your connection with your horse is fine. Ground work is fine. But when it comes to riding out or riding in new places, your horse's anxiety levels rise. Listen to find out what you can do about it to curb the anxiety and build your skillset. Mark Langley takes us through understanding anxiety and how training can help the anxious horses out on trail.
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Duration: 00:11:54Horsemanship Training Challenges: when should you increase or stop the program?
Nov 15, 2025Horseman Mark Langley divulges his insights to help with horse training challenges: from whether you should complement your horse ("good horse!"); to knowing when to increase or stop the training program; to helping the sensitive horses and the shut down horses - how do you approach their training?
He discusses the importance of understanding a horse's past experiences, particularly those with negative memories, and how these can affect their current behaviour. Mark emphasizes the need for patience and consistency in training, focusing on simple, achievable tasks to build confidence and trust. He also highlights the significance of c...
Duration: 00:22:25Tying Up a Horse: How to Educate them for this
Nov 08, 2025There are many ways to teach a horse to tie up. Mark Langley takes us through how to educate your horse to understand rope pressure and tying up - reducing accidents and trauma associated with tying up. Listen for some great horse training tips. Also - the concept of lifting the wither: what it is and how it helps with performance.
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Duration: 00:13:54Stopping the Buck in a Canter Transition
Nov 02, 2025In this episode, Mark Langley tackles a variety of horse training challenges, from managing a horse that bucks during canter transitions to addressing anxiety in tight spaces. Discover practical tips for improving your horse's response to pressure, enhancing their comfort with floating, and understanding the nuances of hyper-flexibility. Whether you're dealing with a young gelding's curiosity or a horse's fear of barns, Mark offers insights to help you build a more trusting and effective relationship with your equine partner. Tune in for expert advice and actionable strategies!
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Duration: 00:20:28The Common Triggers for Stress
Oct 25, 2025Join us as Mark Langley delves into the world of equine anxiety and connection. Discover how understanding a horse's natural instincts can transform training methods and build trust. Whether it's the subtle cues of anxiety or the art of guiding a horse's thoughts, this episode is packed with insights for every horse enthusiast. 🐴✨ Listen now to learn what to look for to better understand horse behaviours and transform your approach to horse training!
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Duration: 00:34:15What Mark's Clinics are about
Oct 11, 2025Mark Langley is one of Australia's most popular horse clinicians. His remarkable training techniques are at the forefront of emotive horsemanship. He has helped many thousands of horses; shedding light on how to solve problems and creating new neuropathways for horses to have a positive future. In this episode, to coincide with the release of Mark's popular clinics for 2026, Mark takes us through what his clinics are about; how he teaches and what he is looking for to make the changes that he does.
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Duration: 00:22:54Tips for picking up a horse's back feet + more
Oct 04, 2025This episode is packed with tips to help every horse owner overcome some common problems with horses. Mark and Jenny delve into: crib biting be cured?; helping a mare who goes down in a float; tips for picking up the back feet; solutions for a fear of needles; how to train a carriage driving horse to stand still; and what you can do when a horse runs off when you take the halter off.
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Duration: 00:33:06Common problems Under Saddle & Strategies to fix them
Sep 28, 2025In this episode, we explore effective strategies for enhancing horse handling and riding techniques. Jenny and Mark discuss common challenges such as achieving the correct canter lead, thinking into lateral movement; addressing bit evasion, and improving rein and leg coordination and when to turn a young horse out for a spell after training. With a focus on understanding a horse's mindset and providing practical solutions, this episode offers valuable insights for horse owners. Tune in to learn how to guide your horse towards better behaviour and a more positive riding experience.
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Duration: 00:27:23Why is it that horses get less anxious when you step off them?
Sep 20, 2025Join us this week as we delve into the complexities of managing anxiety in horses during trail rides. Jenny and Mark explore the reasons behind horse anxiety under saddle on a trail ride and share practical strategies to help your horse feel more confident. From understanding the impact of being on the ground versus in the saddle to addressing unfinished educational issues, this episode offers valuable insights for horse owners. Whether you're dealing with a horse that struggles with confidence or one that relies heavily on the herd, you'll find actionable advice to make your trail rides more enjoyable...
Duration: 00:18:39Which is better: lunging or long reining?
Sep 13, 2025Join us in this episode as we explore the differences between lunging and long reining. Mark discusses the benefits and challenges of each method, offering insights into when and how to use them effectively. Whether you're working with a forward-thinking thoroughbred or a sensitive mare, understanding these techniques can enhance your training approach and improve your horse's responsiveness. Tune in to discover how to choose the right method for your horse's unique needs.
Also - Training tips to help with a pull back and chomping on the bit; as well as explaining the difference between hunting a...
Duration: 00:32:44Looking into Freeze in Horses - how to fix it
Sep 06, 2025In this episode, we delve into the complexities of the freeze response in horses, exploring both tactile and visual triggers. Mark shares insights on how to address these responses by focusing on the horse's ability to control pressure, fostering a sense of safety and trust. Practical techniques for helping horses overcome their freeze response, emphasizing the importance of understanding and addressing the root causes. We also discuss the impact of pain in a freeze response, and how freeze can be related to spookiness. Tune in to learn how to guide your horse towards a more confident and processing partner.<...
Duration: 00:28:02How the Eyes on a Horse Respond Differently on Different Sides
Aug 30, 2025Unlock the mysteries of how horses see the world and what it means for their behaviour. In this episode, Mark and Jenny dive deep into the fascinating differences between a horse’s confident and guarded eye, sharing real-life stories and practical advice for helping horses become more balanced and less anxious. With memorable analogies—like the Rapunzel window story—this conversation will change the way you connect with your horse, whether you’re in the arena or out on the trail.
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Duration: 00:19:49Are horses rebellious?
Aug 24, 2025Tackling horse behavioural issues can feel overwhelming, but you’re not alone. In this episode, Mark and Jenny break down the root causes behind common challenges—like resistance, anxiety, and so-called “rebellious” behaviour—and offer practical, compassionate solutions. Through real listener questions and insightful stories, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of your horse’s mindset and learn actionable steps to build a more trusting, responsive partnership.
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Duration: 00:41:15Anxious horse on the way home? Here's how to help
Aug 16, 2025Discover practical strategies for understanding and managing anxiety in horses. In this episode, Mark and Jenny explore why horses become anxious—whether on the trail, near something scary, or during transport—and share real-world solutions to help your horse feel safer and more confident. With relatable stories and clear advice, you’ll learn how to build trust, recognize signs of stress, and support your horse through challenging situations.
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Duration: 00:19:23Ex Race Horses that are difficult or disinterested...How to help
Aug 09, 2025In this episode, we explore a real-life story about how horses adapt, react, and sometimes struggle with change. Whether you’re a seasoned equestrian or just curious about animal behaviour, you’ll gain practical tips for supporting horses through transitions and creating a stable, positive environment.
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Is Moving a horse's feet a way to their Mind??
Aug 02, 2025It's an old horsemanship saying that is often used and interpreted as "keep them busy" or "move their feet" in an effort to regain some control on horses. But does it really work? Expert Mark Langley sheds light on this relaying his recent visit with people who trained alongside some of the horsemanship legends.
Also, Mark's thoughts on ground tying and how to go about teaching it. Plus, is ponying good for confidence building or reinforcing the need for companionship?
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Duration: 00:17:59Training Tips to find the Missing Link in your Training
Jul 26, 2025Training tips for a horse terrified by a rope around its back legs; finding the missing links in training for a horse that can be great but also sometimes super anxious; & how to back a horse willingly that is used in a schooling situation and getting a bit resistant.
Expert horseman Mark Langley provides his unique insights into how to train effectively whilst offering horses a deep connection and trust in us. His highly practical yet wholistic approach is revolutionising horse training around the world.
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Duration: 00:18:54Horse training advice to help you get your horse to / from where you need to go
Jul 19, 2025Advice for a horse that is hard to get to the arena; an older horse that now scrambles in the trailer; young horses in new places; & what to do when a horse is overwhelmed in a new place.
Mark Langley provides his clear and practical solutions to common problems by addressing a horse's worry - or anxiety. With tips on what to do and how to train to reduce anxiety, his techniques are helping horse owners all around the world.
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Duration: 00:24:53Training Tips for Mouthy/ Pushy Horses
Jul 12, 2025This week, horse expert Mark Langley gives advice to help with horses that can be particularly pushy or mouthy/ bite. Listen for training solutions to help improve boundaries with a mouthy horse without saying "no"; advice for a pushy yearling who doesn't want to return home and a horse that grabs hay.
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Duration: 00:14:415 min Quick Training Tip: How to help a horse settle in a new barn
Jul 09, 2025Expert horseman Mark Langley gives advice to help a horse settle into a new barn.
Duration: 00:05:09Helping Horses with Problem Scenarios: Hates training and aggressive to catch
Jul 05, 2025Horseman Mark Langley gives training advice to help with some problematic scenarios: helping a horse that stops and strikes in a trailer; a horse that has lost confidence and now hates training; a horse that pops in a little buck with the canter transition and how to catch an aggressive horse that is used to treats.
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Duration: 00:40:55
Tips in a nutshell: what length of lead rope?
Jul 03, 2025Horse expert Mark Langley gives a quick horse training tip on what length of lead rope to use and when. He describes the ropes that he uses and what he uses them for.
Duration: 00:06:08Helping to make horse training more Positive: ways to soften an obedient mare
Jun 21, 2025Horseman Mark Langley explains how to soften an obedient mare; how to help a shut down horse that isn't moving under saddle; and how to help a pony who got a fright in one particular area see that area as positive.
Mark Langley teaches his innovative horsemanship training around the world - showing people how to read horses better so that we can train for a higher learning response, meet and correct their emotional needs. He transforms horses to help them and their owners find softness and a positive partnership.
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Duration: 00:22:07Troubles with food aggression? Or loading?
Jun 14, 2025In this episode, horseman Mark Langley takes us through solutions for a variety of horse problems: from stopping a young horse that always rolls; understanding a mare in heat and training impacts; advice for a young horse to be kept or separated from his mother; loading that has got worse; and advice for a horse with food aggression.
Mark Langley has trained horses and people all around the world. He is renowned for his innovative approach to horsemanship which considers a horse's emotional needs in training as well as directing their thoughts for a far more effective...
How do you train your horse to mount on the offside?
May 31, 2025Horse training techniques from Mark Langley, a renowned expert in understanding horse's on an incredibly deep level to provide practical solutions that not only transform horse's ability, but also help them to have less problems.
This week, Mark provides training tips to set horses up to be able to be yarded alone at an event away from home; and how to train a horse and ourselves to mount from the offside.
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Duration: 00:17:11Problems transitioning to or maintaining a trot or canter? There's a reason for this
May 24, 2025I am often asked why a horse can't transition easily into a trot or canter; or can't maintain it. There are different reasons behind the cause of this - listen to find out so you know how to train to help them.
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Duration: 00:26:24Exercises + Training to Build Fitness under saddle
May 17, 2025Ideas to get your horse fitter through good Education based Training.
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Duration: 00:06:17Mark's Horsemanship Clinics: What does he actually do?
May 10, 2025Horseman Mark Langley is renowned for his Horsemanship Clinics which fill months in advance. What is is that he looks for in horses as he assesses them and their owners needs and how does he train? Listen as he talks about a recent intensive clinic.
Duration: 00:22:52A deep look into training that can help Anxious horses
May 03, 2025This week expert Horseman Mark Langley talks about ways we can help horses who get very anxious: an off the track standardbred mare and a gelding that was shut down. A fascinating and insightful look into how anxiety effects many horses but how it can be turned around.
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Duration: 00:33:54Advice for horses that get a fright: techniques for settling + building confidence
Apr 26, 2025Mark talks through training techniques to help a young mare that can spin when a kangaroo jumps out; and for a young mare that is reluctant to go near a river bank where a predator disturbed the herd. These techniques are usual for all horses as they help to set them up to have more confidence in your leadership and guidance as well as in knowing what to do when their instinct is to get out of there.
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Duration: 00:26:32
Reducing Anxiety on a beach or when horses destinate
Apr 19, 2025Does your horse get anxious in a new place? But fine otherwise? Learn some training insights and tips from expert horseman Mark Langley to find out how you can stop this from happening!
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Duration: 00:29:14Is Backing Up Bad? Is a Buck Anxiety or an Opinion?
Apr 15, 2025Lots of questions in this episode! You might have seen some discussions recently in the horse circles around backing up...is it really bad? Plus, advice for a mare that is constantly in season; training tips for a mare that doesn't like being touched; how to counteract a drift under saddle; training suggestions for a horse that refuses to lead and if you are working on passing the shoulder. Finally, is a random buck at an event anxiety or just an opinion - and what you can do about it.
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Duration: 00:44:51Is backing up bad? Is a buck anxiety or an opinion?
Apr 12, 2025Lots of questions in this episode! You might have seen some discussions recently in the horse circles around backing up...is it really bad? Plus, advice for a mare that is constantly in season; training tips for a mare that doesn't like being touched; how to counteract a drift under saddle; training suggestions for a horse that refuses to lead and if you are working on passing the shoulder. Finally, is a random buck at an event anxiety or just an opinion - and what you can do about it.
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Duration: 00:45:51Training Advice for Horses that Refuse to Move: out on trail or stuck in the arena
Apr 05, 2025Mark 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: advice for horses that are reluctant to move forwards - perhaps in the arena or when they leave their mates or they just won't go in the arena. Instead of increasing the pressure on them listen for practical training tips that will help your horse to process + be happier to move more freely.
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Duration: 00:40:27Tips for ensuring your horse is ready to be trained out & about
Mar 31, 2025People often ask us about how to help reduce or stop a horse panicking when it is out on trail. Listen for some training tips to check that your horse is able to cope with distractions outside - and so that it is set up to be trainable outside - first.
Also in this episode - how to navigate Carriage Driving with the principles I use; helping a flight response pony to search; and how best to introduce a bit.
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Duration: 00:35:33Should you take your Horse to other Clinics & Trainers? The Conflict that can Happen
Mar 22, 2025Can you take your horse to another clinic and just not do some of the exercises? Will it really matter if you do? And a look into helping one mare who is being trained in ways that are likely to be making her difficult to move forwards.
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Duration: 00:26:17Strategies to help with a Testing Horse + one that looses focus at the trot in a lunge
Mar 15, 2025Horses can be pushy, and despite our best efforts, it can be hard to get them to keep off us at times. There are tricks though to being more effective - not just what you do - but how you do it. Mark Langley gives us some insights in this episode. Also - how to maintain focus in the trot at a lunge....or perhaps not. Listen for Mark's advice on this area.
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Understanding heavy horses: Reducing the Lug
Mar 08, 2025In this episode Mark provides some tips and insights into heavy horses. He helps provide some answers for a 17hh mare that can drag people; + a Clydesdale that is anxious and anticipatory. Also - should a horse be allowed to blow off steam or should all work be controlled?
Marks psychological insights and clear explanations are designed to help all horse owners understand their horses better, to provide positive solutions.
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Duration: 00:30:43How to help Horses Manage Themselves: Turning Stress into Softening
Mar 01, 2025Mark 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, Mark explores how we can educate horses to manage themselves especially for situations we cannot recreate at home (like a race or a big event). He reveals the results of his training and the noticeable impact it has had on his young trained horses which have shown far less stress than would be expected.
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Duration: 00:19:21Advice for Reducing Brace in Specific Movements: faster transitions + collection
Feb 22, 2025Mark 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: Helping a young horse go faster into forward but without resistance and brace; and advice for a horse that is learning collection and elevation but still has a tight jaw.
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Duration: 00:21:52Helping Damaged + Rescued horses Cope better
Feb 15, 2025Mark 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: Advice for a horse that used to be a barrel racing mare and now falls apart when asked to trot; and practical tips for an older rescue horse that doesn't respond well when there are new people or people that don't understand her sensitivities. Mark also provides insights into the cause behind these behaviours, improving the listeners understanding so that they can better support...
Duration: 00:27:16All About the FLAG! How to use it effectively
Feb 08, 2025Mark 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: All about Flags: how we can use them wrongly/ appropriately; and tips for when your horse reacts negatively/ or is unreactive to a flag.
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Duration: 00:47:27What you can do when your Horse Isn't Happy about being Caught
Feb 01, 2025What you can do when your horse obviously isn't happy about being caught. Maybe they are slightly aggressive or negative towards you. Maybe you notice they are different when you have the halter in your hand. All of this can be changed! And Mark Langley sheds light on why this might be and what we can do in this episode.
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Duration: 00:18:57When is it best to Expose a Horse to New Things?
Jan 25, 2025You might have heard people discuss when a horse should be exposed to new things: when they are young and their minds are more flexible or perhaps when they are more mature. Which is it? Also - how to help a horse to feel good about training? Even mine! Plus, tips on what to do to bring a horse back into work and can an older horse feel okay about the trailer? Mark Langley explains all in this useful Podcast packed with Horse Training Tips that help horses to Learn and improve with Confidence.
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Duration: 00:28:31Helping Re-Educate the Trained Horses
Dec 15, 2024Expert Horseman Mark Langley helps provide Effective, Emotive Training Solutions for horses. This week: learn how to Help the Trained Horses.
Mark answers questions on: a 16 yr old stick horse who is now racey & fights the bit; a 10 yr old who struggles in the back up; a horse who is more anxious in the arena than in the forest, especially at a faster pace; and a horse who won’t wait quietly in a trailer. Find out how to help all of these situations!
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Duration: 00:33:10My thoughts on Clicker Training
Dec 07, 2024A look into Clicker Training: how it works; the benefits and downsides; what to watch out for; and a comparison to other general horsemanship training practices which commonly use negative/ positive reinforcement. Listen to hear Mark Langley's insights into his thoughts on it and how to use it if you are going to.
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Duration: 00:27:01Help for horses that won't move / go in the direction we want + Obstacles
Nov 30, 2024Horseman 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.
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Duration: 00:37:48How to Know when to Stop Training or Keep going?
Nov 23, 2024This 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 saddle) without constantly nagging, driving or increasing the pressure. Some practical tips to keep a horse willing.
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Duration: 00:30:06Help with Girthiness + Picking up Feet!
Nov 16, 2024This 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!
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How Our Training Can Influence how a Horse Feels about us
Nov 10, 2024In 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 horses); how to help horses coexist in a paddock together and all about nosebags.
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How to Structure your Training using my Unstructured Approach!
Nov 03, 2024In 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 Emotional Stability and Capability: how they move and how they behave is all in their mind - as he has found out from his vast experience teaching 1000s o...
Separation Anxiety: how to help
Oct 26, 2024This 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 and is on a mission!
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Duration: 00:38:25Advice for Pushy horses near food!
Oct 19, 2024Horse 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.
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Duration: 00:28:09
Training the Thoughts: how to get a Horse's Thought
Oct 12, 2024Horse 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 thought: helping the backup; reducing anxiety in a stable; and for a horse that has anxiety.
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Duration: 00:54:00Befriending the Brumbies
Oct 05, 2024In 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.
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Duration: 00:33:57Reducing Anxiety so you can ride/ mount safely
Sep 29, 2024Welcome 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 up. Mark provides step-by-step guidance on how to work on leading exercises to build trust and reduce anxiety.
Janice and Donna, are both struggling with horses that exhibit mounting block anxiety. Mark explains why traditional m...
Duration: 00:31:23Why I threw some common horsemanship methods away
Sep 21, 2024In 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.
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Help with Biting or Nipping
Sep 14, 2024A 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?
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Duration: 00:39:44How help a horse Self-Regulate
Sep 07, 2024Mark 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-anxiety horse self-regulate; when mouthiness is okay + when it isn't; how to re-introduce a bit.
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Duration: 00:30:18Tips on Perfecting Leading + Feel
Aug 31, 2024This 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.
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Tips for Anxious Trail Horses
Aug 24, 2024Expert 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.
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Duration: 00:28:47How to get Big Without Being a Bully
Aug 17, 2024Sometimes 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.
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Curiosity + Caution
Aug 10, 2024Horseman 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.
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Duration: 00:22:34Are treats helpful? How to help a horse trust someone else
Aug 03, 2024Horse 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.
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Duration: 00:25:59
Horses that get big when the energy increases: the paranoid horses
Jul 27, 2024Horse 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 menacing.
Also - how to help your horse when they are really petrified out on trail; and how to get a...
Duration: 00:29:15Rugging a Horse? Tips on how to do it + Training Tips for a horse that Runs Back to the Barn
Jul 13, 2024In 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.
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Duration: 00:23:49Help for a Horse that is on its last chance
Jul 06, 2024A 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 stoic Icelandic pony in Finland who now is much more open, but also a little harder to get a response from...
Duration: 00:31:54Explaining the Unexpected in Horses
Jun 29, 2024Explanations + 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 needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses.
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Duration: 00:21:51When Horses Don't Like Something + React: the Fight or Flight Response + how to help
Jun 22, 2024Advice 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?
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Duration: 00:21:51How to get your horse More Responsive!
Jun 15, 2024Would 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 Partnership.
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Duration: 00:41:26Helping the horses that Spook!
Jun 09, 2024In 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 better suit a person.
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Duration: 00:27:52Following a Feel
May 31, 2024You may have come across the term Following a Feel. Here's a chance to learn more about what it really refers to as Mark delves into what it means in depth. Answering real horse problem questions he explains how feel can help in these situations - adding useful training advice to each scenario: a horse heavy on the lead; a horse reluctant to load and how to test if your horse can really respond to feel under pressure.
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How do you Re-Build Trust with Damaged Horses?
May 26, 2024In this insightful episode of Mark Langley's Horsemanship Solutions Podcast, we take a deep dive into various horse behaviour issues, providing effective solutions for them. Mark shares his expert advice on assisting horses dealing with anger, defensive mis-trust, an un-safe horse to ride, and disconnection. He sheds light on how to navigate these situations calmly and effectively. This episode will enlighten listeners on understanding their horses' needs and improving their horsemanship skills.
Special focus is on Miriam's horse from Sweden, who she perceives as angry with trapped feelings. The episode explores several challenges that she has faced...
Duration: 00:37:46Understanding Horse Behaviour and Training Techniques
May 19, 2024Welcome to this informative episode of Mark Langley's Horsemanship Solutions Podcast, a comprehensive guide bridging the communication gap between horse owners and their beloved equines. In this session, we journey through various horse training techniques, delving deep into our understanding of behavioural problems and how we can foster trust with our horses.
The episode turns the spotlight on common concerns like 'girthy' horses or saddle discomfort; getting a softer turn in a side pull bridle; how to teach the correct canter lead; understanding spookiness in an older horse and tips for what to do with a newly...
Duration: 00:33:33Getting Flow + soft Leading with Horses
May 11, 2024This weeks Podcast covers mostly leading with insights and tips to improve what is happening to real people and their horses. Advice for leading a very nervous horse who avoids pressure; how to get a mare to think into a bend at a flexion; why a blind horse won't move with her owner on one eye; what to look for with leading pressure; how to help a horse that panics with poll pressure; and how to reduce an initial brace leading forwards.
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Duration: 00:39:05Panics + Explosions: Horse Overreactions: How to Help!
May 04, 2024How do you help a horse that goes from "anxious gaze" to "anxious explosive"? And how would you desensitize a horse that is very chilled except when there the slightest thing wrong, like a piece of hay, is under his saddle, which then causes a bucking fit? Mark Langley offers advice for this and explanations to the root cause - suggesting solutions for how we can all help our horses cope better.
Also covered in this episode - why would a horse attack it's companion on the way home but is fine going out? Whether to use a bitl...
Duration: 00:37:57How to Reduce Separation Anxiety out Riding
Apr 28, 2024This episode covers Horse Separation Anxiety, or as our expert Mark Langley likes to call it, Connection Disability. Offering some practical solutions to reducing the problems caused by it, this episode has tips in it for horse riders. Also, should a mare in season be in training? And advice for the times when you just have to get a horse loaded in an emergency.
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Duration: 00:31:23
Explaining some of Mark's Core Training Concepts
Apr 21, 2024In this conversation with Mark Langley, he explains some of his training concepts and how they piece together to form his unique approach to horse training: training their mind as well as their body. He covers Being a Tree, Where to Begin, being Effective, Aggressive Feeding time, Facing up when you don't want them to. It's a great short introduction into some of Mark's philosophy and the complexities of what he is looking for as he teaches.
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<... Duration: 00:56:08Changing a Horse's Mindset: from Disassociating to being Present
Apr 07, 2024This week Mark talks about the physical and mental process he sees happen to horses when they have a shift in their mindset and are suddenly open to learning rather than disassociating or shutting out. He also examines some of the processes that we can do to help a worried horse be braver; and offers advice for anyone disheartened by their training results.
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Duration: 00:40:36My horse hates the farrier!
Mar 24, 2024Advice for improving a canter departure that goes all wrong out on trail; managing a dislike for the farrier - how to help improve this; getting a horse used to something scary behind it (not necessarily with desensitizing); and can you use eye contact too much?
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Duration: 00:26:15How to Motivate the Stoic / Disinterested Horses
Mar 16, 2024If you've tried to get a quick, energetic response or a more free flowing movement in a stoic, unflappable horse, you'll know it's not easy to train these horses. Here's how to motivate them - Mark uncovers some myths and sheds light on 2 big factors that influence our horses: Curiosity + Caution.
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Duration: 00:11:16Obstacles: How to Get Close to them under-saddle
Mar 09, 2024Mark Langley Horseman talks through his training tips on how to get young and wary horses or older and more fragile horses closer to obstacles whilst improving their confidence. Also, tips on how to get the correct Canter Lead.
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What causes a horse to constantly have its ears back under saddle?
Mar 02, 2024Horseman Mark Langley enlightens us with his knowledge on various horse training questions. This week: What causes a horse to constantly have it's ears back under saddle? How can you help a horse that loads fine but gets worried once the movement starts? And can you produce a high level reining horse using Mark's (not robotic) training principles?
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Duration: 00:36:00
Getting Self Carriage + light front without driving from behind
Feb 24, 2024How to get a horse to carry itself without driving from behind, as people commonly do. This podcast is dedicated to this topic, and includes tops on getting a horse heavy on its forehand to lift its wither and become lighter, using Mark's techniques.
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Duration: 00:36:37
Introducing New things to Young Horses: the best ways to do this
Feb 10, 2024This week: How do you introduce a hose? Why use a bridle - do you have to? Not looking into a turn? Not going past a walk but don't want to use driving pressure? Starting a Younger with Mark's Online Training Videos.
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Tips for horses who nip or bite or rub or misbehave!
Feb 03, 2024Tips for horses who nip or bite during training and how to help.
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.
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Duration: 00:35:28Progressing with the highly nervous/ wild horses
Jan 27, 2024In this episode Mark Langley answers questions on getting close to a wild horse and establishing a relationship; and how to prepare a wild horse for the saddle with some critical tips; advice for a new horse that bucks unpredictably.
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.
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Helping Highly Anxious or Looking/ Gazy Horses
Jan 20, 2024Help for the very anxious horses - ones that just won't settle or that perhaps stare at the horizon or something - and in this state can become quite hard to manage. Also tips on getting their secondary focus (if you are not sure what this is, take a listen!)
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.
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It’s important that you know this! 2 things we don’t need to do
Jan 13, 2024A repeat of a previous episode in which Horseman Mark Langley talks about 2 common practises that we don't need to do!
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Duration: 00:15:46When horses ”turn off” & how to offer fresh help
Jan 06, 2024A look back on a previous episode in which Mark Langley talks us through a state he finds all too commonly in horses - a shut out or a shut down state, and how you can help them open up again. It's an area he has had considerable success in.
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Duration: 00:29:21Will Separation Anxiety get better over Time?
Dec 31, 2023Will Separation Anxiety get better over time? How to do you get your horse used to a fly spray bottle? How to change a horse habit of coming out forwards to a straight load back out? How to prepare a horse to loose a paddock mate?
Australian Horseman Mark Langley provides expert advice.
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Duration: 00:19:59Getting it Right: Horse’s Feet
Dec 24, 2023Advice on horse's feet: how to pick them up for trimming when they walk off; how to get your horse to pick up their feet without dragging in the back up and how getting this right can mean less brace in their head, poll, neck and jaw.
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Advice for Rearing + Buyer Beware!
Dec 17, 2023In the market for a new horse? Some tips on what to make sure happens before you commit + how to approach their training to avoid conflicts. If your horse Rears or Bucks - here's some advice on how to help.
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Can a horse test you + make things more difficult?
Dec 09, 2023If you think the answer is yes, you need to listen to this! Mark Langley gives training advice which will help you to alter your horse's mindset and set you up for success!
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Learning about Body Language in Horses
Nov 18, 2023Expert horseman Mark Langley provides insights on what we can look for in our horses to understand them better: what to look for to know when to end a lesson; what a comfortable back up should look like and how to help achieve that; what a horse does when it is worried about being girthed (one of 2 things) and how to help; and what to do to get a horse's focus.
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Duration: 00:39:09