Whinfell has recently embarked on an equine program. We are now attending the BTRC (The British Thoroughbred retraining Centre) once a week to take part in The Changing Lives Through Horses program.

With Shona as our trainer we are already learning how to take care of the physical needs of a horse. We can muck out, balance horse poo on the fork AND get it into the wheelbarrow! We can fill hay nets and water buckets even though they are heavy. We know why a stable needs to have either hay or shavings higher at the edges.

As well as the physical needs we are learning to understand how the horses are feeling and what they are trying to say. We have to think about how we ACT and how the horses might REACT to us.

We are excited to go back again this week and work with Shona to learn more and more. It is a fantastic space to feel positive in. We have all chosen our favourite horses to spend some time with…or they might have chosen us!