Peaceful Horse

05/10/2026

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05/03/2026

This! Every word. We need to take a good look and observe ourselves and the undercurrent effect of what we want to do with horses. How our fun effects their entire lives, how they are treated that enables our fun. Spain has banned bull fights for a very good reason. Horses are part of our throw-away culture, and that is the truth. They DO tell us they have pain and suffer at the hands of human fun, but we ignore it by telling ourselves excuses. My writing talks about life with rescued horses, starting with no experience nine years ago. It’s been amazing, like a living fairytale, no joke! The horses have changed my life, and I continue to learn from them, and improve their trust in humans. It is a truth: we absolutely CAN MAKE amends and change the industry. Start with opening ideas to compassionate care and keep horses out of things like racing and breeding and competitions. Connection on the ground with equines is a vast, wonderful universe for both you and them!

My mum says "The equine industry for equines has a dark underbelly....one most people are spared seeing in real life. I have seen first hand stuff that haunts me.

It surfaces into people's view in the news feeds and articles of neglect, abuse and abandonment. Which yes is horrific and shocking however it is chip paper within minutes as it disappears from view.

These social media posts get shared and comments posted....and I fear society has become somewhat used to seeing this. And people feel powerless.

I don't share such posts as it is heartbreaking. Its not turning my back or ignoring the problem. I know full well it is there.

Instead I try my best to raise awareness of the non ridden agenda. Kez is my daily reminder there are souls like him with no voice.

I personally support as much as possible welfare organisations with the very limited resources I have. They do outstanding work stepping in when society has failed these equines.

Make no mistake these equines suffer. Really suffer. And why?

Over breeding.

Throwaway culture when a horse can no longer do or give be it run, jump, dressage, hack, drive, etc....

Equines with no loving guardians face bleak prospects, especially if they cannot be ridden.

Non ridden equines are the most disadvantaged because the equine world is truly in love with riding.

I know I am only one voice in a huge sea....and change will not happen in my lifetime for all equines to be seen, treasured, cherished and loved unconditionally.

I post probably too much and bore folk with my non ridden equine messages and it can feel like it falls into the darkness.

The more the topic of non ridden is talked about and discussed the more it will start to be seen to have a value."

05/02/2026

Current Substack post from Peaceful Horse, check it out and feel free to share it with your peeps!🐴

When Artemis arrived to live with Maggie and me, it became vividly clear that we all had adjustments to make, and settling into life with our new family members (from each of our perspectives) would take time.

04/25/2026

https://substack.com//note/c-248848395?r=2dzb6q&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

Check out my new post! Thoughts from my daily commute.

04/18/2026

New on Substack. Read, comment, and share! Tap the ❤️

One afternoon this week, as usual, I was enjoying my face-to-face time with my horses.

04/11/2026

This week’s post from Peaceful Horse!

https://open.substack.com/pub/peacefulhorseproject/p/summer-of-2018?r=2dzb6q&utm_medium=ios

04/04/2026

This week’s Substack post from Peaceful Horse! Happy Spring! 🐣✨🌿

About 25 days ago, we lost two hens.

03/21/2026

Here is the next post from Peaceful Horse on Substack:

Our story resumes in Spring, 2018

03/14/2026

This week's post is a little story about Artemis.

03/07/2026

Yes. Ask them.

“Let’s see you do it without the treats.”

“Let’s see you ride at their level.”

“Your horse is only doing it for the treats.”

They say.

But they don’t show me how they can make horses do as they ask without the harsh bits, the whips, the spurs — their equipment.

They don’t show me how they can do it without applying pressure.

Or without using punishment.

For me, they always move the goal post.

They ask me to jump through hoops, moving them higher and higher.

Much like what they expect of the horse.

I must meet their standards in order to be labelled of “deserving” of consideration.

But those standards are always shifting.

The bar moves higher and higher.

Meanwhile, they do not hold themselves to any standard, even an ethical one.

They can’t do what I do.

If I were to ask them stop using their equipment or chosen reinforcer, they would fall apart.

 Yet, they hold me to a standard where they expect me to perform without using reinforcers, within the paradigm that they have built for themselves in order to be valid.

Even when that paradigm sits on a foundation of devaluing the well-being of the horses that they work with.

I am not a circus animal.

I will not jump through hoops.

I will not stomp out my own morals just to gain the approval of someone who will only appreciate what I do if I stress out my horse to prove it to them.

I do not need to earn their approval.

But they want me to.

Because something about what I say, the way I do things, makes them uncomfortable.

I don’t need to prove that my horses can perform, even without food rewards.

I know that they can.

But why make them?

Why make their lives harder and increase the difficulty or discomfort of things, such as standing tied, when I can make it mutually enjoyable for the both of us?

Why jump through hoops to achieve a standard that sits on the backs of horses whose needs are ignored in the process?

Why work to maintain relevance within a precedent that requires selfishness in order to achieve it?

No, thank you.

My horses can and will do things without the treats.

But, what would yours do without your equipment?

What would yours do without threats?

Would they still choose you in an open field?

Why do your comfort and your desires always get to come first?

These are the questions you have to answer to. Not me. 

03/07/2026

This week’s post from Peaceful Horse on Substack. Presence is the place where everything beautiful is possible.

Some visual poetry