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Straight Forward Equitation
Maxine Kemp
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Create the training partnership you
and your horse deserve

maxinekemp0
3 days ago6 min read
In Search of Connection - how can you connect with your horse?
Our quest for self-improvement can cause us to miss the perfection of all that we already are.
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maxinekemp0
Aug 12, 20249 min read
Rediscovering Our Joy for Riding
What if we could take a journey back to those days when all the world was a wonder to behold?
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maxinekemp0
Aug 1, 20244 min read
A conversation about Behind The Vertical
What I do know and nobody can take away from me is the joy I experience from the feeling of an undulating free back underneath me.
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maxinekemp0
Jul 23, 20247 min read
More Than Just Another Angry Voice.
This offering might be a little different. It’s been floating around in my mind for a while wondering whether it ought to be unleashed....
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maxinekemp0
Jul 19, 20249 min read
Should I buy an ex-racehorse? - and some tips in case you do
Having spent many of my younger years in and around the racing industry in the UK, and then a portion of later life involved with the...
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maxinekemp0
Dec 20, 20236 min read
Some end of year thoughts...
I’ve been attempting to write this blog for a while now. I feel like there is something important to say but each time I try to extract...
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maxinekemp0
Nov 22, 20239 min read
Making Space
Some of you might have noticed I haven’t posted anything in quite a while. It’s been a time of great change and reflection for me in...
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maxinekemp0
Nov 22, 20237 min read
Can You Tell If I’m Well?
Those of you who know me will know that this is a subject quite close to my heart. You can tell because of the amount I bang on about it....
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maxinekemp0
Nov 22, 202314 min read
What Does You Horse Understand?
I whole heartedly agree with the idea that Dressage is for all horses and is first and foremost therapeutic and rehabilitative, meaning...
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maxinekemp0
Nov 22, 20239 min read
Keeping it Honest
For those of us who care about our horses, regard them as our partners and strive to do our very best for them, the modern fashion for...
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maxinekemp0
Nov 22, 20234 min read
You are enough
I’ve recently returned from a lovely break in Thailand. I’ve never been before and one of the things I’d heard so much about and was keen...
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maxinekemp0
Nov 22, 20234 min read
What is ‘Forwards’?
We all know it’s important for the horse to be thinking and moving forwards. It gets shouted often, referred to on dressage sheets...
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maxinekemp0
Nov 22, 20237 min read
Making Changes
This is an updated version of a post I wrote after one of our wonderful clinics with Patrice Edwards.  We so often see such significant...
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maxinekemp0
Nov 22, 202311 min read
Developing Your Riding: (Sound Bites of the Seat)
There’s no getting away from the fact that your ‘equitation’, or the way in which you present yourself to the horse in a physical sense,...
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maxinekemp0
Nov 22, 20235 min read
Your Horse’s Natural Behaviour in Training
I frequently come across riders who are looking for answers relating to issues with their horse’s behaviour whilst ridden. One of the...
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maxinekemp0
Nov 22, 20232 min read
Here at Last
Hello, my name is Maxine Kemp and amongst many other things in life, I am a horse trainer, riding instructor and Life Coach based in the...
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