Karen has been a life saver for us! We purchased a pony for our daughter in December 2012. I soon realized I’d bitten off more than I could chew as Maggie was very, very green. She had only been broken in for around 5 months. While I have been around horses a long time I have never been more than a career and VERY occasional rider, so I felt out of my depth with this pony. I had almost given up, I knew we needed help but it was taking us about an hour to get her on the float every time so I felt it was almost impossible to take her anywhere for the help we needed. I phoned my best friend in tears and she said the magical words – “I’m calling Karen White”.

At our first lesson I felt a weight lift from my shoulders. After that first lesson of doing ground work Maggie was self-loading onto the float. PHEW! Since that day she has come along in leaps and bounds! We have been having weekly lessons with Karen and Maggie is now a different pony. She is so much calmer, more respectful and so much easier to handle. With Karen’s help I feel like we can conquer anything. It is a really great feeling.

I really look forward to our Fridays with Karen. Not only are we learning and gaining so much progress but Karen is such a bright, happy and enthusiastic person to be around and her positivity really rubs off on us. She is so thorough with her lessons. We can tackle any problems that we are having with Maggie together and Karen explains everything in a way to help a ‘green’ mum like me understand.

Less than two months after having lessons with Karen we took Maggie to her first Hack Day. It feels like such an achievement! We are looking forward to what the future brings with Maggie and know that, with Karen’s help, nothing is too hard.