Your Horse

Fix it… Giving & retaking the reins

MEET THE TRAINER

SARAH HIGGINS is an international dressage rider and UKCC Level 3 coach.

Based at Pinfold Stables in Cheshire, she enjoys training a yard full of exciting horses from grassroots level to grand prix.

AN EFFECTIVE GIVE and retake of the reins demonstrates that your horse is in good self-carriage — in other words, he’s able to

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