Sean O'Hanlon Performance Horsemanship in Millmerran, Queensland, Australia | Pet service
Sean O'Hanlon Performance Horsemanship
Locality: Millmerran, Queensland, Australia
Address: Moffatt Reserve Road 4357 Millmerran, QLD, Australia
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25.01.2022 We build muscles & minds. We build tradesmen not slaves. We work with feel, timing & balance. Our goal is for our horse to reach ITS potential, not ours.
21.01.2022 Please come and say g’day at the Horseman’s Workshop. Toowoomba Showgrounds 8th August 2020
19.01.2022 Nothing instills confidence or relaxation in the scared/nervous horse more than the sense of achievement. For me it’s about setting it up so the horse gets a chance to think through a situation and find a release through certain actions. The signs of them digesting their thoughts are all too often over looked. This mare has started showing them in spades, (after being a horse that I had found to be very shut down) but only after being mentally engaged.
11.01.2022 I know I’ve said this before. But here it is again. There’s a very big difference between the horse that has grown to be intelligent, smart, responsible, effort giving & tradesman like that shows expression, personality & brilliance and the horse that has become tired & dull but is plyable & submissive in a slave like way, for he will listen well but will always be apprentice like & therefore even when he is matured he will still need to be told what to do. Where as the bril...liant horse that has been allowed to think, make mistakes, learn his job (trade), succeed & fail & grow into an exceptional tradesman like professional may not win any more often than the plyable slave but one is the result of real Horsemanship and the other is a result of Controlmanship. A large majority of horses are a product of the later. As I see it there’s a huge difference. Just my take on it. At some stage we gotta stop picking on them. Say Hello to the beautiful SHAZAM!!! See more
10.01.2022 To say I’m looking forward to be a part of this great event that’s designed completely for those looking for answers is an understatement.
08.01.2022 I don’t think it’s about training a horse in such a way that we made him do something. I think for me it’s more about trying to offer him a good deal and then let time school the horse. For me it’s more about developing a way of going and that takes a very long time. The horse is a product of his environment and his way of going is a sum of all the things that have been blended together over time. His behaviour, his confidence, his personality, his try, his trust, how rela...xed and smooth he is, yet how alert and effort giving he is at the same time. It governs his thoughts and his posture, it governs his patience and his foot fall. His way of going is all encompassing and again it is the sum of all the things that have been blended together to make him who and how he is. It doesn’t mean that a horse can’t be trained or made to do something very quickly. But just for me I feel like there’s a difference in the two. Its not about perfection I don’t think, it’s about taking the time it takes to do it right by the horse. They’re all so very different and I think because of that they’ll be in need of things done differently. See more
08.01.2022 Riding is certainly a big part of the breaking in/Starting process but there is no need to be in a rush for this bit to happen. There is people in the horse industry that are so talented and gifted that they can be riding an unbroken horse in a matter of minutes or hours or maybe days depending on the horse and that is just fine. However it bewilders me that there are people that want their horse trainer to only have their horse for maybe 3-4 weeks and then expect it to be b...roken in properly (for the want of a better word). Just because a horse has accepted a professional on its back doesn’t mean for one moment that it should be considered Broken in. There is quite simply no way that MOST horses are ready for the world in the hands of relatively inexperienced people in just a 3-4 week period, these horses still have large holes in their schooling and in time these holes become exposed and then, well we know what happens next. Someone gets the blame (usually the Breaker or the Horse). IF YOU have a horse that you are preparing to have broken in by a professional and you can’t afford to spend the money or time it takes to have this done well, then please ask yourself why on earth are you in the position of having any unbroken horses. Especially if you’re not experienced enough to take the freshly started horse and progress it. Short cutting on a horses start is simply setting it up to fail and let’s face it, it’s start is the most important bit. Personally if I didn’t have the ability to start my own horses and I could afford to own unbroken horses I would want my trainer to keep my horse for 12 weeks and to send me home a well started, experienced horse that I would still consider to be green but ready for the world. Horse trainers are people that need time to do a good job, they are not miracle workers. Please don’t set your horses up to fail, they don’t send you Get well soon Cards. Whether you spend the time and money before or after the start, you will still spend it somehow. The reason for this post is that I see horses that are the product of this everywhere I go. Just my take on it Best of luck and ride safely. See more
05.01.2022 The greatest thing that impacts a horses behaviour is what it expects is going to happen next. (This is true across the whole shooting match). For the Horse, History is without a doubt the best predictor of the future. A horse absolutely becomes a product of its own environment. To be truthful, every horse is perfectly trained. ... These few statements are hard for people to sometimes get their heads around. But they are absolutely true.
03.01.2022 Giving laterally. What does giving laterally actually mean???
03.01.2022 It’s as dry as a chip They’re as fat as mud I’m back to work Amazing Horse country One lucky man
02.01.2022 Sean O'Hanlon presents a REINSMANSHIP & MECHANICAL COW WORKING SCHOOL Where: Ballymore MILLMERRAN Q When: August 24th & 25th 2019... Price: $220/day ridden spots $44/day fence sitting Limited to 6 ridden spots only. Please pm only for further details. Come and enjoy taking you and your horse to the next level on the flag. Riding and reinsmanship in the mornings, then we’ll work the flag in the afternoon session. Dinner provided Saturday night. Non-refundable deposit of 50% required to secure ridden spots. Be quick and book. Thanks again, see you soon
