The Connection Training Club

We would love to welcome you to the CT Club, an online space crammed full of step-by-step training videos, live Q&A’s and discussions, and a wonderful community. Join our members from all over the world!

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What is the CT Club?

The CT Club is my membership space for people who want consistent, ongoing support with their horse.

Inside, you’ll find a HUGE library of Training Courses filled with real-life training videos. This is the hub of the CT Club - we've been building this library for over 15 years, which you just can't find anywhere else.

These are REAL videos with REAL horses. Watch the training, understand how it works and see how to actually do it with your own horse.

You can also access myself and Rachel directly. We run regular live sessions exclusively for CT Club Members, where you can ask questions, learn more deeply, and stay on track.

The CT Club is designed to give you the guidance, structure, and support you need to make real progress trainingyour horse positively, without pressure, overwhelm, or guesswork.

We also have a really lovely, welcoming and open-minded community from the around world and all aspects of equestrian life.

We'd love for you to join us!

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What's Included?

ALL My Training Courses

Through my Training Courses, you'll get direct access to my exact training techniques.

These Courses are filled with hundreds of step-by-step training videos with real people and horses, so that you can see EXACTLY how to train your horse. You'll see the whole process, including where it's messy, doesn't go to plan, or takes some trial and error to find the best approach for that horse - real-life training, in fact.

You'll see my own horses and donkeys, my students working with their equines, horses I've trained for other people (including donkeys, mules and zebra x), rescue horses (including ones in rescue centres), young horses and foals, older (and old) horses, anxious horses, confident horses, experienced horses, pushy horses, unmotivated horses... This broad range really helps you to SEE how the training really works with different equine personalities and in different situations.

When you join, you get instant access to my entire Training Library, which is organised and searchable, so you can quickly find the right videos for your horse, your goals, and your current challenges.

Whether you’re just getting started or refining more advanced skills, you can find what’s relevant to you.

Training Courses in the CT Club

These are all video courses, full of real-life horses, people and case studies, gathered from many years of teaching, as well as my own training.

Click on the Courses below to find out more about what's in them.

The Complete Training Foundation

Learn how to get started successfully with positive reinforcement training in this in-depth course. You’ll explore how horses learn, how reward-based training works, and exactly how to apply it, from calmly introducing food rewards to building effective training sessions.

The course shows you how to tailor your approach to your horse, whether they’re pushy, anxious, timid, reactive, over-aroused, or unmotivated, helping them become relaxed, willing, and connected.

You’ll teach seven core behaviours: stand together, walk together, target, stand on a mat, ‘stay,’ hold on a stationary target, and back up. Through these, you'll learn how to structure sessions, build behaviours from scratch, improve them, fade out the rewards and prompts, ensure your horse is calm, connected, clear and listening to you and much more.

Three real-life case studies also follow full unabridged training sessions with very different equines, giving you a clear, practical view of the process.

This course provides a solid foundation in positive reinforcement, supporting problem-solving, relationship building, and emotional balance.

Fast Track Foundations

This quick-start guide helps you begin using R+ training right away. While your horse needs a few basic skills first, this course covers the essentials so you can get started quickly.

You’ll learn how to introduce food rewards safely and calmly, tailored to your horse’s personality, whether they’re foody, anxious, pushy, or unmotivated. You’ll also teach core behaviours like standing and walking together, ‘stay,’ and targeting, while learning how to use a marker, structure training sessions, and build a strong working connection.

After just a few sessions, you’ll be ready to apply these techniques to other behaviours you want, or need, to train.

De-Spooking Your Horse

This course focuses on de-spooking your horse using gentle, reward-based training that builds trust and connection.

You’ll learn the science behind fear and learning, and how to help your horse become calmer, more confident, and less reactive, teaching them to look to you for reassurance when they feel unsure.

Through step-by-step practical videos, you’ll work through progressive exercises that start with simple foundations at home and build toward relaxed responses to a wide range of objects and situations. You’ll also learn how to manage moments when your horse goes over threshold, and how to safely bring them back to calm.

The course includes a variety of real training examples, as well as ridden de-spooking exercises, giving you a complete, practical approach.

Handling and Healthcare

This Course shows you how to make everyday interactions with your horse calm, easy, and connected. Starting with the basics of touching, catching and haltering horses, it’s especially valuable for working with rescued, unhandled, or fearful horses. You’ll also learn practical, step-by-step techniques for leading, grooming, hoof care (including preparing for the farrier), and general yard handling, as well as how to support horses with challenges like separation anxiety. The course also guides you through common healthcare procedures such as injections, worming paste, and fly spray.

Designed to be in-depth yet easy to navigate, you can jump straight to the lessons that are most relevant to you and your horse.

Loading and Traveling

This Course is designed to help you create a confident, happy horse who not only loads willingly but also travels calmly and arrives relaxed.

You’ll explore a range of positive, practical approaches to loading, with real-life examples showing horses transforming from fearful to confident. The course also covers how to introduce closing partitions and doors in a way that keeps your horse at ease.

Importantly, it goes beyond loading to focus on the travelling experience itself, helping your horse feel calm during movement, build positive associations, and maintain this confidence over time. You’ll also learn how to handle situations where loading is essential, such as emergencies, while staying as aligned as possible with positive reinforcement principles.

Comprehensive and practical, this course supports you through every stage of creating a relaxed, willing traveller.

Gymnastic Groundwork

The Gymnastic Groundwork Course focuses on developing your horse’s physical wellbeing from the ground, improving body awareness, proprioception, suppleness, symmetry, and overall connection in movement.

It begins with a clear, in-depth look at the theory - how horses move naturally, what you’re training, and why this kind of work is so valuable for domestic horses. From there, the course becomes highly practical and progressive, guiding you step by step from the basics of leading with connection, through to more advanced exercises.

You’ll learn in-hand work, body awareness exercises using poles, mats, and pedestals, as well as how to develop bend, collecting and lengthening movement, and lateral movements like leg yield, shoulder-in, and haunches-in. Through in-hand work, lunging, liberty exercises and long-reining, it works through walk, trot and canter exercises.

Designed to be accessible for beginners while still offering depth, this course gives you a clear path to building a stronger, more balanced, and more connected horse.

Jumping and Obstacles

This Course is all about building confidence, skill, and enjoyment around jumps and a wide variety of obstacles.

In the jumping section, you’ll explore a range of progressive exercises using poles and jumps, both from the ground and under saddle. This includes free jumping, recall free jumping, jumping to targets, and creative groundwork exercises that can be gradually introduced into ridden work.

The obstacles section focuses on agility-style challenges, helping your horse become more confident, coordinated, and curious. You’ll work with obstacles such as pedestals, bridges, arches, and curtains, primarily from the ground, with options to take these skills into ridden work as well.

Practical and versatile, this course gives you plenty of ideas and step-by-step guidance to keep your training engaging while developing a bold, capable horse.

Starting Your Horse Under Saddle

This Course guides you step by step through introducing a horse to ridden work for the first time, or rebuilding confidence in horses with negative past experiences or who are disconnected when ridden.

Beginning with thorough groundwork preparation, you’ll cover tacking up, teaching clear voice and rein cues for walk, halt, and turn, as well as short reining and long reining. A strong focus is placed on the mounting block as a key point for building relaxation, connection, and a smooth transition from ground to saddle.

From there, the course progresses gradually into ridden work, using simple, practical exercises you can easily recreate at home, even if you’re new to starting horses. Throughout, the emphasis is on keeping your horse calm, willing, and connected.

By the end, your horse will be confident lining up to mount, relaxed with a rider on board, and responsive to basic ridden cues, setting you up for a positive and solid foundation under saddle.

NEW Step-by-Step Riding Course

This Course explores how to effectively apply positive reinforcement in ridden work, helping you build clarity, confidence, and connection with your horse.

You’ll learn how to structure ridden exercises using rewards, how to progress training step by step, and how your seat - through weight, posture, and body position - interacts with voice cues, rein aids, and positive reinforcement. The course also looks at how to introduce and develop tactile cues such as leg and rein aids within a reward-based framework.

Alongside this, you’ll explore common challenges like horses that are reluctant to move forward, become anxious, rush, or disconnect, and how to work through these issues using thoughtful, structured exercises.

The overall focus is on improving balance, body awareness, and communication so you and your horse can feel like a confident, connected team. Each module contains groundwork exercises for preparation, a demonstration and explanation of all the cues and aids, and a set of progressive exercises for you to follow with your horse.

Riding with Connection Overview Course

This Course contains presentations and demonstrations showing different elements of how to use rewards under saddle. It's perfect for understanding how this works in practice, how you can integrate your R+ training into your ridden work and how you can set up exercises best for training your horse this way.

There are also training videos focusing on specific behaviours, such as back up, turning, shoulder in, shaping movement under saddle etc.

You can also follow several ridden Case Studies in this course, showing 3 different horses working through very different ridden lessons. These sessions are shown in full and follow the horses over a few months.

Happy Hacking - In-Hand and Ridden

This Course shows you how to build a calm, confident, and connected horse for going out on walks, hacks, or trail rides together - both in-hand and under saddle.

It starts with simple preparation exercises at home to help you and your horse develop the skills needed to stay relaxed and connected when faced with the unexpected. From there, you’ll begin with very small “mini walks” just outside the gate, gradually building confidence and calmness step by step in-hand.

As your horse progresses, you’ll learn how to extend these outings, manage new environments, and handle unexpected situations with confidence and clarity. The course then moves into ridden work, covering safe and calm mounting, staying connected once on board, and gradually building up to longer, faster and more adventurous rides.

Throughout, you’ll also learn how to support your horse through challenges out hacking so that you can both feel safe, calm, and confident exploring the world together.

Trick Training and Brain Games

This Course is all about having fun with your horse while building a relaxed, positive connection together.

Trick training offers a low-pressure way to train, focusing on simple, enjoyable behaviours rather than performance goals. This makes it a great space to strengthen your relationship while still developing your training skills in a clear and rewarding way.

You’ll explore a variety of playful tricks such as smiling, kissing, fetch, catching, and even painting, giving you plenty of ideas to enjoy lighthearted, engaging sessions with your horse.

Training Techniques Course

The Training Techniques Course explores the principles and practical application of positive reinforcement in depth, helping you understand both the science and the hands-on skills behind effective training.

You’ll learn how horses learn and process emotions, including insights into learning theory and equine behaviour, alongside practical guidance for structuring training sessions. This includes how to progress training at the right pace, when and how to fade rewards, and how to use tools such as terminal bridges, keep-going signals, and reinforcement schedules effectively. The course also covers session structure in detail how long to train for, how to use breaks, and how to set up exercises for clarity and success.

There is a large section on emotional balance, exploring over coming over arousal, counter-conditioning and helping horses to find relaxation with you and the training, as well as working with horses who are umotivated, or shut down. These techniques help your horse become both relaxed and engaged.

Overall, this course gives you a deep understanding of the “how and why” behind positive reinforcement, so you can apply it confidently across a wide range of behaviours and situations.

The Connected Trainer

This Course focuses on the human side of horse training - helping you develop the skills, mindset, and self-awareness needed to support your horse effectively.

It explores how to build your confidence and understand your own emotional threshold, so you can stay grounded, calm, and present during training sessions. The aim is to help you create a relaxed and positive state in yourself that allows your horse to feel safe, supported, and able to grow in confidence.

You’ll also look at practical training skills from the human perspective, including how you move, how you cue, and how to develop soft clarity in your communication. Alongside this, the course covers goal setting and mindset, helping you approach training with focus and flexibility.

There is also attention given to your physical wellbeing, including yoga for equestrians, designed to help you stay balanced, grounded, and connected in your body.

Overall, this course is about building a stronger partnership by developing you as a trainer as much as your horse.

Consent to Compliance

This Course on Choice, Co-operation and Compliance explores one of the most important and complex areas of positive reinforcement: how to understand, give, and sometimes withhold choice in a way that builds trust, clarity, and confidence in your horse.

The course begins by looking at the importance of giving choice - what it means for horses to have a voice, how they can express themselves, and how we can learn to listen and respond. You’ll explore consent-based training in depth, including how to recognise “yes” and “no” responses and work with them in a respectful, structured way to build a strong foundation of confidence.

From there, the focus shifts to building cooperation - helping horses develop the skills to stay engaged even when situations feel uncertain or challenging, such as remaining connected when anxious or choosing to move away from something it wants (like grass) to work with you. This is approached systematically, without force, to develop resilience and willingness.

The final section addresses the more nuanced topic of compliance: what to do when a horse needs to do (or not do) something in real-life situations. This part takes a pragmatic, ethical approach to maintaining connection and trust even when compromise is necessary, exploring how to handle these moments thoughtfully within a positive reinforcement framework.

Rich with video examples, this course provides a deep and practical understanding of choice-based training and how to apply it in a way that supports both clarity and connection.

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Support and Community

In the CT Club, you also get direct access to us - myself and Rachel.

Monthly live Q&A sessions

Each month, you’ll be able to join a live Q&A session with us on Zoom. This is your chance to ask questions, get input on your training, and learn from the experiences of others.

During these sessions, we spend time with each person, discussing the situation to fully understand it and giving very in-depth, personalised advice (it's not a quick-fire thing!).

You’ll also have access to all previous recordings - currently over 170 sessions - so you can learn anytime.

Monthly live topic sessions

Alongside the Q&As, we run a monthly live session focused on a specific topic, like a live podcast session.

These give you the chance to explore specific areas of training in more depth, with space for discussion and questions with us afterwards.

Topics covered are varied but have included things like: Over-Arousal, Older Horses and End of Life Decisions, Working with Foals and Youngsters, Building Duration, Becoming a Confident Trainer and Rider, and many more.

Again, all previous recordings are available.

A supportive community

You’ll also have access to the CT Facebook group, a space to share progress, ask questions, and connect with others who are working in a similar way.

Built for Real Progress

It’s about helping you:

Understand your horse more deeply
Build skills step by step
Stay consistent over time

So you can create training that feels calm, ethical, and is very effective.

We're not into quick fixes, but rather deep ones. Ones that really change how you and your horse feel together, and build that long-lasting relationship.

You can explore the membership options below and choose what feels right for you.

You’re very welcome to join us!

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Practical, in-depth, kind training support for you and your horse - with guidance you can come back to anytime.

CT Club Membership Options
Most members stay for at least a few months (and we've had many members with us for many years) to see real progress with their horse - so we’ve created options to support that.

All plans get:

✔ Full instant, searchable access to the entire video & course library
✔ Monthly live Q&A session with us, and all recordings
✔ Monthly live podcast and Q&A session with us, and all recordings
✔ Access to our supportive community in the FB group
✔ 20% off all online Events

BEST VALUE

Monthly Membership
33£
Every month
Full access, with the flexibility to cancel anytime.
7 day free trial
6 Month Membership
165£
Every 6 months
Get 1 month free! A great balance of commitment and flexibility - long enough to build real momentum.
7 day free trial
Best Value
Annual Membership
297£
Every year
Get 3 months free! For those who want to fully commit, make great progress and have us there with you all year.
7 day free trial

Not sure if it’s right for you?

You’re very welcome to try it! Each membership option comes with a 7-day free trial - just sign up, explore the content, join a live session... Then, if you decide it's not for you, cancel easily from directly within your account.

You can also always contact us if you have questions: theteam@connectiontraining.com or via our socials. Please remember that we are a small team, so we might not be able to get back to you instantly, but we will respond, and we are real humans, all with our own horses and experience in CT. You'll hear back from us, Nina or Sinead.

What do our members say?

Check out more testimonials here! We also have reviews on Facebook and Amazon.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I cancel my membership?

You can cancel your Membership at any time directly through your account. You can also pause your membership and come back at any time. And, by emailing us, you can get any support you need from Nina, who does all our customer support.

Can I join from anywhere?

Yes! We have Members from all over the world. In fact, the CT Team are often all in different countries, too!

We want to support registered rescue centres and charities by teaching staff these techniques. We know that funds are always scarce and so we want to provide this training for free.

Registered equine charities can request free membership by emailing theteam@connectiontraining.com

And thank you to our Members for doing your bit – buying Membership for your own equine education helps us make this opportunity available for charities.

Free Access for Equine Charities!

Charities using
Connection Training

Hope Pastures UK
A.R.C.H, Spain
Ninovan, The Azores
Wonder Horse Ranch, USA
The Kind Farm, AU
Acres Of Hope, USA
Happy Oasis, Italy
New Paths, USA
Sanctuaire, CAN

Redwings Horse Sanctuary, UK
Foster Farms, Australia
Empowered Equines, USA
Live and Let Live, USA
Mane Chance Sanctuary, UK
Horse Sense Wirral, UK
Conquest Centre, UK
Berkshire Berkshire Animal Connection Centre, UK

Blue Acre Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation, UK
Cape Fear Equine Rescue, USA
Ride On St Louis, USA
Heartland Rescue Ranch, USA
Peaceful Ridge Rescue, USA
Children’s Nature Retreat, USA
Operation Come Home, CAN
For Hanks Sake, USA
Healing Strides, USA

The Horse Trust, UK

Sophia’s Oasis for Equines, USA
Riding for the Disabled, Australia
LBL Equine Rescue, USA
Scottish Pony Partners, UK
Scottish Pony Partners, UK
The Mare And Foal Sanctuary, UK
Ebony Horsewoman, USA
Native Hooves, USA
Primrose Donkey Sanctuary, Canada

Any More Questions?

Email us theteam@connectiontraining.com – we’ll be delighted to help!
Nina does all our customer support, as well as being a super horse trainer, so she’ll be able to help you with any of your questions. Just ask!

The Connection Training Club

Try your first week FREE!

What is the CT Club?

What's Included?

ALL My Training Courses

Training Courses in the CT Club

Support and Community

Monthly live Q&A sessions

Monthly live topic sessions

A supportive community

Built for Real Progress

Join the CT Club

BEST VALUE

Monthly Membership

6 Month Membership

Annual Membership

Not sure if it’s right for you?

What do our members say?

Frequently Asked Questions

Free Access for Equine Charities!

Charities using
Connection Training

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The Connection Training Club

Try your first week FREE!

What is the CT Club?

What's Included?

ALL My Training Courses

Training Courses in the CT Club

Support and Community

Monthly live Q&A sessions

Monthly live topic sessions

A supportive community

Built for Real Progress

Join the CT Club

BEST VALUE

Monthly Membership

6 Month Membership

Annual Membership

Not sure if it’s right for you?

What do our members say?

Frequently Asked Questions

Free Access for Equine Charities!

Charities using Connection Training

Any More Questions?

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Charities using
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