The Horse World Has a Teaching Problem
In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips names a difficult truth: many of the biggest harms in horse culture aren’t just about methods, they’re about instruction. From gatekeeping information a...
11 Juni 19min
The Higher You Go, The Gentler You Must Become (With Michelle Knapp)
In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips is joined by senior clinician and long-time colleague Michelle Knapp for a conversation about one of the most difficult challenges in horsemanship: How ...
30 Maj 1h 16min
Confusion Is Not The Enemy
In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips dismantles one of horse culture’s most dangerous myths: that confusion always creates tension, behavioural problems, or unsafe horses. Confusion is not ...
28 Maj 16min
Horse First Is Human First
In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips explores the idea that truly centring the horse automatically changes the human. Horse First is not human last, it’s the reciprocal path to becoming mor...
14 Maj 12min
The Underground Railroad of Being Horse First (With Lori Halliday)
In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips sits down with long-time collaborator and now teaching team member, Lori Halliday. This conversation explores a shift happening quietly within horsemans...
7 Maj 1h 11min
When Discernment Gets Called Judgment
Send us Fan MailIn this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips explores the growing tension between clear-eyed discernment and the way it’s often mislabeled as judgment when it challenges harmful nor...
29 Apr 23min
The End of Aesthetic Horsemanship (With Alexa Linton)
Send us Fan MailIn this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips is joined by equine practitioner and The Whole Horse Podcast host, Alexa Linton.This is a conversation about where horsemanship is headi...
24 Apr 1h 7min
When the Tool Takes Up the Room
Send us Fan MailIn this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips explores how whips, crops, and training sticks can quietly shift the balance of a relationship, sometimes to the point that a horse’s ab...
15 Apr 32min
