Scheduled Online CPD Courses

All courses start at 7pm count as 2 CPD points

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How do we recognise pain in the ridden horse — and how confident are we in what we are seeing?

In this webinar, Sue Palmer, Chartered Physiotherapist and co-author of Harmonious Horsemanship, introduces the Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram (RHpE) — a scientifically validated tool designed to help identify pain-related behaviours during ridden work.

Sue will explain:

How the Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram was developed
The research that underpins it, including the studies used in its validation
The full list of 24 ridden behaviours, and how they are assessed collectively
Why it is the presence of eight or more behaviours, rather than any single behaviour in isolation, that is indicative of musculoskeletal pain
How the RHpE has been used in research linking pain-related behaviour to performance and rider safety in competition horses
Using real case material, Sue will talk through how the RHpE is applied in practice and will show a video of a horse being ridden through the recommended assessment test, helping attendees understand how the ethogram can be used thoughtfully and responsibly with their own horses.

The session will conclude with time for questions and discussion.

Who this webinar is for?

Horse owners, riders, instructors and coaches who want a clearer, evidence-informed understanding of pain-related behaviour in the ridden horse, and how to recognise when pain may be affecting comfort, performance and safety.

2 CPD Points

Time - 7.30pm-9pm

 Price - £15 per webinar or £25 for both webinars (9&16 March)


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What to keep, what to cut and what to add in our horses' diets, in 2026

For anyone unsure whether their horse’s current diet is really right for them as spring approaches?

Clare will guide the attendee through a spring feeding reset, helping them strip feeding back to what truly matters in 2026

Attendees will come away with confidence in their feeding choices — and a solid, practical foundation to build on for the future.

Join us to get your horse's diet sorted for spring

Cost: 17.50

2 CPD Points

Time - 7pm-9pm

 

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This practical CPD is designed for BHS Accredited Riding Coaches who want simple, effective tools to support rider confidence, focus and consistency — without requiring any prior knowledge of NLP or sports psychology.

Riders are constantly influenced by what they see and imagine. Positive images, words and past confident states can create calm, confident performance when recalled; while negative past events, in images, words and emotions can trigger tension, nerves, hesitation or loss of focus. This workshop shows coaches how to recognise these “anchors” and how to work with them within a coaching role.

Coaches will learn how to help riders deliberately create positive visual reference points (anchors) that support good riding, effective warm-ups and confident performance.

The session also explores how to neutralise negative anchors with a rider prior to a training session, thus giving the rider a strategy to interrupt unhelpful patterns and refocus.

By the end of the session, coaches will have a simple framework for using anchors to:

*Improve rider confidence and calm
*Support consistency under pressure
*Reinforce positive performance moments
*Integrate mindset support naturally into everyday coaching

This CPD is interactive and practical, helping coaches enhance both rider experience and performance in a safe, professional way.

Cost: £45

2 CPD Points

Time - 10am-1pm

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This session will discuss the presentation and identification of neck pain and radiculopathy in horses and how advances in veterinary diagnostic methods are improving our diagnostic capabilities. I will talk through the current veterinary treatment options and how these integrate with physical therapies and a rehabilitation program. Discussion will include my experience of performing minimally invasive foraminotomy and keyhole surgery of the articular process joints, focussing on how careful case selection offers the key to a great outcome. 

2 CPD Points

Time - 2pm - 4pm

Price - £33.00


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Behaviour is communication — and pain and behaviour are closely linked.

In this second webinar, Sue Palmer builds on the principles introduced in the first session to explore how pain and discomfort may present in the non-ridden horse, and how behaviour can offer valuable information about a horse’s comfort, rather than being labelled as “naughty” or difficult.

Drawing on extensive clinical experience, Sue will:

Revisit the 24 behaviours of the Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram as a reminder and reference point, including for those who did not attend the first webinar
Reinforce the relationship between pain and behaviour, both ridden and non-ridden
Explore how to think through brain, pain or training as possible root causes when a horse shows behavioural or performance changes
Share real case studies from Brain, Pain or Training?, including video examples of both ridden horses and hands-on assessment
Demonstrate a selection of practical checks and simple tests that owners can do themselves, drawn from Sue’s Horse Health Check approach
Show a small number of massage and gentle mobilisation techniques that may help support comfort and ease of movement
Offer broader guidance on maintaining and improving a horse’s comfort as part of everyday management
This session is designed to help owners become more observant, informed and compassionate partners to their horses, while understanding the appropriate boundaries between owner-led observation and professional diagnosis

Who this webinar is for?

Horse owners and riders who want to better understand what their horse may be communicating on the ground, and who are looking for practical, horse-centred ways to monitor comfort and support wellbeing.

Cost: £15 per webinar or £25 for both webinars (9 & 16 March) All payment transactions will be subject to a small booking fee to cover the booking and payment processing charges. 

2 CPD Points

Time - 7.30pm-9pm

 

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Join us for an unmissable webinar bringing together experts in equine health, parasite control and nutrition.
Following the success of previous webinars, Professor Jacqui Matthews BVMS PhD FRSE FRCVS returns to guide us through the key considerations for equine worm control this spring and how to plan for the year ahead.
We’re excited to welcome Callum Haseler MA(Cantab) VetMB MRCVS for the first time, who will be sharing insights into the environmental impact of equine wormers and why blanket worming should firmly be a thing of the past.
Dengie Equine Nutritionist, Katie Reeve MSc (Dist.) RNutr, dives into the equine gut microbiome, exploring how it influences health, welfare and performance, plus practical, take-home tips to keep our horses happy and healthy.

2 CPD Points

Time - 19:00 - 21:00

 Price - Free


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this sessions, the horse needs from a ridden perspective specifically with bits and bitting in mind will be disucssed. The bit is one of the main points of communication between horse and rider and it’s very important this tool is correctly fitted and comfortable for the horse. When we know what to look for, we can read a horse accurately and can recognise what they are or aren’t happy with, which is essential when we’re deciding what bit to use. Sometimes what looks like a bitting issue is actually an issue caused by something else, so knowing how to read the situation correctly and address the root cause of the problem is an important part of ensuring ridden horse welfare.

2 CPD Points

Time - 7pm - 9pm

Cost - £33.00

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The training is a led dissection, with a 60-90 minute theory / discussion section first before the practical dissection. It is delivered online with multiple camera angles so that attendees can see just as much as if they were attending in person.

The training will cover anatomy and presentation of various diseases and pathologies, affecting the lower limb and hoof.

There are many chances to ask questions, and it is a very interactive training. We use slido and a whatsapp group to ask real time questions, and respond to requests to see structures from a different angle or perspective.

Attendees can view the structures very closely, seeing inside the hoof capsule, laminae and fetlock joint, with focus on the prevention and management of conditions discussed.

Price- £99

Time- 1.30-6.30pm

4 CPD points

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This 2-hour webinar explores fascia as a functional, sensory, and force
transmitting system in the horse, with a specific focus on how fascia influences
horse’s overall body awareness and interoception. Participants will gain
understanding of fascia from both microscopic and macroscopic perspectives, and
learn how fascial properties interact with training, manual therapy, pain and
recovery strategies.

2 CPD points

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£33 

2pm-4pm

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This webinar will explore why riders are athletes, outline the physical demands placed on riders, identify common physical postural faults that hinder performance and give practical fitness recommendations to apply to everyday life to improve riding performance. All underpinned by academic research.

1 CPD Point

Time - 7pm - 8pm

Price - £15


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The Responsibilities of a Coach: Yogi Breisner 16Feb
BHS Fellow, Yogi Breisner, will share and pass forward some of the most important lessons he has learnt as a coach, discussing the responsibilities of a coach, to both the horse and the rider. This evening will be full of wisdom and golden nuggets for you to implement into your day-to-day coaching, inspiring you to become a better educator, and high performance coach, no matter the level of rider you are working with.

Improving how you Communicate: Charlie Unwin 2March
Charlie Unwin, will explore how you can develop your the way you communicate with riders, ensuring clear understanding from the rider. Charlie will discuss different motivation and questioning techniques, the importance of tonality, how you can better phase information – and help you better understand how riders learn so you can ensure the riders you work with make constant progress.

Working the Horses Correctly: Gillian Higgins 16March
Gillian, will present on some key areas that contribute towards correct way of going, helping you to back up your technical coaching with evidenced based research. Guaranteed to be an educational evening for all coaches, and a brilliant opportunity to add value to your lessons.

Getting your Priorities Straight: Andrew Fletcher 30March
Andrew will share some of his extensive knowledge as both a coach and judge, helping you to up your dressage coaching. This webinar will have an emphasis on developing world class basics, discussing which areas to prioritise improving, both from a horse perspective, and to best educate riders, areas that are often overlooked. Andrew will also share some of his favourite exercises for you to add to your tool box.

Creating World Class Basics: Richard Waygood MBE 13April
This is a brilliant opportunity for coaches to understand the training methods that are used by the best coaches and riders in the world, and be able to implement some of them into your own day-to-day coaching.

6 CPD Points for the whole course

Time - 7pm - 8.15pm per session 

Cost - £75.00

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As the nights draw in, why not use the dark evenings to revitalise your coaching practice, gain confidence in your delivery and join a growing number of coaches who have recognised the power of a different way of coaching?
Our role as a coach is so different now; it's no longer sufficient to provide exercises that will improve horse and rider. We have to be mindful of how our riders are; what state we're in; what the audience expects and what experience the horse is having. All of these are essential elements of a successful lesson whether you work freelance, in a riding establishment, or a combination of both.
We limit numbers to 12 so that you get the best benefit. During your attendance at Foundations for Excellence in Equestrian Coaching you will learn about Happy Brain Accelerated Learning. It uniquely combines a number of proven techniques that smoothly fit into your existing coaching practice and will help you with more rider development planning ideas, help you feel more heard and understood and allow you to handle the coaching environment with more confidence. Whether you've been coaching for a while; are working towards assessments or are new to the field, join us in a programme that has had great feedback from all who have attended so far.

The Happy Brain model isn’t simply sports psychology; it draws from education, science, health, and psychology, delivered through the skill-developing technology of Neuro Linguistic Programming.

5 CPD Points

Time - 7pm to 8.30pm

Price - Special price available only to & BHS APCs & Centre APCs & Happy Brain Centres. £139 pp EARLY BIRD SPECIAL PRICE £125 pp (until 08.10.25) Full Price: £150 pp EARLY BIRD SPECIAL PRICE £135 pp (until 08.10.25)

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British Horse Society Webinar Series 2026 with Janet L Jones PhD
We are delighted to announce the third of four webinars with Janet L Jones, PhD in 2026. Janet is a neuroscientist, horse-trainer, and author of “Horse Brain, Human Brain” and “A Horse's World: A Neuroscientist's Journey into the Equine Mind”, which will be published on 23 June 2026.
These webinars will each count as 2 CPD Points for BHS Accredited Professional Coaches.
The cost of attending is £10 per person.
(Please note these webinars are available in person only and will NOT be recorded)
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11 November 2026, 7pm
“Calming the Anxious Horse”
Twelve hundred pounds of agile anxiety are not pleasant to work with. Learn how the equine brain is wired to emphasise fear and what you can do to calm it down. We’ll talk about identifying anxiety, managing it in the moment, and training it away using brain-based techniques of pathological calm, breathing routines, and redirected attention.
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1 CPD Point

Time - 7pm - 8.30pm

Price - £10


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British Horse Society Webinar Series 2026 with Janet L Jones PhD
We are delighted to announce the fourth of four webinars with Janet L Jones, PhD in 2026. Janet is a neuroscientist, horse-trainer, and author of “Horse Brain, Human Brain” and “A Horse's World: A Neuroscientist's Journey into the Equine Mind”, which will be published on 23 June 2026.
These webinars will each count as 2 CPD Points for BHS Accredited Professional Coaches.
The cost of attending is £10 per person.
(Please note these webinars are available in person only and will NOT be recorded)
Click on the links below to book your place.
18 November 2026, 7pm
“Six Neurological Reasons Why Horses Excel as Assisted- Therapy Animals”
The biological nature of equine brains makes horses excellent for assisted therapy, whether physical or psychological. This topic explores the effects of equine body language, fear, learning, perception, and executive function on the horse’s unique ability to help human companions. Each is applied to specific therapeutic needs.


1 CPD Point

Time - 7pm - 8.30pm

Price - £10


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