Are you looking for a deeper connection and understanding of your horse to help develop them into a better Sporthorse? Do you want to better recognize why they react or spook? Sign up with Michael Alway to gain insight and tips on how to handle and appreciate your horse on the ground or when riding.

Michael specializes in understanding the horse's individual nature, learning style, confidence level and ability to set him or her up for success using communication, understanding, and psychology. Horsemanship is way more than riding, it is understanding the horse at a deeper level. There is a psychology to horses and horse training. He works with a wide variety of horses including starting horses, giving troubled horses a new start, trailer loading, behavior issues, developing solid foundations, and teaching horsemanship to anyone who wants to learn. Michael regularly works with international riders, Grand Prix dressage horses and riders, 4* Eventers, Jumpers, and amateur horse owners, as well as being a competitive rider himself.

Why book a clinic with Michael?
Groundwork Clinics provide the rider with a fresh perspective on how their horse moves and a deeper awareness of tensions within the horse. This adds an important dimension to the rider’s understanding of their horse’s body and the suppling, strengthening, and conditioning the horse needs to perform well.

Groundwork allows the handler to refine his or her skills and aids. Riders leave the clinic with new tools that they can use at home to school a green horse, relax a mount prior to riding, reduce lameness while improving performance, and most importantly–improve their equine partnership.

Finding the perfect balance of relationship and respect, teaching the horse the appropriate response to pressure without fear, whether that be the rider, whip, leg, rein, or even an obstacle, object, or the perceived environmental pressure of a place or situation.

For a horse to respect the handler, there must be mutual trust and respect. Michael will spend time getting to know each rider/handler and develop the relationship with the horse.

Michael will also work on mounted activities with anyone interested including standing at the mounting block, spooking in new arenas, water crossings, or herd-bound issues to name a few. As a competitive eventer, he is also able to help problem-solve jumping, water obstacles, and other problem behaviors that eventers may encounter.

Book your lesson today!

Private Lessons, semi-private lessons, and small group lessons have included topics such as: 

Getting your horse to stand at the mounting block 

Teaching your horse low-stress loading onto the trailer

Working through Spooky behavior to have low-stress

Overcoming fear of water crossing/trail riding

Confidence building for horse/Leadership with horse

Liberty/trick training such as ground tieing

How to make your horse easier to turnout/bring in from the paddock

Teaching your horse to avoid pawing in the wash stall/aisle

Are you looking for a deeper connection and understanding of your horse to help develop them into a better Sporthorse? Do you want to better recognize why they react or spook? Sign up with Marion Alway to gain insight and tips on how to handle and appreciate your horse on the ground or when riding.

Private lesson clinic working with Marion Alway and tailored to whatever your goals are. Marion has an extensive background working in natural horsemanship as it applies to the English riding horse and Sporthorse development.

Marion is a Grand Prix Dressage rider, USDF Silver and Gold medalist as well as a graduate of the jumping and dressage license program in Switzerland. Born and raised in Switzerland she grew up riding show jumpers and doing Natural Horsemanship from a very young age. After discovering her passion for dressage she became the head trainer at a prestigious breeding station in Europe. After several years as a head trainer, she ran her own training business developing horses of all ages and stages, teaching clinics, and doing demonstrations all over Europe. Marion is an advocate for mindful training and enjoys teaching anyone who wants to learn.

For a horse to respect the handler, there must be mutual trust and respect. Marion will spend time getting to know each rider/handler and develop a relationship with the horse.

Book your lesson today!

Private Lessons, semi-private lessons lessons have included topics such as: 

Dressage instructions (beginner through upper levels)

Perfecting Lateral movements in dressage

Preparing for dressage shows. 

Marion is also a certified Paraelli Natural Horsemanship instructor and can cover topics such as:

Getting your horse to stand at the mounting block 

Teaching your horse low-stress loading onto the trailer

Working through Spooky behavior to have low-stress

Overcoming fear of water crossing/trail riding

Confidence building for horse/Leadership with horse

Liberty/trick training such as ground tieing

How to make your horse easier to turnout/bring in from the paddock

Teaching your horse to avoid pawing in the wash stall/aisle