{"podcast":{"title":"Lead a Horse to Water","slug":"lead-a-horse-to-water-3058987","podcast_index_feed_id":3058987,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/31cdcf90/podcast/rss","website_url":"www.equine.training","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/8255716/8255716-1597753753609-5af40c4c45739.jpg","author":"Trudi Dempsey","episode_count":86,"summary":"Lost in the sea of horse training? Step aboard for evidence based equine training and behaviour content. Listen to professionals and enthusiasts from the world of horse training and behaviour as well as associated areas of the equine world. Trudi Dempsey is an English equine trainer and behaviour consultant, specialising in positive reinforcement.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T22:18:53.857446+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lead-a-horse-to-water-3058987"},"episode":{"title":"Inside the Professional Horse Trainers Forum with Milly Paton and Christa Culbert","slug":"inside-the-professional-horse-trainers-forum-with-milly-paton-and-christa-culbert","published_at":"2026-07-11T11:35:11+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lead-a-horse-to-water-3058987/inside-the-professional-horse-trainers-forum-with-milly-paton-and-christa-culbert","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lead-a-horse-to-water-3058987","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trudi-dempsey/episodes/Inside-the-Professional-Horse-Trainers-Forum-with-Milly-Paton-and-Christa-Culbert-e3lulbb","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/31cdcf90/podcast/play/122688299/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-11%2F427763233-44100-2-8290bb2bfed4d.mp3","summary":"In this episode, I sit down with Milly Paton and Christa Culbert, two presenters from the upcoming Professional Horse Trainers Forum, to explore what makes training genuinely safe and effective for both horse and human. Milly, a mental health nurse and positive reinforcement trainer, unpacks psychological safety as the foundation for learning. In her presentation she will discuss how distress and cognitive overload can be present even when a session looks successful on the surface, and how session structure, pacing, and learner agency support nervous system regulation in both horses and humans. Christa will look at the role of patterns in communication, groundwork, and riding. She'll explain how thoughtfully applied patterns can build reliable behaviours, from husbandry to riding, and how they give horses a clearer way to communicate back to us, regardless of discipline or method. Together, this conversation offers a preview of two of the seven presentations at this year's Professional Horse Trainers Forum, hosted by Trudi Dempsey and Justine Harrison on 26 September 2026, early bird ticket £35 For tickets and info The Professional Horse Trainers Forum Find Milly and Christa... https://www.christaculberthorsemanship.com/ https://millypatonhorsecraft.com/","meta_description":"In this episode, I sit down with Milly Paton and Christa Culbert, two presenters from the upcoming Professional Horse Trainers Forum, to explore what make…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1244,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lead-a-horse-to-water-3058987/episodes/inside-the-professional-horse-trainers-forum-with-milly-paton-and-christa-culbert/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lead-a-horse-to-water-3058987/inside-the-professional-horse-trainers-forum-with-milly-paton-and-christa-culbert.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}