Join Over 120,000+ Horse Owners Who Put Their Horses Physical And Mental Health First & Discover How To Improve Your Groundwork And Riding Skills By Listening To The Horse
110+ Polework Exercises
110+ Polework Exercises
Bored of riding around in circles? Download 110+ polework exercises & 1 & 2 pole challenges to improve your horse's suppleness, balance, rhythm, strength & flexibility.
Liberty, Lateral & Connection Exercises
Shoulder in & out
Improve your horse's flexibility, balance, suppleness, self-carriage & softness by starting shoulder out and in, groundwork and riding.
Dancing at Liberty™
Enjoy 11 inspiring groundwork liberty exercises to build trust and connection while having fun with your horse.
Beautifully Connected™
Give your horse the gift of trust & connection with these 9 inspiring 'Beautifully Connected' groundwork & riding lessons.
Confidence Fix™
Ever wish your horse had more confidence?
The Confidence Fix™ is our online program for how owners who want to help both themselves & their horses, build confidence & trust in each other.
This online course will give you the knowledge, skills, and tools to make a real difference in your confidence level.
Learn about horse body language, how to cope in scary situations, and get all of my favorite methods & exercises to help both you & your horse build a ton of confidence together.
Listening to the Horse Method™
Ready to improve your horse riding?
Discover all the exercises, skills and strategies you need to create trust, connection, partnership and a happy riding horse - using 100% kind methods.
Includes groundwork, riding, polework, collection, lateral & sideways movements, in-hand work, riding bitless & in a hackamore, smaller cues, core strength & much more...
The Listening Journey
Meet your instructor, Elaine Heney
Elaine Heney is an Irish horsewoman, film producer at Grey Pony Films™, #1 best-selling author, and director of the award-winning 'Listening to the Horse™' documentary.
She has helped over 120,000+ horse owners in 113 countries to create awesome relationships with their horses, and her horsemanship films & mini-documentaries have been watched by over 1.7+ million people.
Elaine's mission is to help horse owners around the world to listen to their horses, build great partnerships together, and make the world a better place for the horse. She lives in Ireland with her horses Ozzie & Matilda.
Useful links
Book & Literary Awards
Winner at the EQUUS Arts Fest 2023, California USA
Winner at the EQUUS Arts Fest 2022, California USA
Ozzie, the Story of a Young Horse | Winner at the EQUUS Film Festival AWARDS in New York, USA
Film Festival Awards
Listening to the Horse
Hollywood Hills Film Awards – Best Documentary
Hollywood Hills Film Awards – Best Director
EQUUS Film Festival - Best International Training Series, December 2019
Hollywood Hills Film Awards – Best Documentary and Best Director nominations, Dec 2018.
Groundwork for Softness DVD
Best Documentary – Diamond Award: Groundwork For Softness, NYC Indie Film Awards Oct 2018.
Steve TV
Best Documentary – Silver Award: Steve TV (Elaine Heney)
Best Director – Platinum Award: Elaine Heney (Steve TV)
Soft Feel & Light Horses
FESTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:
NYC Indie Film Festival, July 2018
European Independent Film Awards, July 2018
Hollywood Film Competition, Oct 2018
FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS:
Best Documentary, NYC Indie Film Festival, July 2018
Best Director, NYC Indie Film Festival, July 2018
Best Documentary, European International Film Awards, July 2018
Best Cinematography, European International Film Awards, July 2018
Best Documentary, Gold Award, Hollywood Film Competition, Oct 2018
PRESS COVERAGE:
Countywide, RTE Radio 1, Ireland, July 2018
Agriland.ie, Ireland, July 2018
Irish Independent Newspaper, July 2018
TIPPFM Radio, July 2018
Elite Equestrian Magazine, July 2018
Tipperary Mid West Radio, July 2018
Out of the Wild
Film Director’s Choice at the 2016 EQUUS Film Festival in New York.
“Best Theatrical Feature Length Film” at the 2017 Tryon International Film Festival.
Steve Halfpenny, the documentary.
Best Documentary Diamond Award: European International Film Awards, December 2017
Best Cinematography Silver Award: European International Film Awards, December 2017
Best Documentary Silver Award: Hollywood Film Competition, December 2017
Best Director Diamond Award: Hollywood Film Competition, December 2017
Best Cinematography Diamond Award: Hollywood Film Competition, December 2017
Best Equestrian Mini Award: EQUUS Film Festival, November 2017
Best Documentary Gold Award: NYC Indie Film Awards, November 2017
Best Director Diamond Award: NYC Indie Film Awards, November 2017
Best Documentary Gold Award: LA Shorts Awards, October 2017
Best Equestrian Documentary: Irish International Film Festival, October 2017
Official selections
Cope Shorts Film Festival, 2018
EQUUS Film Festival, 2017
LA Shorts Awards, 2017
NYC Indie Film Festival, 2017
Hollywood Film Competition, 2017
Equinale, 2017
LAIFFA, 2017
European Independent Film Awards, 2017
Berlin Flash Film Festival, 2017
Boston Galactic Stars Festival, 2017
EQUUS International Film Festival Montana, 2018
Utah Film Festival, Utah, USA, 2018
Park City International Film Festival, 2018
Family Film Festival, Utah, 2018
Press coverage
Horse Nation, USA
Medium, USA
Equestrian Life, Australia
Everythinghorse, UK
Nationalist newspaper, Ireland.
Tipperary Star, Ireland.
Irish Field, Ireland.
Horses Daily, USA.
HorseNetwork, USA
Agriland, Ireland
Horseandman, USA
DailyAdvent, USA
Irish Independent Newspaper, July 2018
Elite Equestrian Magazine, July 2018
Radio
Countywide, RTE Radio 1, Ireland, July 2018
TIPPFM Radio, July 2018
Tipperary Mid West Radio, July 2018
Podcasts
Eden River equestrian podcast