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

Enjoy these horse books by #1 best-selling author, Elaine Heney

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.

HorseStrides GPS + map tracker app

Rideable horse riding tracker app

Dressage Hero training and tests

Polework exercises & lessons app

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.

Book & Literary Awards

Winner at the EQUUS Arts Fest 2023, California USA

  • Winner of the Best Young Adult Training Book Award at the EQUUS Film & Arts Fest 2023, California USA | Horse Care for Kids
  • Winner of the Best English Horse Training Book Award at the EQUUS Film & Arts Fest 2023, California USA | Dressage for Beginners
  • Honorable mention at the EQUUS Film & Arts Fest 2023, California USA | Saddlestone Sinead & Strawberry

Winner at the EQUUS Arts Fest 2022, California USA

  • Winner of the Best International Equine Non-Fiction Award: The Equine Listenology Guide
  • Winner of the Best International Equine Fiction Award: The Forgotten Horse books
  • The Equine Listenology Guide & The Forgotten Horse books by Elaine Heney

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.


IIMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5226618/

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

Connection Training, UK

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

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