BEYOND PROJECT REBOOT - Progressing the Horse's Training

Progress and build on your horse's solid foundation training to develop their posture and performance.

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Learn to progress your horse's training to target posture & performance

Once you have nurtured a solid foundation in your horse, it is time to progress their training. This is because we need to teach the horse a number of responses that allow us to tap into the gymnastic development of their bodies. This is important because horses did not evolve to be ridden. This means that if we do not support the horse in developing its strength and posture to carry us, they can be at risk of injury down the track.

How Do We Support the Horse to Develop Strength & Posture?

We do this by teaching a number of key things:

1. DEVELOP CONTACT & CONNECTION:

Firstly, we develop our contact to help connect the body so that it is not divided and twisted by tension as the horse responds to our weight on their back.

2. LATERAL WORK:

We introduce basic lateral work, which acts like yoga or Pilates to target the development of the horse’s core strength. It also helps with joint mobility and strengthens the muscles needed for engagement and collection.

How Does Beyond Project Reboot Work?

Beyond Reboot is a 12-week-program that guides participants through the steps of developing contact and then the most important lateral responses (rein yield, leg yield, shoulder in & travers).

The program is hosted in the Calm Willing Confident Horse Society - Project Reboot which is Dr Shelley Appleton's membership group. Once you join the Society, you can find the group on Facebook but also on the Project Reboot Challenge OR Beyond Project Reboot community forums on this platform.

Although you can enrol in this program separately it is encouraged that you enrol in the Calm Willing Confident Horse Society - Project Reboot course as it will give you access to both Project Reboot and Beyond Project Reboot courses.

Who is Beyond Project Reboot For:

Beyond Reboot is for those that have worked hard on building a solid foundation on their horse and wish to progress their horses training with sensible, practice and effective guidance.

Beyond Reboot will be running from 19 September - 19 December 2026. However, you can work through the resource at your own pace.

IMPORTANT: If you are a current lifetime subscriber of CWCH Society or have purchased the Complete Reboot Program you can access this course.

Pricing options

Current subscribers to the CWCH Society Membership can access this course for 80% off during this timeframe of Project Reboot. Coupon Codes are available from the Membership website.

$350.00

Regular price

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Course curriculum

1. WELCOME & INSTRUCTIONS
2. DISCLAIMER & RISK WARNING - Prerequisite Reading!
3. BEYOND PROJECT REBOOT SCHEDULE
4. IMPORTANT - SOUNDNESS ISSUES
5. [READ THIS] HOW TO DOWNLOAD & USE THE APP
6. [INSTRUCTIONS] HOW TO UPLOAD VIDEO TO YOUTUBE THEN POST LINK TO THE APP
1. ZOOM SCHEDULE OPTIONS & REGISTRATION
2. ZOOM CHAT 21 SEPTEMBER 2026
3. ZOOM CHAT 27 SEPTEMBER 2026
4. ZOOM CHAT 12 OCTOBER 2026
1. What is Contact & Connection? What Do These Terms Actually Mean?
2. What the Horse Needs to Be Set Up for Good Contact?
3. The Importance of Foundation Training
4. VIDEO: Demonstration of Key Contact and Connection Responses
5. The Foundation Responses Necessary to Have on a Horse BEFORE Building Contact and Connection
6. What Qualities Does the Rider Need for Success Building of Contact
7. Common Causes of Contact Issues
8. SKILL: Training Your Eye to Understand Contact and Connection
1. IMPORTANT: Revising Lateral Flexion and Vertical Flexion Responses
2. UNDERSTANDING: How the Connection Responses Work to Improve Posture & Way of Going
3. Stage 1 - Weight into the Bit
4. Stage 2 - Seeking the Reins out of the Hands
5. Stage 3 - Capturing the Seek and Holding the Connection
1. Introduction - The Ultimate Goal with a Horse
2. What Can We Do?
3. RULE #1 - General Rules About Things that Worry Horses
4. RULE #2 - General Rules About Things that Worry Horses
5. RULE #3 - General Rules About Things that Worry Horses
6. The "Neutralising the Arena" Activity
7. STRATEGY 1: Start Where the Horse Wants to Be & Stretch the Comfort Zone
8. STRATEGY 2: Go Back BEFORE the Horse Wants + HQY (or Trot)
9. VIDEO DEMONSTRATION - Kat & Roger Navigating a New Arena
10. Putting Strategies into Practice
1. What is Rein Yielding?
2. How to Train the Rein Yield Response
3. VIDEO DEMONSTRATION - Rein Yield with Kat & Roger
4. Feedback or Questions
1. Introduction to Leg Yield and the Leg Yield Response
2. How Subtle Can You Get the Leg Yield Response?
3. Strategy #1: Enlarging the Circle by Leg Yielding
4. Strategy #2: Leg Yield to the Wall
5. Strategy #3: Nose to the Wall Leg Yield
6. Strategy #4: Nose to the Inside of the Arena
7. Leg Yield Common Struggles During Training
8. Feedback or Questions
1. Why Care About Posture, Contact, Connection, Collection and Developing the Horse’s Gymnastic Ability?
2. Important Concepts and Terms
3. Lateral Movements - Overview of Contact, Connection & Collection
4. What is Collection? What Does it Look Like? What is its Purpose?
5. How Do We Build Strength, Flexibility, Agility and Ambidexterity?
6. What is Engagement?
7. Impacts of the Conformation - It Matters!
8. What is Shoulder-In?
9. How to Train Shoulder-In
10. Shoulder-In Demonstration Video
11. Feedback or Questions
1. An Introduction to Travers (Haunches-In)
2. What is the Purpose of Travers (Haunches-In)?
3. What is the Difference Between Travers & Shoulder-In?
4. How to Train Travers (Haunches-In)
5. Training Travers Method #1 - From the Circle
6. Video Demonstration - Training Travers (Haunches-In) Method #1: From the Circle
7. Training Travers Method #2 - From the Rein Yield
8. Demonstration Video - Training Travers (Haunches-In) Method #2: Using Rein Yield
9. Other Lateral Movements
10. Feedback or Questions
1. WHY CIRCLES AND CONES?
2. CONE EXERCISE 1
3. CONE EXERCISE 2

About this course

$350.00
69 lessons
3.5 hours of video content