Podcast · Leisure & Travel
by Lockie Phillips · English · Leisure & Travel
Yes, but let's put the horse first! Taking a clear, ethical stance on horsemanship without judgement. We are observant, humble, clear eyed, regulated and deeply respectful of our equine partners. This podcast is not: Not human self-help using horses as metaphors Not romantic liberty trainin
14 Sep 2026 · 30 min
Listening to a horse’s “no” matters, but understanding what that “no” means requires more than a slogan. In this episode, Lockie explores the limits of applying human consent language to horses, the difference between discomfort and harm, and the difficult responsibility of helping horses become more capable without returning to force.
E29 · 4 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 5 min
What if our relationship with horses is a Trojan horse into an entirely different relationship with the living world? Writer and ecological thinker Sophie Strand joins Lockie Phillips to explore horses as a doorway into ecology, animism, illness, embodiment, and the strange possibility that loving another species might fundamentally change how we understand our place on Earth.
E28 · 13 Aug 2026 · 58 min
I wrote a post online that went viral, about the issues facing horses living in 24/7 turn out, and my colleague and friend Michelle came on the pod to help me hash out the aftermath.
E27 · 7 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 28 min
In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips is joined by horsewoman, educator, and movement specialist Jillian Kreinbring for a thoughtful conversation about the evolution of horsemanship.
E26 · 30 Jul 2026 · 37 min
I toured the UK for the first time, and I am launching my most important Coaching Program yet!
E25 · 23 Jul 2026 · 25 min
In this special episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips reads a chapter from his forthcoming book exploring the origins of his professional objection to whips.
E24 · 16 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 24 min
What kind of future are horse people building? And perhaps more importantly, what kind of future are we failing to imagine?
E23 · 9 Jul 2026 · 15 min
But what if the horse isn't expressing a training problem at all? What if they're expressing a living problem?
E22 · 2 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 39 min
In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips sits down with Canadian horse trainer Remy Burley, a specialist in operant conditioning and clicker training.
E21 · 25 Jun 2026 · 23 min
Most horse people assume dangerous horses are disobedient horses. What if the opposite is sometimes true?
E20 · 18 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 28 min
In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips sits down with horse trainer, high school teacher, equestrian relationship coach, and upcoming UK clinic host Cat Roy Stanley following her two-week live-in internship at the farm.
E19 · 12 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 37 min
In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips sits down with horsewoman, mustang owner, former jeweler, and emerging educator Hayley Josephs.
E18 · 11 Jun 2026 · 20 min
The horse world has a major problem with toxic teachers and this is part of the reason that methods have not evolved past violence.
E17 · 30 May 2026 · 1 hr 17 min
How do we pursue higher levels of skill, precision, and performance without falling back on lower-quality training practices? EH Team member Michelle Knapp and Lockie discuss together.
E16 · 28 May 2026 · 17 min
Confusion is not the enemy of your horses training, it could be a key to ethical results.
E15 · 14 May 2026 · 12 min
Focusing on putting the horse first, automatically includes self care and humanity, not excluding it.
E14 · 7 May 2026 · 1 hr 11 min
Lori Halliday and Lockie Phillips discuss how putting horses first has become a clandestine effort, and how this is a good thing for everyone!
E13 · 29 Apr 2026 · 24 min
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips explores the growing tension between clear-eyed discernment and the way it’s often mislabeled as judgment when it challenges harmful norms in horse culture. When people name impact, ask hard questions, or speak up for the horse, discomfort can quickly turn into attempts to silence dissent. This conversation unpacks the difference between moral condemnation and ethical clarity, and why horses depend on humans who are willing to n...
E12 · 24 Apr 2026 · 1 hr 7 min
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips is joined by equine practitioner and The Whole Horse Podcast host, Alexa Linton. This is a conversation about where horsemanship is heading—and what we may need to leave behind to get there. Together, they explore the idea that much of what has been called “progress” in the horse world has remained largely aesthetic. Softer, quieter, better presented—but still operating within the same underlying systems. Alexa offers a grounded...
E11 · 15 Apr 2026 · 33 min
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips explores how whips, crops, and training sticks can quietly shift the balance of a relationship, sometimes to the point that a horse’s ability to communicate back begins to disappear. Beyond the debate of “good” or “bad,” this is a conversation about proportion, power, and what happens when tools replace listening instead of supporting it. With practical examples and a steady lens on impact, this episode invites us to ask whether...
E10 · 13 Apr 2026 · 57 min
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips shares a personal story following a new diagnosis in his own horse, and the process that led there. This is not just a conversation about health. It’s about attention. About the quiet moments where something doesn’t feel right, and the choice to trust that feeling even when answers aren’t clear. Lockie speaks candidly about noticing early signs, navigating veterinary input, and the importance of advocating for your horse with cl...
E9 · 1 Apr 2026 · 21 min
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips explores the delicate moment when a horse begins to trust that their communication will be met with attention, not override. Beyond compliance and beyond silence, this is where real partnership starts to form: a horse who can follow guidance without disappearing, and a human who can lead without crowding the space. A reflective and hopeful conversation about advocacy, clarity, and the kind of training that becomes possible when ...
E8 · 25 Mar 2026 · 2 hr
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips is joined by horsewoman and author Leslie Desmond for a wide-ranging conversation about the evolution of horsemanship. Together they reflect on the major eras that have shaped how humans train and understand horses, exploring what those traditions got right, where their insights remain valuable, and where new knowledge invites revision. The discussion moves from the vaquero and ranch traditions through modern horsemanship moveme...
E7 · 18 Mar 2026 · 23 min
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips explores a quieter form of dominance that often goes unnamed in horse culture: the way human anxiety, overthinking, and unresolved tension can fill the space around a horse, even in the absence of force. When a handler’s internal experience becomes the centre of gravity, horses adapt by shrinking, complying, or going quiet. This conversation offers a steady lens on proportion, regulation, and what it means to truly make room for...
E6 · 13 Mar 2026 · 2 hr 12 min
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips sits down with Amanda Held, a horsewoman working at the intersection of therapeutic horsemanship and horse behaviour. Drawing from years of experience in equine-assisted programs, Amanda shares insights into how horses communicate their internal state and why reading those signals matters deeply when horses are asked to support human healing. Together they explore the potential blind spots within equine therapy settings, the res...
E5 · 4 Mar 2026 · 26 min
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips explores why urgency runs so deep in horse culture, and why slowing down is often the most competent choice we can make. When speed gets mistaken for discipline, horses lose space to learn, communicate, and stay whole. This conversation looks at the myth that faster means better, the reality of changing capacity in both horse and human, and the quiet strength of choosing accuracy over appearance. A grounding invitation to breath...
E4 · 25 Feb 2026 · 2 hr 2 min
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips is joined by Becks Nairn, equine dissectionist, educator, and long-time advocate working across rescue, education, and welfare. Becks brings an anatomically grounded lens to questions of behaviour and performance, challenging many of the stories we’ve been taught to tell about “problem horses.” Together, they explore what the body reveals about pain, adaptation, and compensation, and what this knowledge demands of us when it com...
E3 · 18 Feb 2026 · 16 min
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips explores the uneasy but essential truth that good intentions don’t always prevent harm. Impact and blame are not the same thing, and horses need our clarity far more than our guilt. Together, we unpack how love can create blind spots, why discomfort is often a sign of growth, and what accountability looks like when it makes us more capable instead of smaller. A steady conversation for anyone learning to stay open, listen deeper,...
E2 · 11 Feb 2026 · 1 hr 23 min
Send us Fan Mail In this special episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips is joined by Kat HoSoo Lee for a conversation on the Year of the Fire Horse. Together, they explore what it means to move through a season of intensity, transformation, and truth-telling, both in ourselves and in horse culture. This is an episode about heat and clarity, about the parts of horsemanship that can no longer be performed or avoided, and the kind of courage it takes to stay present when old patterns burn away....
E1 · 5 Feb 2026 · 21 min
Send us Fan Mail Noticing Normal is an episode about the quiet ways harm can hide inside routine, especially in horse culture, where “this is just how it’s done” can slowly replace curiosity. Lockie Phillips explores how familiarity dulls perception, how the horse world teaches us what not to see, and the subtle signs horses offer long before anything breaks down. This isn’t a conversation about blame, it’s an invitation to wake back up, to question what’s become ordinary, and to remember tha...
Yes, but let's put the horse first! Taking a clear, ethical stance on horsemanship without judgement. We are observant, humble, clear eyed, regulated and deeply respectful of our equine partners. This podcast is not: Not human self-help using horses as metaphors Not romantic liberty trainin
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