RidingRefinery

Riding Refinery

Re-Define The Way You Ride

Scientist by day. Horseman by night. I have spent the last twenty years combining modern science with classical horse training to improve the health and harmony of horse and rider. My name is Dan Gillie, and my goal is to enable both horse and human to live the best version of their life to its full potential.

There have always been lovers of horses, but the original philosophy behind many traditional horsemanship cultures was mainly exploitative. Horses were domesticated to serve humans: horses for transportation, horses for plowing, horses for war, horses for a variety of work tasks. In the modern world there is not much daily use for horses. However, I agree with the Old Masters that each horse should have a meaningful purpose in life. My philosophy of horsemanship is based on a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship between horse and human. It consists of two parts:

humans helping horses and
horses helping humans.

Riding horses should be a mutually therapeutic past time providing health benefits to both horse and rider. My Riding School project is focused on part-1: humans helping horses. My Therapeutic Riding project is is focused on part-2: horses helping humans. I aim to elevate therapeutic riding to new and more effective level through a synergistic union between traditional equine assisted therapy, physical therapy, classical dressage, neuro-science, and neuro-athletics; while at the same time increasing the health and resiliency of the horses themselves.

Click the links below to learn more about these efforts.

Riding School

Riding Therapy

humans helping horses and
horses helping humans.

Click the links below to learn more about these efforts.

Riding School

Riding Therapy