W ILLIAM Micklem started off this webinar, which focused on handling and starting young horses in preparation for introducing a rider by saying: “I love working young horses and it can be extremely rewarding, but I would start off by saying people are more important than horses and it is vital that we do everything we can to stay safe.

“I look upon it as horses being like children and you must remember you are the parent, you are the boss. A yearling horse is like a four-year-old child, a two-year-old is like an eight-year-old child and a three-year-old horse is like a 15- or 16-year-old,” William says.