Following a freak mounting block accident, completely out of character for my horse, I found myself with constant worry and nerves every time I came back to getting on him, despite knowing he has always been my safest horse to get on.

I had ridden numerous times since the accident but never felt entirely comfortable with getting on. It was a constant anxiety no matter how many times I got on.

My horse has just gone through 12 months of been turned away and rehabbed and I knew that this was the time that I needed to tackle my nerves and worry to ensure when restarting I was able to continue comfortably and with confidence without hindering my horse.

I’m now back in my happy place having got on my one in a million horse for the first time last week, and found myself without any nerves, anxiety or worry.

Even when I felt myself worry a little, my brain was instantly in charge and dissipated all anxiety through the exercises learnt through the course.

It is still a work in progress but the difference is already night and day.

I cannot even begin to tell you how much Sam and her incredible programme have helped me.

I originally got in touch with Sam for some mindset and performance training for my riding team but I ended up using Sam’s programme to focus more on my personal life, as that was the area that was causing me the most stress and anxiety.

Within ONE session, I felt like my life was turning around! I have subsequently used the skills Sam has taught me within my riding and my horse(s) are very grateful, as am I.

I wish I could give more than 5 stars as that is what Sam truly deserves ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I cannot recommend Sam highly enough.

She helped me massively when my confidence was at an all time low and I genuinely thought I was going to give up horses.

I had a really traumatic fall onto the road, in front of a car that resulted in a fracture and torn muscles. My horse managed to damage a ligament and had 18 months off.

You can imagine how I was feeling when it came to start rehabbing him having the memory of the fall and not having sat on him since!

The thought of getting back on made me feel physically sick, and my nerves were out of control.

Working with Sam helped me address the issues and we did this way ahead of me planning to bring him back into work. She dedicated extra time when I had additional questions and spent as long as I needed on the sessions we had to ensure I had all the detail I needed and fully understood it all before I went away to work on it myself.

I followed everything advised and really threw myself in as I refused to let my nerves take over.

I was frankly astonished at the outcome. Even after session one, I felt totally different.

I am now happily schooling and hacking, even hacking down a very busy road!

Not only did she help with my riding confidence, but she also helped with a couple of issues in my personal life too.

The brain really is an amazing thing, and as long as you have the tools, you really can overcome anything. Sam will give you those tools and support you every step of the way.

Even after our sessions ended, she still checks in on me from time to time.

I continue to use the new skills I’ve learned and am genuinely a much more calm, confident, and relaxed person in all circumstances.

She’s a dedicated professional, and I am truly grateful to her for saving me from giving up on my passion! 

Sam has truly helped me in all aspects of life!

I was absolutely terrified about giving birth the thought sent my mind in a spin and I wanted nothing more than this little bundle to arrive via Amazon prime!

Sam has helped me with my mindset when competing my horses and when I asked if she would be able to help me get my head round giving birth she never hesitated.

I genuinely can’t thank Sam enough for the life skills she has given me I find myself using them on a daily basis.

We worked through lots of different processes to help me get my head round the birth which I practiced for many months & also breathing techniques that I used though out the labor.

Highly Recommend!!

Samantha has helped me in so many aspects of my life, giving me confidence, relieving anxiety and self doubt.

I had a few cracking falls from my horse resulting in wanting to completely give up, suffering from PTSD from the last one as I was badly injured!

Samantha has given me the confidence to get back on and to control my fear, I would recommend Samantha 100% to help you, I cannot thank her enough for what she has done for me. 

I decided to give working with Sam a go last year after struggling to manage my nerves at shows and always doubting my abilities.

I was very skeptical about these kind of things but went with an open mind and if I didn’t get anything from it I had tried.

After just one session with Sam I couldn’t believe how much of an impact the session had on me just the next day when riding at home.

After completing 3 sessions I took lots away and started to use all the advice and help I’d been given everyday but especially when at shows, I found I was entering the arena with a clear thinking and calm attitude meaning I was able to enjoy my rounds and not come out just relived I had got round.

Through the last year I have found I don’t always need to go over things in my head to keep the nerves at bay as it is now how I naturally feel, calm and relaxed.

When I have felt extra nerves (going in the ring on a young horse and jumping my first 1.25m last month) I have reminded myself of the phrase we made in session 3 (I think) that is positive and calming and reminds me not to not overthink what I shouldn’t do but to go in enjoy my horses, relax and let my natural ability work.

I couldn’t recommend Sam enough for anything you feel you may need help with.

Working with Sam has completely changed the way I think, feel and approach my sporting goals as well as overcoming hurdles in daily life.

Her attention to detail and ability to know exactly how I’m thinking has benefited my mindset no end.

I feel that Sam has really helped me build an inner calm and focus which I am really looking forward to developing during my upcoming sessions in course number 2!

I have and will continue to highly recommend Sam, she really is wonderful and I am hugely grateful for all of her guidance and support both in and around our sessions.

I had never even considered this kind of program before I had the opportunity to work with Sam, being new to the world of mindset training I was slightly on the fence whether if would be for me.

However, I honestly believe that everyone has something to gain from working with Sam, she makes you see a different way of thinking and living that I never even considered to be an option.

Having started to improve myself through Sam’s training, I have started to see this now transferring into my riding and my horses altitude as well as my day to day life.

How Sam works is fantastic, she makes everything simplified and helps you understand everything by explaining both the science behind it and why it works.

Her level of support is unlike anything I have experienced before and would recommend her highly. 

I began riding again a few years ago after a 35 year break.

Over the past few years, I’ve suffered from extreme anxiety before going into the show ring to ride over fences, to the point that I would ride into the ring and think, “wow, I just want to get this over with.”

But even after the first session with Sam, I could tell a difference. Now I can’t wait to jump!

And because her tools can help in other situations in your life, I feel so much better about other challenges in my daily activities.

This is not a quick course that leaves you with a feeling of “well, that wasn’t worth the money.”

Instead, Sam lets you work at your own pace, and there are resources on the website that you can refer to, both during the course and afterwards.

I can’t say enough good things about Sam, and I’m grateful that I got the chance to work with her!

“Sam has been a life saver for me as I was ready to give up horses which is my life long passion.

I spoke to Sam and enrolled on a course with Prepare to Win and I haven’t looked back!”

Sam has really helped me to gain a lot of confidence over the past couple of months, not only in showjumping but also in myself. The exercises that we do both relax and challenge me in the best way and she has showed me how to calm myself before my showjumping rounds with many different techniques.

I highly recommend Sam if you are struggling with anything to do with lack of confidence, and pretty much anything else. Sam has really helped me with both my confidence and with the way I feel in day to day life and I have really enjoyed my sessions over the past couple of months. Thank you Sam!

When I started the process I was very aware that I was often living in a fairly heightened state of arousal, but I don’t think I appreciated quite how pervasive this was.

I had long been aware that my anxiety with the horses, never having been the bravest, and compounded over recent years by some bad experiences and injuries, was affecting both my enjoyment and my progress as a rider, but I had struggled to address this.

I was encountering increasing difficulties with a horse who would refuse to make it all the way down the drive, and would be told I needed to tackle this, and I tried, but my concern was why would my horse believe she would and could go if I didn’t believe it myself?

Completing the sessions has made the most phenomenal difference to me and my horses, from the point of the initial work.

While I didn’t expect to be told I didn’t know how to breathe, the work on improving dysfunctional breathing and my baseline emotional state have improved my whole operating system in a way that somehow feels imperceptable but fundamental.

I became aware that even basic things, such as leading my horses into or out of the barn, had become woven through with tension and the need to have absolute control, and I was quite quickly able to address those issues.

I believe I’m riding better because I can better focus on the horses way of going, how I’m influencing it, and how I can make a difference without valuable mental bandwidth being hijacked by anxiety and negativity and what might go wrong.

The work on control – and my tendency to feel the need for it in all things! – has improved everything.

I’ve learned to recognise and reflect on things that are mine to influence and those that aren’t.

I didn’t particularly embark on the process with a view to affecting my professional life, beyond the knowledge that a constant elevated state would have broader health implications, but it really has made a profound difference.

My quirky 7 year old, who I was considering selling in the spring, is currently making great progress, and I am looking at competition schedules for him.

A few weeks ago I took the plunge and boxed him over to the Cleveland hills for the first time. I’d put it off, and we were on our own, but I decided we’d go and just see what happened. He was a star.

Really significantly I’ve started doing some preliminary groundwork with my lovely 3 year old mare. Whereas previously I was terrified that I wasn’t in the best place to build the right foundation for her I’m now really looking forward to seeing what we can do.

Thank you Sam.

I first contacted Sam to help me with my partnership with my horse. We were having problems moving forward with our relationship as my negative mindset was holding us both back.

With Sams mentoring I found I was able to change my way of thinking and create a more positive out look to life.  The sessions were enlightening and fun and the weekly catch up calls very helpful.

I found not only did these sessions help me with the relationship with my horse but also other aspects of my life. I found I was able to sleep better and also have more confidence in my ability to drive.

Sam is truly amazing at what she does!  She gave me the gift of bringing back the joy to riding rather than always thinking the worst.  I highly recommend her program to any rider or any athlete who is having any trouble remembering they actually can “DO THIS” and do it well!

With the mind coaching techniques I’ve learnt with Sam, my health and well-being have continued to improve. I have greater understanding of my thoughts and how they influence me, I am kinder to myself and this has enabled me to be more consistent in moving toward my goals. Thank you Sam.

As an older adult rider coming back to the sport after a 30+ year break, my internal dialogue was not pretty.

Basically every time something happened it just confirmed to me that “I am terrible”. As for mental skills coaching, I believed that I am smarter than this stuff and while I can say the words, they don’t really mean anything. But Sam showed me how to change that dialogue and now I am a believer that how you think, what you tell yourself can be changed and when it’s changed — so are you!

I would recommend that EVERYONE try it! Thanks again Sam!

My goal from working with Sam was to overcome anxiety I have experienced for many years when horse riding in a competitive environment, but the techniques she has taught me have helped with so much more than that!

I have become more confident in my own ability and now have the tools to overcome any issues that I face, not only when I’m riding but in all aspects of my life. Sam is knowledgeable and encouraging and I felt like she was really invested in helping me.

I’m very excited to see what I can achieve with these new skills and look forward to competitive riding being an enjoyable experience.

Sam has helped me to control my nerves when riding in a competitive environment. She has taught me numerous techniques that I can use to prepare at home and when I’m at a competition. They have helped enormously to ease tension and increase my focus and it has made competing at much more enjoyable experience for both me and my horse

In three sessions, I cannot believe the difference Sam has made to me and how I feel in myself.

Before having the sessions with Sam I was finding everyday tasks which I would normally fly through very challenging and difficult. Due to going through the Menopause, I couldn’t sleep, I would be awake from about 1 am, I couldn’t go back off to sleep as my mind would feel like it was being fried with so many thoughts constantly being played in my head, that would then cause me to become anxious the following day, which would make me feel very tearful and difficult to cope.

With the three sessions I had, the transformation is incredible, I am sleeping, I am less anxious and more relaxed so I can focus clearly on my daily tasks. It has been truly life-changing. Also, Sam makes you feel so at ease during her sessions, she is a true professional and also very caring and listens to everything you say.

Sam was welcoming, friendly, warm and professional and listened to my concerns and expectations.

If I had to summarise it in one line it would be “working with Sam is an uplifting experience”

Deciding to have a session with Samantha was one of the smartest decisions I have ever made!

Whilst there are always going to be challenges in life, she has given me the tools to meet them head on and focus my efforts where they will have the greatest impact.

Sam has really helped me to gain a lot of confidence over the past couple of months, not only in showjumping but also in myself. The exercises that we do both relax and challenge me in the best way and she has showed me how to calm myself before my showjumping rounds with many different techniques.

I highly recommend Sam if you are struggling with anything to do with lack of confidence, and pretty much anything else. Sam has really helped me with both my confidence and with the way I feel in day to day life and I have really enjoyed my sessions over the past couple of months. Thank you Sam!

When I started the process I was very aware that I was often living in a fairly heightened state of arousal, but I don’t think I appreciated quite how pervasive this was.

I had long been aware that my anxiety with the horses, never having been the bravest, and compounded over recent years by some bad experiences and injuries, was affecting both my enjoyment and my progress as a rider, but I had struggled to address this.

I was encountering increasing difficulties with a horse who would refuse to make it all the way down the drive, and would be told I needed to tackle this, and I tried, but my concern was why would my horse believe she would and could go if I didn’t believe it myself?

Completing the sessions has made the most phenomenal difference to me and my horses, from the point of the initial work.

While I didn’t expect to be told I didn’t know how to breathe, the work on improving dysfunctional breathing and my baseline emotional state have improved my whole operating system in a way that somehow feels imperceptable but fundamental.

I became aware that even basic things, such as leading my horses into or out of the barn, had become woven through with tension and the need to have absolute control, and I was quite quickly able to address those issues.

I believe I’m riding better because I can better focus on the horses way of going, how I’m influencing it, and how I can make a difference without valuable mental bandwidth being hijacked by anxiety and negativity and what might go wrong.

The work on control – and my tendency to feel the need for it in all things! – has improved everything.

I’ve learned to recognise and reflect on things that are mine to influence and those that aren’t.

I didn’t particularly embark on the process with a view to affecting my professional life, beyond the knowledge that a constant elevated state would have broader health implications, but it really has made a profound difference.

My quirky 7 year old, who I was considering selling in the spring, is currently making great progress, and I am looking at competition schedules for him.

A few weeks ago I took the plunge and boxed him over to the Cleveland hills for the first time. I’d put it off, and we were on our own, but I decided we’d go and just see what happened. He was a star.

Really significantly I’ve started doing some preliminary groundwork with my lovely 3 year old mare. Whereas previously I was terrified that I wasn’t in the best place to build the right foundation for her I’m now really looking forward to seeing what we can do.

Thank you Sam.

I first contacted Sam to help me with my partnership with my horse. We were having problems moving forward with our relationship as my negative mindset was holding us both back.

With Sams mentoring I found I was able to change my way of thinking and create a more positive out look to life.  The sessions were enlightening and fun and the weekly catch up calls very helpful.

I found not only did these sessions help me with the relationship with my horse but also other aspects of my life. I found I was able to sleep better and also have more confidence in my ability to drive.

Sam is truly amazing at what she does!  She gave me the gift of bringing back the joy to riding rather than always thinking the worst.  I highly recommend her program to any rider or any athlete who is having any trouble remembering they actually can “DO THIS” and do it well!

With the mind coaching techniques I’ve learnt with Sam, my health and well-being have continued to improve. I have greater understanding of my thoughts and how they influence me, I am kinder to myself and this has enabled me to be more consistent in moving toward my goals. Thank you Sam.

As an older adult rider coming back to the sport after a 30+ year break, my internal dialogue was not pretty.

Basically every time something happened it just confirmed to me that “I am terrible”. As for mental skills coaching, I believed that I am smarter than this stuff and while I can say the words, they don’t really mean anything. But Sam showed me how to change that dialogue and now I am a believer that how you think, what you tell yourself can be changed and when it’s changed — so are you!

I would recommend that EVERYONE try it! Thanks again Sam!

My goal from working with Sam was to overcome anxiety I have experienced for many years when horse riding in a competitive environment, but the techniques she has taught me have helped with so much more than that!

I have become more confident in my own ability and now have the tools to overcome any issues that I face, not only when I’m riding but in all aspects of my life. Sam is knowledgeable and encouraging and I felt like she was really invested in helping me.

I’m very excited to see what I can achieve with these new skills and look forward to competitive riding being an enjoyable experience.

Sam has helped me to control my nerves when riding in a competitive environment. She has taught me numerous techniques that I can use to prepare at home and when I’m at a competition. They have helped enormously to ease tension and increase my focus and it has made competing at much more enjoyable experience for both me and my horse

In three sessions, I cannot believe the difference Sam has made to me and how I feel in myself.

Before having the sessions with Sam I was finding everyday tasks which I would normally fly through very challenging and difficult. Due to going through the Menopause, I couldn’t sleep, I would be awake from about 1 am, I couldn’t go back off to sleep as my mind would feel like it was being fried with so many thoughts constantly being played in my head, that would then cause me to become anxious the following day, which would make me feel very tearful and difficult to cope.

With the three sessions I had, the transformation is incredible, I am sleeping, I am less anxious and more relaxed so I can focus clearly on my daily tasks. It has been truly life-changing. Also, Sam makes you feel so at ease during her sessions, she is a true professional and also very caring and listens to everything you say.

Sam ran a series of presentations for our women’s fitness group and was outstanding. Her presentation skills are exceptional.

Sam immediately put us at ease and enabled us to relax and become more self aware. From here we were able to look at strategies for managing stress and then identify ways that best suited each of us to achieve optimal performance.

On top of that, Sam’s voice is a dream to listen to! Thank you so much Sam!

Sam was welcoming, friendly, warm and professional and listened to my concerns and expectations.

If I had to summarise it in one line it would be “working with Sam is an uplifting experience”

I first got in contact with Sam after having a crisis of confidence. With Sam’s help, I have learned how my thoughts affect my actions, I’ve learned techniques to address unhelpful thinking, and this has enabled me to continue riding and develop a better relationship with my horse.

Last year, I could barely speak because I was so nervous, this year, however, as I was about to begin my round, I spotted Sam, waved and said ‘hey Sam’!

Some might have thought I wasn’t concentrating but actually, I felt so relaxed. I was completely aware of my surroundings, the job I was job doing and had the capacity to thank the lady that helped get me to this wonderful head space. 12/10 recommend Sam and her Prepare to Win Program, from this Navy Rider 

Firstly I want to say a huge thank you to Samantha for my Rider Confidence sessions, the results that I have achieved have been beyond my expectations.

A little bit of background, I found riding in my 30’s and loved it from my first lesson,  wishing that I had started it years ago. The reason for this is that whilst I enjoyed riding and really, really wanted to progress, fear was holding me back. What if I fall off? What if I can’t control my horse? What if I really injure myself? Played over and over in my mind and started to take some (a lot really) of the enjoyment away. 

I am so glad that I came across Prepare to Win on Facebook. I thought that if Samantha can train Team GB members and Royal Navy personnel, I should be a doddle, but it does not actually work like that.  The performance coaching programme that Samantha has designed is uniquely tailored to each individual and it does not matter if you’re top of your game or wanting to work on confidence in canter transitions – which was one of my goals. 

After the first session I could not believe the difference. I was not expecting so see any results so soon and believe that it’s the blend of science, understanding the physical and mental response to situations and the coaching, understanding how to change this was the key to my success. 

At the end of my performance coaching I not only achieved my goals of having increased confidence and less fear. I wanted to go further and push myself out of my comfort zone which was a completely new feeling for a overthinking worrier like myself.

An unexpected benefit was that I was able to apply Samantha’s methodology to other areas of my life  (not just horse riding) and achieved weight loss and got back into an exercise routine after months of putting it off and making excuses, overall I feel much better in myself.

I can not recommend Samantha enough. Samantha is genuinely caring, compassionate and very generous with her time to ensure that you achieve your goals.  It’s a comfort really to know if I have any more bumps along the road in my horse riding journey I now have these tools in my toolbox and can call on Samantha for advise and support as needed. 

I’m a Showjumper based in Wiltshire. I intially spoke to Sam after talking to a friend who’d been working with Sam and had some fantastic results.

Myself personally, I have got a full time job, a yard of 20 horses, a 2 year old little girl, I also compete and teach a lot so life gets super busy, crazy and it’s so easy to lose your way.

So I made contact with Sam and she has been awesome to work with. She has given me the determination and the confidence just to refocus and be amazing at what I’m good at.

So anybody looking to work with Sam I would highly recommend and say go for it!

She’s awesome and I will definitely be continuing my journey with her.

Good luck everyone!

Sam really helped me with my confidence at a time I was struggling after a really bad fall and contemplating giving up completely.

The tips and tricks have enabled me to enjoy riding again after thinking I wouldn’t be able to continue- definitely recommended.

I contacted Sam initially after my former BD UKCC Coach had worked with her for competition
/anxiety issues.

Although I wasn’t competing at the same level I was also experiencing confidence /anxiety issues
when going to competitions, and actually in many other ways in general.

Not feeling entirely convinced that Sam would be able to help me I still decided to go ahead with
the course. I felt I had nothing to lose and possibly everything to gain.

I can honestly say the last few weeks since committing to this course has been enlightening,
beneficial and life changing.

Sam has shown me how to train my mind.

This new found mental freedom means I am a more focused, calmer and confident individual with
my horse and generally in daily life.

I now know how to live for the moment instead of worrying about what’s happened and what might
be.

It’s so hard to explain the change I feel inside.

If anyone reading this is suffering from any similar rider confidence/anxiety issues. Don’t put off
giving Sam a call. I can definitely recommend her.

This wonderful lady has been an absolute rock for me in my stroke recovery journey! Never did I think I would be a rider who lacked confidence and doubted my ability. But my stroke unfortunately left me with many problems which I have had to work hard at to overcome and my confidence being one of the biggest.

I would struggle to remember courses and distances, have irrational thoughts about the outcome of competitions before I had even got out of the lorry and believed I was never going to get back up to the level I was at before my stroke.

But by pure coincidence Sam made contact with me to see if she could help any of the riders I train and it was actually me who so desperately needed her help.

Sam has worked closely with me with online weekly zoom calls and follow up phone calls with regular emails and homework to help me “re-train my brain”.

Sam not only rides herself and totally understands those negative feelings but she is also becoming a good friend to me and I very much look forward to our sessions. Please please please if you struggle with any of the above check her out and give her a chance to help you, you won’t regret it!

Sam has been amazing, she has helped me so much with my confidence both with the horses and in college. I never thought I would be able to do some of the things I have done without Sam.

For example, I never thought I would be able to complete my first 140 and with Sam’s help I was able to believe in myself to the point where I did my first 140 a few weeks ago.

Thank you so much Sam for all your help!

First class performance coaching for any and every level.  The investment is worthwhile as you are made accountable for applying the principles during the course and, after it has finished, you have a toolkit that is not only applicable to riding but to any stressful life situation.  Thoroughly recommend!

I just wanted to say a massive thank you 😊 

I’m feeling so different, positive, so many things are changing for me and it’s all because of you.

You do a great job, I just wanted you to know xx

Everyone should be thrilled to have this opportunity — Sam is amazing and I am here to tell you that an advanced riding age thanks to Sam I actually WON a class at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala and there were only 62 in my class (less than my age!! Yikes)

I contacted Sam for help when my riding confidence was at an all time low. I honestly was wondering if I’d ever be able to truly enjoy riding again as I was a bag of nerves every time I got on.

Sam took the time to get to know me and understand what I wanted to achieve – in the first instance this was to be able to ride around the school for half an hour on my own, and to enjoy it! I was marginally sceptical but also excited. From the first session I got results. I was more focused and I was breathing properly!

This only got better, and it wasn’t long before I was hacking out on the roads and loving riding again. I highly recommend Sam for any riders who have lost confidence or simply have a goal they want to work on.

Before I met Sam, I was struggling with rider confidence issues. 

A while ago, I purchased a very green, lovable youngster. He was your typical young horse – very willing to work with you but quite unpredictable.

Things started to go downhill, and I rapidly lost my confidence in my riding ability (even though I have owned and ridden horses most of my life).

Things got to a point where I was afraid to ride him out on my own and this was really having an impact on my relationship with my lovely horse. 

Sam’s advert popped up on my Face book feed and I quickly reached out to her. 

Having worked with Sam over the past few months, my confidence has slowly come back. Through using her techniques and methods, she has taught me how to tackle my fears head on – I am now at the point where I am enjoying my horse again:  we are regularly attending Clinics offsite – something I wouldn’t even have considered without Sam’s help. 

Thank you Sam for helping me find my riding mojo again.

I would thoroughly recommend Sam she has really helped me in many ways.

I see things more clearly and my sleep has improved remarkably.  And I feel so much more relaxed and clear.

Sam makes you feel so at ease in her sessions.

Sam totally transformed my relationship with my horse thanks to her deep understanding of human psychology and horsemanship.

I got in touch with Sam after an accident on my youngster which, while not the horse’s fault, knocked our confidence. I saw significant improvements after the first session. Within weeks, I went from being afraid to get on to hacking out and riding alone in the arena and outside.

Before Sam, I had read about 5 books on the topic of rider confidence, but the one-on-one sessions with Sam and individual advice was life-changing.

Sam is also a really lovely person and great to talk to, so I looked forward to our sessions on a personal level too. She strikes a great balance between being a friend and holding you accountable. Highly recommended for anyone who would like to be more confident and give their horse more confidence.

Working wth Sam has changed my life.

I’m a 56 year old mother of four adult children. With health issues and a diagnosis of breast cancer in my early 30s I have lived with chronic underlying anxiety for years. I thought this was how it would be for the rest of my life. Then I tried mental training and my quality of life changed overnight.

This is all thanks to Samantha. She is amazing. From the beginning Samantha made me feel relaxed and reassured me that the journey we were about to undertake together would in the end erase the anxiety i’ve lived with for many years. All I can say is Samantha was true to her word. Her knowledge, the way she automatically makes you feel relaxed, her meditation recording which I listen to daily and being able to have online sessions in the comfort of my own home.

I can’t recommend Samantha highly enough. She changed my life and she could change yours.

I cannot recommend Sam enough!

I have recently started riding again after being away from it for 20 years! I soon realised I wasn’t the care free teenager anymore and that I also didn’t bounce quite the same either!

I was thinking more and more of the worse case scenarios and the what if’s, over thinking everything and it was effecting everything in my life!

Luckily I came across Sam at Prepare to Win on facebook, I messaged Sam booked onto a course and haven’t looked back since.

I did the 4 week Confident rider training course, I looked forward to Monday evenings and looked forward to trying out and taking part in all the resources Sam gave me. Even though it was about me and my horse it was also so beneficial in my everyday life, from my thought process, my breathing to dealing with the ways in which my environment and the people around me affected my mindset.

After just the first session there was a huge change In my mindset and my confidence whilst out riding I honestly couldn’t believe it!

Sam made me feel so at ease, she could relate to us, knew why we may be thinking the way we were, and was so supportive throughout and after!

I have decided to book some 1-1 sessions with Sam to follow on from the group session as I feel I still have a little way to go with my personal goals and 100% know I can reach them with a little more time and help from Sam!

Thanks Sam!!!!

Sam has helped me so much. For all my adult life I have struggled with my weight, the typical yo yo dieter.

The problem was not losing weight, it was maintaining my weight once I lost it, so I asked Sam for some help with this.

I dropped a dress size and I am happy to say that six months on I am still that same dress size. This is miraculous for the yo yo dieter!

I first got in contact with Sam after having a crisis of confidence. With Sam’s help, I have learned how my thoughts affect my actions, I’ve learned techniques to address unhelpful thinking, and this has enabled me to continue riding and develop a better relationship with my horse.

It’s really difficult to put into words how Sam’s helped me, because I first went to Sam to help me with Rider confidence. And actually, she’s helped me in so many areas of my life. Particularly with riding, but also very much with work.

I’m a much calmer, more confident person, and I have so many tools in my kit now that can help me with anything, any kind of situation that arises, anything that I find I would normally find quite stressful. I’m able to tackle those issues and those situations with calm and confidence. 

I’m literally like a new woman!

I’m so happy and so at peace and so relaxed and confident. And yes, of course, it’s helped my riding hugely in ways that I can’t even begin to to list really, because it’s everything that I do with the horse, particularly in jumping, which is why I came to work with her in the first place.

I find myself realising, after a situation that I would normally find quite stressful and nerve wracking, I’ll reflect and think I wasn’t even fazed by that. Previously I’d dismount and my legs would still be shaking. And that’s not happening at all.

It’s almost like when something goes wrong now I can see it as a learning. It’s quite amusing because I’ll look back and think, Oh, that went wrong, but I did this. This went wrong, but I did that. I can see things much more objectively rather than freezing with fear. And that, for me, has been the most amazing thing ever!

So I’m so grateful to her for that.

I have really enjoyed the four week foundation course online. It was easy to access and with Sam guiding  me through visualisations and doing them at home it has really helped calm me and allow me to regain my confidence. She has useful suggestions that can be applied to all areas of my life and help be rational and calm when dealing with them. Really good for anxiety and stress.

I contacted Sam initially after my former BD UKCC Coach had worked with her for competition
/anxiety issues.

Although I wasn’t competing at the same level I was also experiencing confidence /anxiety issues
when going to competitions, and actually in many other ways in general.

Not feeling entirely convinced that Sam would be able to help me I still decided to go ahead with
the course. I felt I had nothing to lose and possibly everything to gain.

I can honestly say the last few weeks since committing to this course has been enlightening,
beneficial and life changing.

Sam has shown me how to train my mind.

This new found mental freedom means I am a more focused, calmer and confident individual with
my horse and generally in daily life.

I now know how to live for the moment instead of worrying about what’s happened and what might
be.

It’s so hard to explain the change I feel inside.

If anyone reading this is suffering from any similar rider confidence/anxiety issues. Don’t put off
giving Sam a call. I can definitely recommend her.

This wonderful lady has been an absolute rock for me in my stroke recovery journey! Never did I think I would be a rider who lacked confidence and doubted my ability. But my stroke unfortunately left me with many problems which I have had to work hard at to overcome and my confidence being one of the biggest.

I would struggle to remember courses and distances, have irrational thoughts about the outcome of competitions before I had even got out of the lorry and believed I was never going to get back up to the level I was at before my stroke.

But by pure coincidence Sam made contact with me to see if she could help any of the riders I train and it was actually me who so desperately needed her help.

Sam has worked closely with me with online weekly zoom calls and follow up phone calls with regular emails and homework to help me “re-train my brain”.

Sam not only rides herself and totally understands those negative feelings but she is also becoming a good friend to me and I very much look forward to our sessions. Please please please if you struggle with any of the above check her out and give her a chance to help you, you won’t regret it!

Sam has been amazing, she has helped me so much with my confidence both with the horses and in college. I never thought I would be able to do some of the things I have done without Sam.

For example, I never thought I would be able to complete my first 140 and with Sam’s help I was able to believe in myself to the point where I did my first 140 a few weeks ago.

Thank you so much Sam for all your help!

First class performance coaching for any and every level.  The investment is worthwhile as you are made accountable for applying the principles during the course and, after it has finished, you have a toolkit that is not only applicable to riding but to any stressful life situation.  Thoroughly recommend!

I just wanted to say a massive thank you 😊 

I’m feeling so different, positive, so many things are changing for me and it’s all because of you.

You do a great job, I just wanted you to know xx

Everyone should be thrilled to have this opportunity — Sam is amazing and I am here to tell you that an advanced riding age thanks to Sam I actually WON a class at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala and there were only 62 in my class (less than my age!! Yikes)

I contacted Sam for help when my riding confidence was at an all time low. I honestly was wondering if I’d ever be able to truly enjoy riding again as I was a bag of nerves every time I got on.

Sam took the time to get to know me and understand what I wanted to achieve – in the first instance this was to be able to ride around the school for half an hour on my own, and to enjoy it! I was marginally sceptical but also excited. From the first session I got results. I was more focused and I was breathing properly!

This only got better, and it wasn’t long before I was hacking out on the roads and loving riding again. I highly recommend Sam for any riders who have lost confidence or simply have a goal they want to work on.

Before I met Sam, I was struggling with rider confidence issues. 

A while ago, I purchased a very green, lovable youngster. He was your typical young horse – very willing to work with you but quite unpredictable.

Things started to go downhill, and I rapidly lost my confidence in my riding ability (even though I have owned and ridden horses most of my life).

Things got to a point where I was afraid to ride him out on my own and this was really having an impact on my relationship with my lovely horse. 

Sam’s advert popped up on my Face book feed and I quickly reached out to her. 

Having worked with Sam over the past few months, my confidence has slowly come back. Through using her techniques and methods, she has taught me how to tackle my fears head on – I am now at the point where I am enjoying my horse again:  we are regularly attending Clinics offsite – something I wouldn’t even have considered without Sam’s help. 

Thank you Sam for helping me find my riding mojo again.

I would thoroughly recommend Sam she has really helped me in many ways.

I see things more clearly and my sleep has improved remarkably.  And I feel so much more relaxed and clear.

Sam makes you feel so at ease in her sessions.

Sam totally transformed my relationship with my horse thanks to her deep understanding of human psychology and horsemanship.

I got in touch with Sam after an accident on my youngster which, while not the horse’s fault, knocked our confidence. I saw significant improvements after the first session. Within weeks, I went from being afraid to get on to hacking out and riding alone in the arena and outside.

Before Sam, I had read about 5 books on the topic of rider confidence, but the one-on-one sessions with Sam and individual advice was life-changing.

Sam is also a really lovely person and great to talk to, so I looked forward to our sessions on a personal level too. She strikes a great balance between being a friend and holding you accountable. Highly recommended for anyone who would like to be more confident and give their horse more confidence.

Deciding to have a session with Samantha was one of the smartest decisions I have ever made!

Whilst there are always going to be challenges in life, she has given me the tools to meet them head on and focus my efforts where they will have the greatest impact.

Working wth Sam has changed my life.

I’m a 56 year old mother of four adult children. With health issues and a diagnosis of breast cancer in my early 30s I have lived with chronic underlying anxiety for years. I thought this was how it would be for the rest of my life. Then I tried mental training and my quality of life changed overnight.

This is all thanks to Samantha. She is amazing. From the beginning Samantha made me feel relaxed and reassured me that the journey we were about to undertake together would in the end erase the anxiety i’ve lived with for many years. All I can say is Samantha was true to her word. Her knowledge, the way she automatically makes you feel relaxed, her meditation recording which I listen to daily and being able to have online sessions in the comfort of my own home.

I can’t recommend Samantha highly enough. She changed my life and she could change yours.

Sam has helped me so much. For all my adult life I have struggled with my weight, the typical yo yo dieter.

The problem was not losing weight, it was maintaining my weight once I lost it, so I asked Sam for some help with this.

I dropped a dress size and I am happy to say that six months on I am still that same dress size. This is miraculous for the yo yo dieter!

It’s really difficult to put into words how Sam’s helped me, because I first went to Sam to help me with Rider confidence. And actually, she’s helped me in so many areas of my life. Particularly with riding, but also very much with work.

I’m a much calmer, more confident person, and I have so many tools in my kit now that can help me with anything, any kind of situation that arises, anything that I find I would normally find quite stressful. I’m able to tackle those issues and those situations with calm and confidence. 

I’m literally like a new woman!

I’m so happy and so at peace and so relaxed and confident. And yes, of course, it’s helped my riding hugely in ways that I can’t even begin to to list really, because it’s everything that I do with the horse, particularly in jumping, which is why I came to work with her in the first place.

I find myself realising, after a situation that I would normally find quite stressful and nerve wracking, I’ll reflect and think I wasn’t even fazed by that. Previously I’d dismount and my legs would still be shaking. And that’s not happening at all.

It’s almost like when something goes wrong now I can see it as a learning. It’s quite amusing because I’ll look back and think, Oh, that went wrong, but I did this. This went wrong, but I did that. I can see things much more objectively rather than freezing with fear. And that, for me, has been the most amazing thing ever!

So I’m so grateful to her for that.