Tack Up and Ride With Me
If you’ve felt stuck with your riding and now you’re ready to feel calmer, more confident, and truly enjoy your horse again…
You’re in the right place.
Tack Up and Ride With Me is a supportive home for riders who want to rebuild confidence, feel more connected to their horse, and enjoy riding without anxiety or self-doubt.
I’m Sophie, a rider confidence coach and lifelong equestrian.
With 20+ years of hands-on experience working with horses and coaching riders through confidence challenges since 2023, I understand how mindset, emotions, and the nervous system shape how we feel about riding.
I help riders find their confidence and make sure this lasts a lifetime by using mindset tools that shape your life - helping you feel confident and connected both in and out of the saddle.
If you’re tired of overthinking, feeling like you’re letting your horse down, or telling yourself you should be more confident, I can help.
Tack Up and Ride With Me
Tack Up and Ride With Me
Hi, I’m Sophie.
I’m a rider confidence mentor, coach and lifelong equestrian - and I support riders just like you.
I help riders transform their relationship with confidence, anxiety, and self-doubt so they can feel calmer, safer, and more at ease with their horse, and truly enjoy riding again.
Through my work inside Tack Up and Ride With Me, I’ve supported riders who feel stuck, anxious, or disconnected despite feeling passionate about riding and having years of experience.
Inside the membership, you’ll learn how to:
Calm your nervous system before and during rides
Release fear, anxiety, and confidence blocks
Quiet the inner critic and stop overthinking
Rebuild trust in yourself and your horse
Feel grounded, capable, and confident with your horse
This isn’t about pushing through fear or “being braver.”
It’s about building confidence that feels safe, steady, and sustainable - so riding becomes something you look forward to again.
Join a supportive community of riders who understand the journey and are growing in confidence together, one ride at a time.
How I can Help you
Using the Proven Framework:
THE RIDER CONFIDENCE BLUEPRINT
You’ll be guided through this step-by-step framework designed to help riders build real, lasting confidence.
This isn’t about quick fixes or pushing thro
Confidence Coaching
Tailored to you. From small steps to big breakthroughs
What's included:
Equipilates Classes
Strengthen Your Core. Ride with Confidence.
Audio Coaching
Your ride-along confidence coach in your ear.
Equine Massage
Simple techniques to help your horse feel their best.
Live Sessions
Chats. Massage alongs. Confidence coaching.
Community Support
Creating a welcoming group of riders.
Welcome — I’m Sophie,
Founder of Tack Up & Ride With Me.
I’ve been horse-obsessed for as long as I can remember - the kind of kid who’d spend hours at the stables, rain or shine, just to be near the horses.
Pony Club and British Eventing gave me more than rosettes - they gave me courage, independence, and a deep sense of belonging.
But somewhere along the way - between careers, kids, and life’s curveballs - I saw how easy it is for that confidence to slip.
I created Tack Up and Ride With Me for people like you: passionate riders who love their horses deeply, but sometimes just need a bit of support to feel brave again.
Whether it’s getting back in the saddle after time off, overcoming a knock to your confidence, or simply carving out time for you - I’m here for all of it.
This is more than riding. It’s about rediscovering your strength, your joy, and that unshakable connection with your horse.
Let’s gallop on together.
Riders - the only way to be confident of your future is to create it..
“I went from too nervous to lead the horses in - to confidently hacking out alone and cantering across fields. ”
Tracey