Little Horse, Big Conversation Podcast

About Little Horse, Big Conversation Podcast

Ross Cooper of Rosca Horsemanship and Amy Mitchell of Areion Academy and Strong Foundations Hoof Care are your hosts of The Little Horse, Big Conversation Podcast, bringing you the conversations that need to be heard. Together, Ross and Amy shine a light on the topics they’re most passionate about, expanding honest, often unspoken discussions into engaging, informative, and thought-provoking episodes. Exploring the powerful parallels within the horse–human partnership, they dive into equine welfare, training, and hoof care, alongside personal growth, psychology, and self-development. Alongside their own perspectives, they are joined by a diverse range of guess,  experts and voices from within and beyond the equestrian world—offering fresh insights, challenging perspectives, and real-life experiences that deepen the conversation and broaden understanding. With a blend of expert knowledge, lived experience, and meaningful dialogue, this podcast uncovers the lessons, awareness, and opportunities our horses continually offer; both in horsemanship and in life.

Publisher

Ross Cooper and Amy Mitchell

Category

education · leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Apr 2025

Latest episode

20 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

39 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Oct 2026

   In Conversation With.. Lauren Johnson, Graveney Equine Track System

   This week Amy and Ross were excited to sit down with the lovely Lauren Johnson, the founder of Graveney Equine, one of the world’s earliest track livery yards and an award-winning equine facility in Kent. Lauren joins us and walks us through her journey and experiences that led her to the creation of Graveney Equine, and alongside the multitude of benefits of track systems and species-specific management, the conversation expands to a larger discussion of rethinking track system design from the horses perspective and moving beyond the basics of welfare. Opening up some of the bigger questions that may challenge established thought processes, this conversation explores how we can do better for equine welfare, management and training, not just with the evidence we have, but the requirements from us, the humility to do so and curiosity to seek it. To find out more about Lauren's work, educational resources and Graveney Equine Track System, visit the website at https://www.graveneyequine.co.uk or https://www.horsetracksystem.co.uk -Enjoyed listening to the latest episode? If so, please leave us a rating or review!Stream all episodes now on Amazon Music, Apple Podcast, Podbean, Spotify and Youtube!Keep up-to-date with Ross at htpp://www.rosscooperofficial.co.uk Keep up-to-date with Amy at https://www.areion.co.uk/

2. 

   6 Oct 2026

   The Weight Of Expectations

   We ask our horses to carry different kinds of weight, from the saddle to the rider, yet is your horse also carrying the weight of your expectations? Expectations can weight heavy on our horses just as they can on ourselves. This week, Amy and Ross explore expectations, where they originate, how you can liberate and just how deeply this somewhat overlooked aspect of the human psyche can have on the relationship between you and your horse. - Enjoyed listening to the latest episode? If so, please leave us a rating or review!Stream all episodes now on Amazon Music, Apple Podcast, Podbean and Spotify!Keep up-to-date with Ross at htpp://www.rosscooperofficial.co.uk Keep up-to-date with Amy at https://www.areion.co.uk/

3. 

   22 Sept 2026

   In Conversation With.. Sara Farina & Dr Ross Johnston, Johnston Farina Academy

   Joining Ross and Amy in conversation this week are registered Osteopaths, Sara Farina and Dr Ross Johnston, founders of The Johnston Farina Method®, and the Johnston Farina Academy.In her practice, Sara Farina combines advanced osteopathic principles with a clinical approach founded on a deep belief that every animal deserves thoughtful,individualised care, whilst Dr Ross Johnston, a research-active osteopath and educator and is an internationally recognised pain specialist with more than two decades of clinical and academic experience.With individual backgrounds in their respective professions within human and animal osteopathy, Ross and Sara share each of their pathways into osteopathy, discussing how we can look at manual therapy in more compassionate ways by accounting for the horses lived experience through a neurodynamic and bi-directional approach, working to be less mechanistic and more holistic; creating a relationship with the patient, regardless of species, is at the heart of the creation of the Johnston-Farina Method®To find out more about the Johnston Farina Method at The Johnston Farina Academy, including future courses and educational resources, visit the website at https://www.johnstonfarina.com/ -Enjoyed listening to the latest episode? If so, please leave us a rating or review!Stream all episodes now on Amazon Music, Apple Podcast, Podbean, Spotify and Youtube!Keep up-to-date with Ross at htpp://www.rosscooperofficial.co.uk Keep up-to-date with Amy at https://www.areion.co.uk/

Who has been a guest on Little Horse, Big Conversation Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Liza Kimble
• Kate Lemon
• Rina Quinlan
• Nia Cooke
• Nahshon Cook

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 5 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

10

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

0

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