The Tap That Stayed With Me (Reading My New Book)

In this special episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips reads a chapter from his forthcoming book exploring the origins of his professional objection to whips. Part memoir, part reflection on horsemanship, this chapter traces the early experiences that shaped his understanding of fear, power, violence, and the complicated relationship many horse people have with training tools. Far from being a discussion about equipment alone, this episode asks deeper questions about memory, conditioning, and the experiences that quietly shape our values long before we have language for them. How do our earliest encounters with fear influence the horse people we become? And what happens when we stop treating our reactions as weaknesses and start treating them as information? A personal and vulnerable reading from a book still in progress. Because sometimes understanding the horse begins with understanding ourselves. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.