Lisa Ashton
Equitation Science Consultant, UK

MBA PGCE BA (Hons) Equitation Science International (ESI) Diploma, Pony Club A'Test, BHS Stage 4 Senior Coach

Lisa is the founder of Equicoach.Life, a global coaching platform committed to advancing ethical, evidence-based horse training. Recently elected as Education Officer for the International Society for Equitation Science (ISES), Lisa educates coaches, riding schools and welfare organisations in applying evidence-based equitation. Her consultancy experience includes delivering long-term equine ethics, welfare and human behaviour change at Mount St. John Stud, Blue Cross, Redwings, and The Horse Trust. Her work embeds the Five Domains (2020) welfare framework and the application of the First Principles (ISES) in horse training.

Lisa brings an intersectional, rigorous, evidence-based approach to equestrian education with experience as a Senior Lecturer. Leading equine cognition and learning, welfare and ethics and equitation science. The co-host of the popular podcast The Other End of the Reins with Dr Andrew McLean and winner of the 'Expert in Their Field' StAR Award (as voted by students) Hartpury University. Lisa's outreach is rooted in twenty years of education in the application of learning theory, dedicated to advocating for ethical, sustainable equitation practices through coaching, scholarship, leading and managing communities of practice (CoP). Her published work includes book chapters on equine behaviour, welfare and the role of the horse in equestrian coaching, with peer-reviewed contributions in Animals and the Journal of Veterinary Behaviour.