Why I Created the RITE System (And What My Horse Mia Had to Do With It)

In this episode, Kristi Newman shares the real origin of the RITE System — Reward Integrated Training for Equines. She takes us from her first horse (a thoroughbred off the track who didn’t kill her), through years of elite training, building Silverfox Equestrian Club in 2004, scribing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and the moment she turned down vet school to clear space for what came next.The centrepiece is Mia — the horse who had zero interest in connecting — and the experiment with positive reinforcement that changed everything. Kristi introduces the core principle of the RITE System: the horse is never wrong. They are answering the question they heard, not the question you thought you asked.Take the quiz at theritesystem.com to find out what your horse is actually trying to tell you.