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The athlete and the producer, behind HRB.
HRB is led by two complementary roles: Tia Posner, the athlete and psychology-led founder, and Dan Barnes, the producer who understands how to develop talent in horses and riders. Together, they create a yard built around structure, welfare, trust and long-term performance.
The athlete. The producer. The standard.
HRB is built around two complementary strengths. Tia brings the athlete profile, founder energy and psychology-led performance approach that gives HRB its voice, standards and commercial trust. Dan brings the production depth, practical horse knowledge and ability to develop talent in both horses and riders.
Together, they create a system where horses are produced with care, riders are coached with clarity, and owners can trust the process behind the performance. That same standard carries through to showjumping horse production, the HRB horses, coaching, livery and the wider yard environment.
Dan Barnes
Producer · Horseman · Rider DevelopmentDan brings the production depth behind HRB. His strength lies in understanding how horses develop over time: how they learn, how they gain confidence, how they respond to pressure, and how to bring out talent without rushing the process.
His background in young horse production, showjumping and professional competition gives HRB a serious foundation in the practical work of developing horses properly. Dan’s role is not just about riding horses. It is about reading them, knowing when to push, when to wait, when to simplify and when a horse is ready for the next step. That same thinking carries into rider development too: confidence, timing, rhythm and feel are built through repetition, not force.
Talent is developed through time, feel and a system the horse can understand.
Dan's Approach
Structured training, developed through feel.
See how Dan works with horses and riders through calm, purposeful training built around rhythm, rideability, confidence and clear progression. The goal is never to rush a result, but to create a system the horse can understand and the rider can repeat.
Tia Posner
Athlete · Founder · Psychology-Led PerformanceTia is the athlete and founder at the centre of HRB Equestrian. Her work is built around the daily reality of the sport: riding, training, managing horses, preparing for competition, supporting riders and holding the standards that shape the whole yard.
What makes Tia’s role different is the way she brings together lived equestrian experience with clinical psychology. She understands the technical side of riding, but also the pressure, confidence, fear, rhythm and decision-making that influence how riders perform when it matters. That makes her a powerful face for HRB and a credible figure for aligned brands, owners and riders who want to be part of a serious performance environment.
Performance does not begin in the ring. It is built in the routine.
Tia's Story
Built through horses, psychology and a standard worth protecting.
Tia’s story sits at the heart of HRB. It is shaped by a lifelong relationship with horses, the discipline of competitive riding, and a belief that performance improves when welfare, confidence and structure are treated as one system.
Two roles. One performance system.
Athlete-led trust
Tia gives HRB a clear public face: an athlete, founder and psychology-led coach who represents the yard’s standards with credibility.
Production that develops talent
Dan brings the practical depth behind the horses, helping develop talent through time, feel, repetition and structured work.
Psychology built in
Rider confidence, pressure, mindset and decision-making are not treated as separate. They are part of how HRB coaches performance.
Welfare-first standards
Every horse is managed as an individual, with daily routines that support soundness, confidence, recovery and long-term progress.
Ready to understand the HRB standard? We will map the right next step.
Whether you are enquiring about livery, coaching, horse production, sponsorship or the wider HRB programme, get in touch and we will guide you clearly.
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