It is also useful if you have scheduled a third test and fatigue is setting in. Basil will help draw on inner strength and access your memory to help you and your horse through your test. It eases away anxieties and clears the air so pre event jitters do not incapacitate you. It encourages you and your horse to overcome the stress of competition and allays frustration. Chamomile It is traditionally the tantrum remedy in small children and will calm your horse in minutes if he is being the difficult demanding child.
Chamomile gives patience, peace and calms the mind.
It is highly sedative so do not use on a mild behavior, keep it for the serious refusal or difficulty in getting your horse back on the trailer to go home. It is also an essential oil that freshens up an environment and useful to have around for horses that are confined in stables for long periods of time as it lifts the spirits and creates a bush feel in the stables. For the dressage competitor it is useful to use with a horse that performs to his best in the morning and has drawn an afternoon test. It is believed to have an uplifting action on low biorhythm patterns. This is the fear essential oil and useful when you can feel a heart beat rise between your legs when you most need your horse to compete.