I have been riding for 35 years and studying dressage for the past 22 years. I went through the British Horse Society (BHS) system and passed the BHS Intermediate Instructors certificate whilst starting my study of dressage. I then spent 2 years in South Germany as trainer and competition rider in a private dressage yard under instruction from Herr Eichinger, who was the Chief Instructor at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna for over 25 years. I had numerous excellent results including wins at Advanced Medium Level, whilst furthering their training up to Grand Prix at home. I was also advisor to the owner in the purchasing of new dressage horses. |
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After returning to England some 16 years ago I have been freelance teaching using the classical approach to a wide variety of horse and rider combinations.
I compete clients horses with successes at Area Festivals, winning the Horslyx Medium Championship on "Waltz Othello" in 2003 and competing at the National Championships. I have given a series of Lecture demonstrations throughout various counties with topics that included lungeing, long reining, preparing for the dressage test and the Classical way of riding. My specialist area is the work in-hand of which I am proficient up to and including the piaffe and passage. One of my clients for whom I trained the horse in his piaffe and passage has recently won her first Grand Prix at her first attempt and has now competed for great Britain at the recent European Championships.
I help train horses with behavioural problems relating to trauma through bad handling and misunderstanding by humans together with horses that have physical issues. I help both horse and rider have a greater understanding of each other and build a better communication between them.
I also assist in my clients finding their next horse which includes trips to Germany where I have some excellent contacts.
I live in Bedfordshire, UK, with my wife Equestrian Journalist Gill Stuart who reports and writes articles on dressage and other topics for various magazines both here in the UK and in the USA. I freelance on a daily basis throughout the surrounding counties. I have taught clinics in Surrey, Oxfordshire, Kent, Hampshire, Essex and the USA.
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