Category: Features

There is a way that we can remain socially responsible and improve our riding performance sitting quietly indoors at home! Judge, coach and rider Wendy Jago says that from her experiences as a hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner she developed huge respect for the personal, inner resources that we all possess and can turn to when we need help.

NATASHA BAKER, one of Britain’s famous para-Olympians, has volunteered to be a guinea pig at Claire Gallimore’s lecture demo, ‘Training the Horse’s Mind for Relaxed Performance’. She will be bringing with her, her Tokyo 2020 Olympic prospect Dawn Chorus*. To book tickets visit
https://www.myridinglife.com/eventdetails.aspx?id=297553

Kent-based rider Hannah Knight and Indy Pepper will be Claire Gallimore’s previously unseen guinea pigs at her forthcoming lecture demonstration, “Training the Horse’s Mind for Relaxed Performance”. Hannah commented: “Exposing Indy to an atmosphere and to an audience with Claire’s help is going to be really good for her.”
The Desperado x Jazz six-year-old mare is described as an anxious character and was diagnosed and successfully treated for stomach ulcers earlier this year.

“When my horse ‘Fidget’ is anxious, he holds everywhere. What I used to do before I met Claire Gallimore was work his body to get him to relax, but he needs to be confident in his mind, then his body will let go.”

To quote Alice Oppenheimer, one of the Claire Gallimore’s demo riders at the forthcoming Training the Horse’s Mind for Relaxed Performance event*, “You don’t train horses to grand prix by waving balloons around, but groundwork relaxation methods support competition success. While some people might dismiss them, they are an invaluable addition to more conventional work.”

CLAIRE GALLIMORE sailed through her Medium 71 with Joey Cocker B at Merrist Wood on Sunday 8 September — scoring 77.58% in the arena where the spooky danger for some of the class was the pigeons!

Grand Prix rider and UKCC3 coach Claire Gallimore will be sharing the techniques she studied in nearly three years spent with mentor Tristan Tucker at a lecture demonstration to be held at Merrist Wood Arena on Saturday 12 October. Ticket sales will help raise funds in support of the Kent Surrey and Sussex air ambulance service (AAKSS).

What does ‘aggressive cooling’ mean for your horse as you travel to, and compete at, this year’s various summer championship competitions? And what other potential equine health risks should you be aware of when you are ‘Out and About’? Who knows what our chaotic climate will bring? We need to be prepared. We asked advice from FEI approved Treating Vet Clare Smith, BVSc MRCVS.