Cerberus
Starting with the not-so-good; Lily is not progressing as we had hoped. Last trip to the osteopath didn’t get a great report and attempts to ride her (in walk) show that she is still uncomfortable. So we are trialling her on painkillers for a few weeks but may be forced to turn her away to see if giving her more time to heal makes the difference.
It’s that time of year when you can look back at where you started and see how far you have come. The jumping clinics often give me moments like that as there are so many regulars. This weekend Tina (from Louisa’s) took her new horse Percy to Duckhurst and jumped three clear rounds in their first competitive outing together. Yee-hah! Absolutely brilliant and I know there will be a whole host of jumping clinic and camp regulars with a big grin on hearing this.
Then a few weeks back I got a text from Karen Dangerfield telling me that she had been to Cobham Manor with her horse Nina and won their Intro dressage test. I can’t begin to explain what a transformation has taken place here and what an amazing job Karen and her daughter Sian have done. All credit to them, they have been so patient and put a huge amount of work in when others would have given up. I have always liked Nina but I suspect 18 months ago when I first met her I was one of few people to be positive! She was seriously uptight and stressy but those Dangerfield Girls have really worked their magic and this is now a much happier horsey. Top job girls!
So what news from the rest of the home team? Ehren was entered for Eaglesfield BD and as I knew she would find it really spooky I popped up there to school her a few days beforehand and tried to mop her fevered brow. There were monsters living at the C end, you could even hear them scraping in one of the stables next door! When the day came she also had white boards and a big brightly lit judge’s box to deal with, so I knew we were in for a messy ride. In the warm-up for both classes she felt super but as expected the tests were a mixture of spooking, tension and some nice work at the A end! She still earned 68.70% in the Prelim and 65% in the Novice qualifier. The judge said some lovely things about the good bits and gave her 4s for the bad bits, so I was really pleased. I do believe she is getting a little fan club, fluttering her eyelashes and nuzzling everyone that says hello.
Morgan has also been out on behalf of the dressage divas and won the Prelim at Bedgebury BD in style with a cracking 72.60% on the diminutive Henry – what superstars!
Then last week I had a lesson with Char. I thought if I had it in the dark under the lights and wore black she would struggle to give me the grilling I got last time. WRONG! Oh dear, my arms are still all wrong, I am pulling when I should be kicking, and my recent scores (which I thought were OK) are not nearly good enough. Crikey. Back in my later Shell days I had a reputation for demanding a certain standard, to the point that they nicknamed me Cerberus (is it normal for work colleagues to liken you to a vicious three headed beast?!). Here I am eight years later staring at my toes promising to do better!
Oh well, I have a temporary excuse for not being able to sit to her canter; my hips don’t move. This also explains the constant back ache. Having failed to make any difference with an osteopath, chiropractor, or pilates coach I am onto the NHS physio (can’t help but feel I did this in the wrong order). And if you find me walking in circles it is because I am now wandering around with one heel raised….there’s a joke in there somewhere.
Coming up we have a full clinic day jumping at Bedgebury on Saturday, Martin and Tinka are off to Duckhurst BS on Sunday, Ehren has Bedgebury and Eaglesfield BD outings before having the bone chip removed from her gum, and I am off to Hartpury to pick some tips up at the National Convention.
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Janine is a British Dressage Recognised Coach and Group 3 Rider based in Kent. She has trained and competed from Prelim to PSG but with a background in the training of young event horses she is also very popular for show-jump instruction and cross-country schooling. She is a UKCC qualified coach, is on the BHS Register of Instructors, is a Centre10 Advanced Coach (Applied Psychology for Equestrian Coaches) and a Pony Club B+ Test Assessor and instructor.
She has always had a broad range of clients with numerous wins in British Dressage including the all important qualifications to the Regionals and National Winter Championships. She has lots of British Eventing clients with qualification to the much sought after Badminton Grassroots Regionals. On the showing side there has been a National Side-Saddle Working Hunter Champion, and riders at HOYS in the Search For A Star classes. With a very diverse bunch of clients nothing gives her more pleasure than to receive a text with the day’s results. However she is happy teaching all levels, so long as you want to improve.
Janine is based at Carmen Court near Tonbridge (owned by one of her sponsors Louisa Day Photography) but also teaches from home in Swanley Village. Most of her teaching is in Kent and the local Sussex area but she can travel further by arrangement.
There are very popular show-jumping clinics at Carmen Court from April to August each year, and clinics through the winter under cover at Four Elms Farm. Janine is always happy to do clinics at other venues in the South East.
She has been very successful with rider confidence problems and helping with the psychology of training and competing. As coach, Janine is often very much part of the team as required.
Janine and Martin are sponsored by Simple System Horse Feeds and are Product Ambassadors for Equilibrium Products. They can be found on Facebook under the name Team Lamy Wright.
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