tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71041663590031598442024-03-19T02:49:35.074-07:00Classical Dressage with Tracey Lawson BHSIT BD Registered Dressage TrainerTRACEY LAWSON BHSIT BD Registered Dressage Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18183612914227491495noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104166359003159844.post-51329066408138482542024-01-28T01:20:00.000-08:002024-02-22T01:24:20.653-08:00REASONS I LOVE MY JOB! …<p>- “Thank you so much, amazing to see the progress yesterday⭐️🙏⭐️”</p><p><br /></p><p>- “Hey T, hugely grateful for you finding my swing and giving it back to me!! ❤️</p><p>Also well done for timing the lessons to finish with the start of the rain! </p><p>So glad we’ve got you, look forward to next time! Xxx”</p><p><br /></p><p>- “Ok so I’ve provided the calm answer for the composed birds in group chat . Now the honest reply </p><p>Nothing short of 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆Frankly I’m so happy I’m an annoying git today with my inner smugness and outer glow which made me jump out of bed this morning to get on with the day. I think you are positively gifted with stuff inside you we have never seen the likes of! </p><p><br /></p><p>Conor is obviously now not just a secret my little pony champ but an actual cooperating potential dressage pony </p><p>And Cosmo well he showed us all up didn’t he ? I thought we did ok long lining but you two just showed us up. Grace and I were nudging each other with happiness watching you work Knocked it out of the park. </p><p>Anyway you are brilliant for teaching us all and standing there all day and physically working your butt off to get as all where we need to be. Thanks 🤩”</p><p><br /></p><p>- “ Such awesome lessons tonight - thank you Tracey!!! Got my motivation back 😘😘”</p><p><br /></p><p>- “🥰 I told the physio earlier that me and you pretty much produced him together, couldn’t have got anywhere without you !! 🙏🏻 xx”</p><p><br /></p><p>- “Hi! You should have seen Louisa and Tango yesterday practice their first ever prelim test - they were amazing, so proud of them & all credit to your excellent teaching!!!!! Will have to take a video next so I can show you. Thank you for being the best instructor/coach/mentor to them 🥰”</p>TRACEY LAWSON BHSIT BD Registered Dressage Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18183612914227491495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104166359003159844.post-66826482676377047922023-01-24T11:37:00.016-08:002024-02-13T00:03:43.586-08:00BOOKING & CANCELLATION POLICY<p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">BOOKING POLICY - Payment is required in advance to confirm your booking. </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">R</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">equesting a lesson does not guarantee you have a place. Your lesson place is guaranteed once payment is made. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">SAFETY - </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Your safety is very important to me. </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I will postpone if the venue, surface or the weather means that it is not safe for us to meet. </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">If postponing is not possible, a full refund will be made. </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I will contact you if we need to postpone. </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">If you have not heard from me, then the lesson is OK to go ahead. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">If you are not well enough or not wanting to ride, then I/we can train your horse with extremely valuable work ‘in hand’. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I can also ride select horses that are not likely to injure me (as if I can’t go to work, I have no income)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">If you do not like being out in our crazy varied UK weather, I completely understand, but please do not make a booking. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">TIMES - </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Times are sent out the week before the lesson. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">If you need a particular time of day, please let me know when booking. It can be very difficult to change once times have been sent out, as people make plans based on the time that they have been given.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I am so lucky that I have more people wanting lessons than I have time to do and the people that I can’t fit in all go onto a wait list. </span><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I deliberately keep the numbers of lessons I do each day/week down to a level that ensures all are quality not quantity. If </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">you make a late cancellation that is too late notice for me to fill, you have prevented someone else from having a lesson with me. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Financially it is no longer sustainable for me to have all of my own bad luck that prevents me from earning an income, and </span><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">to also take on all of my clients bad luck too. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">CANCELLATION POLICY - </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Once times have been sent out, if you make a late cancellation (whatever your reason) a refund can only be made if you or I can fill your space. If you have not paid for your lesson once times have been sent out and you make a late cancellation (whatever the reason), in order to make any future bookings, you will be required to pay for your lesson via bank transfer if you are I cannot fill the space that you booked. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Please only make a booking if you are happy with the cancellation policy. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Thankyou and now let’s get on with enjoying our dancing journey! </span></p>TRACEY LAWSON BHSIT BD Registered Dressage Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18183612914227491495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104166359003159844.post-84750787202977370992023-01-05T11:59:00.004-08:002024-01-30T06:40:34.833-08:00Diary Dates <p><span style="font-size: x-large;">All the dates of lovely yards that welcome outsiders are pinned on the top of Tracey Lawson Dressage Facebook page (as my diary fills up quicker than I have time to edit and update this page.)</span></p><div><span style="font-size: large;">If you are unable to access Facebook, please contact me on 07968 013613 and we can talk!</span></div>TRACEY LAWSON BHSIT BD Registered Dressage Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18183612914227491495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104166359003159844.post-14896464680360924262022-11-21T04:29:00.002-08:002022-11-21T04:45:40.508-08:00APRIL 2022 QT Novice and Elementary National Champion!!!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">Here is a very talented young lady Annabelle Howie and her lovely young event horse Herbie. Annabelle has worked so hard to develop her position so that it becomes functional i.e. having a direct influence over her horses posture and engagement. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">The first job of the riders seat is to balance. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">Then to harmonise with the horse. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">Then to influence the horse. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">As the photo shows, young Annabelle is having a huge improvement over Herbie's posture and therefore he is now developing and building his beautiful top line. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">I was over the bloody moon to see Claire Edwards getting an 8 for both her Novice long side canter give and retakes recently from a listed judge. Not just because this means Bugsy was in self carriage, but because it means Bugsy was STRAIGHT! Its been a long time coming, but its arrived!!! Lots and lots and lots of exercises like shoulder in, counter canter, canter leg yields, counter positioning. Haaaaaaaaa. We did it. The horse who thought canter across the diagonal meant half pass across the diagonal......is now straight. Super job Claire. So very pleased for you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Michaela Doberman and Ratino have recently made some seriously huge breakthroughs. The use of Shoulder In and Travers (to help equally supple, straighten and strengthen)both horse and rider, for me, are invaluable tools. All humans load one leg/seat bone more, have a strong/weak side and strong/weak parts of their body, have some bits of the body that are too far forward, too up, too down, too far back. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Its not until your trainer identifies these that you can start to improve them and become more ambidextrous throughout your whole body. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The shoulder in, shoulder out, haunches in, haunches out highlights many many many strengths and weaknesses in both horse and rider. When you have all four of these movements you will have a more equally supple and engaged horse. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I start a lesson I will ask my rider if there is anything particularly they want my help with today. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Michaela wont mind me telling you that the most common sentence she says to me is 'Please can you help me get him in front of the leg.'. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">What is that? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A horse willingly taking your forwards.....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">Can a horse take you forwards if its crooked? Could I push a wheelbarrow very forward with one arm?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">A horse pushing itself forwards instead of the rider having to continuously push the horse forwards.... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">If a horses hind legs are out behind, how can it push itself forwards?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">That's like being in a swimming pool with your feet a few inches away from the edge. There is nothing to push off from. All you can do is doggy paddle at the front end. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">Or sink ha ha.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">Of course a horse MUST react to the leg. Of course. But if it was just a simple as making the horse GO, wouldn't we all be regional champions? Of course a horse must go, of course a horse must react.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">But it does often go an awful lot deeper as to WHY is the horse not going for free. WHY is the horse not in front of the leg. WHY is the horse not able to maintain that forward momentum. WHY. If its because the horse isn't reacting then you will have that sorted tomorrow yes? And if you cant sort it tomorrow, once and for all, then you need to find out WHY.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">That's what clever Michaela has done.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">Ratino now reacts beautifully in the In Hand lateral work. He is now supple and strong and obedient and willing and engaged in his core and both his hind legs. His engine is now plugged in. Cant turn a light on unless its plugged in eh.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">Michaela and Ratino are now following the In Hand work with the ridden work. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">They are becoming more engaged, more beautiful, more connected.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">Oh yes and therefore Ratino is also taking Michaela forwards with impulsion from behind through the back to the bit with hind legs forward under. That's 'in front of the leg'. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">Michaela has worked incredibly hard on her dressage position, her core, her weaker parts and her symmetry. She is now a much easier rucksack for her beautiful horse to carry as well as a much more effective dressage rider.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jo said afterwards "That arena is the spookiest and scariest I have ever ridden in and despite two arena walks to acclimatise him, Rhubarb just couldn't cope. Apologies to the poor people I span, leaped at and jumped on during that time... the stewards were having kittens and telling people to avoid the girl on the grey!</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Never known nerves like it, I seriously thought I wouldn't even get in the arena and almost withdrew. But I got in there with </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tracey May Dressage'</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">s words of wisdom in my ears (yes they included a few expletives!!!) and only bloody did it. It was tense with a few blips but finished with a score of 67.3%. So proud of this little horse who thought he should have been a Lipizzaner!" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">I am so so so happy. Sophie Watkins and Inca Spirit won the Under 18 Elementary Class at Wellington Area Festival with a fabulous 68.14%!!! They are now qualified for the Area Festival Final in September. It can take a good year to get to know a new young horse and this combination are now working together beautifully as 'one'. There are so many things to work through in that first year. Every season it could be like getting to know a new horse, what do you feed them in spring compared to winter. Do you need to lunge at home before taking a young horse out in winter weather or can you just hop straight on. How long do you warm up for depending on the venue/weather. So much to learn for the rest of our lives together but especially in your first year together. So if your ever struggling, just look at these beautiful photos of Inca and Sophie. Good guidance and perseverance and you will get there too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A very clever Donna Lockhart and Barney were Reserve Champions in the Wellington Area Festival Prelim Class. I still remember my first lesson with Donna and Barney. What a super job they have done improving to get such a super BD record. And they both still have many tricks up their sleeve to be shown yet. Barney will now happily play in the walk and trot work at Elementary/Medium level and Donna is gently nibbling away at bringing the canter up to this level too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">I had many happy years training Eilean Appleton before she moved out of the area so she could have the ponies in the back garden. Miss her and Spotty so much as we had great fun as well as seriously on a BD mission. I love it when old clients keep in touch when they move as I only train riders that I love/like/respect/enjoy. This is Eilean and Shakira looking fab at the Elementary Area Festival Championships at Hartpury. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">Nicky Reynolds and Indi came 3rd in the Novice at the Wellington Championships! And 2nd in the Music! I don't get to see Nicky as often as I would like to as I struggle with time to get out to yards if there is only one person there having a lesson. Gemma Litchfield trains Nicky on a regular basis and I just pop in whenever I can when I'm in the area. Nicky won my heart many years ago and I will always somehow find the time for this very special, beautiful 'inside and out' young lady. I'm seeing her this week to dance her way round an Elementary. Have your Weetabix Indi!</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">I love this before and after photo of Lauren Holloway on her black beauty. Wow, look at the change in skeletal posture and muscular development particularly in the back behind the saddle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />Jo Billing and Trafalger are reserve champions at the Merrist Regionals with 71.389% in the Novice Silver Freestyle! <br /> Woopety woop woop of the woopy woops!<br /> Thank god I bought that bottle of cava on the way home! They are off to the BD Winter Nationals!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">What a fabulous ride from </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sophie Watkins</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> at the Merrist BD Regionals. The very beautiful talented Inca (who has grown from 16.1 to 16.3 in the past year!) was a superstar and took everything in her stride. Sophie rode her best test to date and was rewarded with their personal best % to date under the scrutiny of 3 judges. Very very much looking forward to Elementary now once this beautiful mare has the muscle strength to match her ever growing skeletal frame!</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> So pleased they received the "B</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">est under 25 year old award". The future of tomorrow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>TRACEY LAWSON BHSIT BD Registered Dressage Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18183612914227491495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104166359003159844.post-43698845435739749462017-02-05T14:41:00.000-08:002018-05-09T05:40:37.090-07:00October/November/December 2017<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lauren Holloway is doing such a beautiful job of training her young horse. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have had a glorious few months teaching in the sun but I took time off so I could watch all the Olympics! Loved every second of it but it was made incredibly special by my best friend Pippa Hall flying over from A<span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span>ustralia and coming to stay for 2 weeks. Love and laughter every day all day. Xxx</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But it all went horribly horribly horribly wrong the following week. Alfie had been doing his homework so brilliantly and I had his first Advanced Medium in the diary with plans for PSG at the beginning of summer. He had been working so well in the school I decided to take him for a hack so as not to over do it and Alfie trod on a 4 inch nail hidden in mud. Went straight up through his frog into the plantar cushion. That day I was probably as unlucky as you could get. We rushed him straight into hospital and after a few days of very tense waiting, the outcome was good news and that horrid</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I just love this photo of Katherine Davies (from Irish Horse Imports) suspended in the air, floating around the dressage arena. Kate is such a lovely horsewoman, brilliant at riding all horses but I'm most impressed by the magic she works with the more sensitive/sharp ones. She gets their confidence, softly asks them to accept her leg, seat and rein, backs off for a few seconds when it's all too much for them, then starts the conversation again when she feels they are ready to let her in again. Kate has super timing and super feeling which is essential plus no fear and a balance with the horse that allows her to stay - erm - ON! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">99% of the young horses that she imports are ready to go off to their new homes quite quickly after arrival, but Kate keeps those extra special ones that need a little more of her expertise and time, until the right person comes along for a perfect match.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sophie Watkins is on the road to a very successful dressage career with her gorgeous mare Inca Spirit. I have a huge soft spot for both these young ladies. Inca is one of the loveliest mares I've had the pleasure to work with. She is a sensitive, intelligent, forward thinking, energetic, powerful young horse, which doesn't always make things easy in wintery conditions when she is also still growing but she does have a huge desire to please and I think she is a star in the making.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sophie and I have been training together for a while with her previous horse Davidoff so she is already a well educated dressage rider but it's been interesting working and learning t</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">ogether in all the 'other areas' that are vital and to getting super dressage scores </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">- puddle practice (you never know when there's gonna be one in your dressage test!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">- judges car in the arena practice (so you can get large round dressage arena especially when judge has put her windscreen wipers on!) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">- getting to know Incas body so we can all see/feel when something has changed for the better or the worse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">- ground work, in hand lateral work, lunging and long line training. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Phew. We are pooped! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's not just the 30 mins your in the saddle doing your warm at the comp and the 6 minutes your in the ring, it's also all the vital behind the scenes work that is part of getting and improving those %'s.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thankfully Sophie's dad is absolutely brilliant to work with and we have all shared so much fun whilst learning - inbetween the tears of frustration particularly whilst being battered by the weather.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nicky Reynolds (on her gorgeous bay mare Indie) is someone that has my total respect. You would never know it when you meet this young lady, but she wasn't given the best pair of lungs and very sadly the medication she has to take to keep her alive has some pretty horrific and painful side affects. But she refuses to let this stop her and even in winter is out there dancing her socks off. I love the BD judge for letting Nicky ride with a scarf covering her mouth so she didn't inhale the freezing cold air whilst riding Novice 24 at Checkendon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had a super weekend training with Charles de Kunffy at the TTT in March. Alfie was off colour over winter, not really sure with what as all the blood tests kept coming back saying he was fine, but he was just flat and i know my pony is always bursting with enthusiasm, so i just kept him gently ticking over. I was then dreadfully ill with a virus in January so it took us until February to start getting our act together. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm so proud of the passage he has now found (Thankyou to Andrew Murphy and Sara Jane Lanning for helping us get there). SO MUCH FUN - BOING BOING BOING!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And our homework is the tempi changes! </span>TRACEY LAWSON BHSIT BD Registered Dressage Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18183612914227491495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104166359003159844.post-17155219700751906072015-10-11T05:52:00.001-07:002015-10-27T11:19:17.289-07:00October/November/December 2015Often I will sit on a horse or pony to either show the rider something or to give the horse a better feel for what we are asking. This can really help the rider get the 'conversation' going when they get back up as the horse will feel upgraded in the connection and engagement. The horse and rider can then get a better feel/taster for what the next stage is.<br />
I have to be very very careful which horses I sit on as I have a bad joint degenerative condition which is incredibly painful when jolted so only 'safe' type horses. I have a team of event/sj riders that help me with any naughty, cheeky or unknown ones!<br />
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I sat on this gorgeous little pony Rosie about 5 months ago. Great fun, forward thinking, super jumper. But very very hollow, huge underneath neck muscle and so stuck in right banana I was actually a little concerned and thought 'well we can just nibble away gently and see where we get'.</div>
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The owner/rider is the most lovely 11 year old girl, Phoebe Murray. What a talented young lady and so mature for her young years. Phoebe takes this very seriously. She wants to be good and is going to be very very very good. First lesson I sculpted her into the dressage position and over the next few monthly lessons her homework was to get her strength up in a more functionally correct position and teaching Rosie how to move away from her left leg so we could start to supple her and straighten her. I sat on Rosie last week and I could not believe the difference. So much more equal and supple in both directions, so much more understanding of how her abdominals could round her back up thereby rounding her neck. At pony club it has been suggested to Phoebe that you round a horse by moving the bit from side to side. This is how you artificially round the HEAD and NECK. In times of dire need/emergency like getting past a black bin on a road of course I will momentarily 'put my horses down' so hes's looking at the floor not the bin, there and then for safety. But it's not dressage, its just artificial get your head down horse riding and it is certainly very uncomfortable for the horse to be forced there. Sadly, many people think this is 'it'. Its not. The elasticy in the contact comes from the elbow joint and of course the fingers can have movement, but if that's just to 'get the horses head down' then its going wrong. We need to ride the whole horse not just its head and neck. Look at Rosie above, can you see her internal Pessoa connecting the two ends together. Yes Phoebe is talented, but she is only 11! |If she can do it so beautifully at that tender age, you can do it too!</div>
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I cannot tell you how proud I am of Phoebe and Rosie as the photos show the complete correct internal biomechanics, skeletally and musculatory. All done by an 11 year old girl with a super little pony but who was hollow and upside down 5 months ago. WELL DONE PHOEBE AND ROSIE.</div>
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Ellie Burden is doing such a lovely job with her young horse Maisie. A very talented mare. So much so that if she had auditioned to be at the Spanish Riding School of Vienna, lets just say I am 100% sure they would either paint her white to get her in, or she would be the first bay mare performing high school airs above the ground under the very talented bottom of Herwig Radnetter! Ellie is now at the stage when she can nip most of the caprioles in the bud and can then channel the energy back into tick tock dressage rhythm they were in before the mare thought leaving the floor and flying was a better option. A lovely medium trot has appeared and under the training of KJ Turner from Hall Place the jumping is coming on fab too. Huge respect for this young lady and whenever I say please can I get one of my sj/event riders over to do some work with Maisie (Ellie's safety has to always be my number one priority) Ellie says please can she do it all herself. What a clever brave chick she is, being raised on fabulous principles of if you want something in life, keep working away and with that determination and dedication, your dreams will come true . Clever mum Debbie Burden has worked wonders doing the ground work (lunging stretching and uphill work, lateral work in hand) so its a super team effort. Ellie Burden you are one talented young lady with very sticky bum jodhpurs! Very proud of you.<br />
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Its Jemma, from Hatch Farm, Smirnoff has now safely moved and settled into his new home.
I just want to thank you, out of all the many instructors I've had over the years I've never gained so much out of them like I had in the couple of lessons with you. I cannot only continue to train my own horse the way you have taught me, but others. You have taught me a new way to ride. I want to show you how well my boy is doing, he's now very responsive to my leg aids in order to move him across the school.The massive issue I had was overcoming how strong he was and not one instructor told me to keep the Pelham in for schooling apart from you. Here I have attached a few pictures of him in the field! IN A HACKAMORE. Usually I would have no control in a field as it is. especially bit less! Im so so happy with the results from what you've taught me and I will take it on with me for the rest of my riding career to help other people and horses. Jemma Tribe"</div>
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This email made me very very happy. Previous to the first lesson, Jemma contacted me and asked what tack I wanted her to ride in. I always like to see people in their 'normal everyday' tack to start. My goal will always be to have you riding in dressage legal tack asap, but we reach this point together once we have worked out why your not in it already. Jemma is a super rider and presented me with a cracking little horse, very attractive, but yes very hollow and very strong in his under neck muscle. He was working front wheel drive not rear wheel drive. We did some in hand leg yielding together and I struggled to ask the front end to wait whilst I asked the back under to catch up, thank goodness he was in a pelham as I would have been in Devon in minutes if I was in a snaffle at that point!</div>
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Cracking? Yes. Knew he had any hind legs? No. But Jemma was stuck in that vicious circle of struggling to find them because it is very difficult to put your leg on in a leg yield or shoulder in to gain control of the hind legs, if the horse only goes faster from the leg. This is where the leg yielding along the wall or shoulder out can be brilliant as it provides a barrier until the horse has a light bulb moment that the leg can also mean hind leg step under not just go faster. Jemma did her homework. Leg yielding in hand and under saddle. She found the back end of her horse and therefore transformed him into the stunning horse he is now. </div>
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They have just made a huge leap forward in both of their core strength and Claire's sitting trot is now so improved that she has so much more influence over Bugsy's engagement in all the transitions. Going xc training with Southerly Roberts has helped Bugsy to be so much braver and forward thinking, this has meant we could allow the trot to slow down as he is more mentally forward thinking and the suspension and cadence is now increasing with huge breathtaking medium trots and canters. The shoulder in, travers and half pass are showing Bugsy how to engage to the next level, as well as straightening him and helping him to become more supple as well as preparing him and Claire for BD Medium level dressage.<br />
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Kate Matthews has also had such a super season both BE and BD once again on horses she has trained herself from being nice horses, into some really very special ones now!<br />
I am very pleased to report that Kate smiles during her dressage lessons just as much as she smiles during her jumping! We do have a giggle but boy do we get into the nitty gritty of making this lovely lady as good a Dressage Rider as she is Event Rider<br />
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Alfie is picking up his strength again after the non riding break whilst his saddle was being made. He is going his absolute best ever. New muscles being found all the time, new strength, new moves, new suspension, new reach.Yippee!<br />
I have really got learn how to ride better now as this little horse could be really really really good.<br />
Ive had a couple of fab lessons with Sara- Jane Lanning that really helped with us getting more left bend in the ribcage and with me riding with more left leg and loading of Alfies left hind, this in turn has helped Alfie find and cross his right hind more. Kerching!<br />
Some great training with Andrew Murphy has led to a lowering of Alfs haunches in the trot from improving his piaffe and starting on the passage. New super improved medium trots since we found a road to passage. So happy with him, he's loving his dancing and we both snog each other a lot.<br />
A brilliant 4 days training with Charles De Kunffy, plus a great 2 day course with Ali Cookson!<br />
Me? Knackered! And bank balance not looking very healthy after so much training but its what i live for.<br />
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Claire Roissetter and Harvey Hooves will always hold a special place in my heart. I started training Claire when she was still in pigtails (sorry Claire!) and when Harvey was just a normal horse. Wow has Claire transformed him. (Please see previous blogs for BE results and 3rd in Badminton Grassroots Champs). I am so pleased to say that although Harvey is now taking life a little more gently, he and Claire are still up there winning BD Novices all over the place and & 7th at the BD Novice Regionals in August.<br />
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Sonya Saville and Charlie are now on and climbing up the BD ladder. I really love this horse. So sweet and beautiful and talented and I am soooooo glad he his owned by Sonya. She will 'take time but not waste time' in producing this lovely horse and the happiness they are going to bring each other is going to be beautiful to watch.<br />
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I play the bad cop and convince Adam to ask for a bit more from the horses, but as they are a sensitive bunch, we keep Adam being the good cop so they keep trusting him and wanting to give.<br />
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My youngest client is 11. My most mature client is 71. Respect to them both.<br />
<br />TRACEY LAWSON BHSIT BD Registered Dressage Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18183612914227491495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104166359003159844.post-85674037613602294302015-05-17T06:12:00.000-07:002017-02-05T17:10:23.898-08:00April/May/June 2015Alfie danced his way to a 1st and a 2nd place in the Mediums at Merrist Wood. I was very pleased with his placings and % as there were some awesome horses there, ones that i would sell my house to buy and live in a caravan if only James would let me!<br />
But the next day he was a little sore in the back and sadly I had to face up to the fact that even when a saddler tells me the saddle fits Alfie .... it may not :-(<br />
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It is so heavenly for both of us and I am so grateful to Nick Dolman Bespoke Saddler (and so grateful to Alfies sports massage lady Pennie Hooper for recommending him!)<br />
Never again will I buy an off the shelf saddle made by god knows who when I can get a bespoke saddle made by Nick for less money than a well known saddle. SORTED!<br />
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Alfie was reserve Champion at the Medium Area Festival last September so he had qualified for the Area Festival Finals which take place at the BD Winter Nationals at Hartpury in April. Sadly I had to withdraw as could not keep Alfie in ridden work as I just couldn't keep training in the old saddle once I knew it was not right for him. Gutted. But Alfie is more important to me than anything.<br />
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Two lovely ladies Sally Brogden and Kate Hird have been coming out to venues for training (as well as having training at home) so as to to get their very 'attached' horses more confident at shows ready for when they have to leave each other. We all brought ear plugs for the first few lessons due to all the calling to each other, wore gloves and hats due to the high school airs above the ground and now feed them Equifeast Cool Calm and Collected so as to help the brain! Well im pleased to say all the hard work is paying off! Kate and Suprise came 5th and 6th at Merrist Wood, Sally and Red came 4th in P7 with 71% and 3rd in P12 with 76% at Angel Farm, then Kate and Surprise came 5th in their first long arena test at Wellington!<br />
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Alf and I had the most exciting brilliant day making the TV advert for Equifeast. I can't believe ginger squirt is on the telly! Am so grateful to Equifeast for the brain food, tummy food and joint supplement that helps so much with Alfies training.<br />
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Sally-Anne Barton and Casper are flying after winning both Ele 49 and Medium 63. Training a Gelderlander to work over the back with a long neck, drawing the contact forwards is probably one of the hardest things to do (Friesian, Welsh D, Andalusion, Lusitano, can also be very similar) AWESOME horses with phenomenal leg movement but we also need to be a 'back mover' not just leg mover. Casper is well on his way and I am so pleased for and so proud of Sally-Anne. I think they can go to Grand Prix, in fact that may be the easier part, establishing the correct foundations to build this onto is the harder part! Not because Casper is not an eager willing dance partner because he really is, but because his natural in bred way of going is to move with a hollow back and very high head neck carriage with a high hock and high knee action. Very useful in the piaffe passage work but there's much more to do than just that!<br />
I had two fabulous days riding him at the TTT with Stephen Clarke. Stephen was awesome as always. Day 1 was spent on getting more genuine honest reactions to the leg so we could get both the brain and the hock thinking forward not up and and down. Casper slept on this overnight and the next day he could really show Stephen his talent and his desire to please by coming out and being so lovely and reactive to my leg and so brave and forward thinking, that we could slow down and start showing his super duper lateral work.<br />
Sally-Anne has had a brilliant summer with him with more wins at 68% + at Elementary and 70% + wins at Elementary Freestyle to Music. Elementary Area Festivals Qualified for and next years Music Regionals qualified for!<br />
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<br />TRACEY LAWSON BHSIT BD Registered Dressage Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18183612914227491495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104166359003159844.post-43719312075291128502015-01-10T06:04:00.000-08:002015-05-17T06:09:56.656-07:00Jan/Feb/March 2015A couple of emails and tx that have made me smile .......and reminded me why I do my job!<br />
From my lovely friend and client Debbie Burden<br />
"OMG, how much does my core and arse hurt today. If only Nikita could talk she would probably say the same!! Thanks for fab lessons and making Ellie have a light bulb moment and big smile x"<br />
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From a client who had lost her nerve before I met her and not dared ride for a year, until today.<br />
"I am so delighted and had moments of real joy, I completely forgot about being frightened. It was awesome! I'm so very grateful to you, I genuinely wondered if I would ever ride again or even ever get enjoyment from it. I thought maybe I had lost the ability, but its there still, and and can't wait to do it all again. Thank you so much x"<br />
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I received this email last month from a lovely client Jade Tee who sadly (for me!) has moved out of the area.<br />
"Hi Tracey, just wanted to say that you are an AMAZING TRAINER, I've been looking for some one down in Somerset since May and am having a bloomin hard time finding anyone who even comes close to you. Have been having a series of RYWM lessons and have come away feeling confused, frustrated and uninspired (which takes some doing). Everythings getting tight and clunky and I'm just layering tightness and tightness as the weeks go on - not helping me or my pony at all in mind or body. Looking for inspiration I just had read through your blogspot and its really helped me find myself and bring back what you taught me and what works! The pictures alone has put back in the aspirational images in my mind and reminded me that goal of what I want to achieve, being at one and in harmony (not riding short with an obsession a 45 degree angle to the detriment of all else) when riding and ideally one day maybe looking as fancy and doing such fancy things as you and your lucky clients are! If you're ever in Somerset let me know hehe! Hope alls good with you, Mr May and Alfie 😃"<br />
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Fingers crossed the TTT (Training the Teachers of Tomorrow Trust) has been able to recommend to Jade a TTT person down in Somerset. I know how I felt when I first saw Ali Sewell ride ( now Cookson) and then 20 years ago (blimey!) she started to teach me how to ride like her (er to ride correctly/ properly!) and it quite simply changed my life. No other training system has come close. I still have fun working with other trainers and it can be helpful but I am soooooo lucky and grateful for the information and principles that my TTT journey has instilled into me. Regular monthly training clinics with our number one judge Stephen Clarke, the one and only mighty Charles De Kunffy, Arthur Kottas and Herwig Radnetter from The Spanish Riding School of Vienna. What an amazing cocktail of Masters. Thankyou.TRACEY LAWSON BHSIT BD Registered Dressage Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18183612914227491495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104166359003159844.post-68227210707516441372014-10-19T14:15:00.001-07:002016-04-19T06:34:25.243-07:00Oct/Nov/Dec 2014<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">Both of my horses are Gelderlanders (Dutch Driving Horses).</span><br />
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I have had some good riders sit on them, but they were surprisingly still not able to put them 'through the back' and into a stretch. If you can engage a Gelderlander, you can engage anything. They are breathtaking creatures but not everyone can get their vital 'middle bascule' to work. Without this, its a cut and shut. Hind legs may be active, front end may be up and arched, but if the energy isn't 'flowing through a soft swinging back' then the energy will be blocked and the hind legs disabled. The hocks can still go up and down (which is where a Driving Horses hocks wanna go anyway!) but not forward under the centre of gravity, due to the pelvis angle still being out behind as opposed to correctly tucked under.<br />
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I love my Alfie with a passion and I am over the moon with all his dressage achievements, he really has quite surpassed the %'s I ever thought he could get. So when the lady who owns his very very talented half brother contacted me to help her train 'Casper', I jumped at the chance.<br />
Here's a pic of Casper winning the Elementary at the Isis Championship. I just love him.<br />
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<span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">Kate Matthews and DC went to their BE Regional Finals looking to qualify for Badminton. They are sooooooooo good enough to get to Badders but they sadly missed a few months of summer training and competing due to a giant hoof crack. Kate had a fab lesson the week before and the clever chick went out to her Regionals and got her best BE dressage score of 23! As Simon Cowell would say 'she smashed it!' One pole down in the SJ meant finishing on 27 and 11th place. Its on my 2015 'to do' list to get Kate to Badminton!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">What a difference a few months good training has made to Nemos topline and bum! The first pic in March, the second two at a recent comp where Nemo got over 69% in his prelim and over 62% in his first ever Novice!</span><br />
I have always liked this horse from the first time I set eyes on him. He is only a baby so his owner KJ Turner is taking it slowly yet adhering to Arthur Kottas brilliant saying 'take time but don't waste time'.<br />
It is a difficult balance knowing how much to work/ride/train a young horse. When I lived at The TTT, Mrs Sewell would put amazing laminated posters up everywhere to remind us (the young horse is a precious stone, take care with how you carve it'!)<br />
I would say out of 10 young horses I see a year, 2 I think 'crikey if you keep doing that your going to break him.' 4 out of 10 that I think the owners are so frightened of breaking them that they don't train the horse correctly (they think they are being nice by not asking the young horse to do anything when they ride him, so hes just learning bad habits not good habits, your work with the horse is either correctly building him up, or breaking him down.)<br />
So I always advise people to ride the young horse correctly, from day 1, for short periods. You need to ask the young horse to use the right muscles because if not he will use the WRONG muscles! If you lifted 20 straw bales using the wrong muscles wouldnt you bugger your back?!<br />
By asking the young horse to carry you correctly (for short periods) you will strengthen the bridge of the back muscles. Look how healthy the Spanish Riding School of Viennas horses are well into their 20's (still performing!) . Gerd Heuschmann has taught me that those first few ridden years are vital to strengthen the hind leg suspensories in the 'pushing forward' phase, years before they are ever asked to 'carry'. Then they dont break so easily.<br />
KJ is one of those i believe is bringing her young horse on absolutely brilliantly. He lunges, he hacks , he jumps, he works in an uphill frame for short periods and he stretches to the floor for short periods, 4/5 times a week. Then, as Arthur Kottas says, all we need is 'luck'! Luck that he doesn't slip in the filed, luck that the wind doesn't blow real strong just at the moment hes in full trot stretch etc etc! (Ha ha which KJ calls riding by the seat of your pants ha ha!)<br />
KJ teaches at Hall Place in Tilehurst Reading if you know anyone in need! I feel really lucky to teach at two Riding Estableshments (Hall Place and Cloud Stables) where the teaching they all pass on to all their clients is classical and correct.<br />
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Jo Billings is doing a cracking job with her young horse Flash, out and about competing BD Prelim and Novice and BD music. I love this photo of them at Pachesham Area Festival. Jo was already a super rider when I first met her but its been great fun giving her some extra tools to play with to bring out Flash's potential and to enhance his movement and paces. The more Jo concentrates on her position and the function of her seat, back and core, the more Flash responds in self carriage. I am very excited about this combination and look forward to helping them all the way up the BD ladder.<br />
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I received this lovely email from one of my clients Helen Rance, who is transforming her riding in such a short space of time.<br />
"Tracey thank you for your kind words. I seriously couldn't of done it with out you and the way that you teach. You actually make me like dressage. Something that I never have because I simply didn't understand it. In the horse world many people belittle others and confuse others with there
Techno language and if you don't understand your made to feel stupid. Where as you have never made me feel like that. I feel like I could ask you anything and you won't laugh in my face. And because you break things down so simply and make it very visual I understand what your saying so I can go on and do it. You are a very very good teacher. So thank you xx". <br />
I love my job. The art of teaching is being able to share the knowledge. But everyone sees, hears, learns, feels things differently, so to be a good coach you have to work out how to explain a million different things, in a million different ways, to a million different people (and if you cant do that then you shouldn't be a coach/trainer/teacher!)<br />
Sometimes the explanations I make are subtle, sometimes they are incredibly graphic!<br />
Its not rocket science, but so many people have been so confused along the way before I met them that I can understand why they are lost and I love helping them find their way.<br />
Helping Helen train her horse from being a little hollow, with his back not yet part of the ring of energy (no one teaching Helen how to find his back!) to this beautiful round dancing event horse is such a pleasure. Here's an amazing collage of Helen and Ricky looking gorgeous taken by Su Burrows from Desk Jockeys <a href="http://www.deskjockeys.co.uk/">www.deskjockeys.co.uk</a>. Su does AMAZING videos as well as photography and often comes to video my clients lessons so they see and hear how to improve. Check out the desk jockeys website or FB page. I wish Su could be at every competition myself or my clients are at!<br />
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Sara Malpass has had an awesome summer.<br />
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Basil went to the RC National Qualifier and came back covered in rosettes with 81.8% in the riding test, qualifying them for loads of classes at the RC Nationals! Up at Lincoln little man Bas got 65% in his Novice, team of 4 were 5th and team of 6 came 3rd!<br />
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Pingo was awesome at the Nationals and I could (and do!) watch the video again and again. So proud and so pleased for them.<br />
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He was also a very clever boy at the Pachesham Area Festival Novice Champs coming 3rd (this was only his 3rd ever Novice!) with 67.6%.<br />
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A very successful dressage career lies ahead of this super pair.<br />
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Sara is in the process of setting up her own freelance training business so hopefully the next time I log onto here I will be able to give you Sara's website address!<br />
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After Lou Koslicki and Oz received some demoralising feedback and % from an unlisted judge at an unaffiliated dressage show, I convinced Lou to do Listed Judges only! At least then I could have some faith in the comments and % especially if it was a judge I knew of and respected. Low and behold under the brilliant List 4 Judge Scilla Lown, (whom I have seen give a range of marks from 50% to 74%!) Lou wins her class on 74.5%!!!!! Thats more like it!<br />
Lou wont mind me telling you that when I first met Oz, he didnt move like he does now. They have both gone from two unhappy souls, not really enjoying it, feeling like it was all too much hard work to both quite literally squealing with delight and next lesson we finish putting together Elementary 59 and the previous lesson we did travers and half pass! I could barely get Oz to trot on a circle myself on our first few lessons!<br />
What a difference.<br />
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Beautiful ginger squirt won himself four mediums! Fab clinic with Stephen Clarke at the TTT. This little horse just gets better and better!<br />
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I, Tracey Lawson soon to be Tracey May (woop woop!) wholeheartedly promise to try to keep every lesson to this standard. Mmmmm, but in order to be able to do that I am going to have to cut down on the amount I teach, so as to ensure I have sufficient energy for everybody. So from August 2014 i will be working a 5 day week Monday - Friday only.<br />
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Natalee Wiggins is also one of my Angels and is really getting the feel for this dressage thingy!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Katherine Davies and Longdean Waterworld received their much deserved wild card to the restricted Medium Area Festival Finals at the BD Winter Nationals at Hartpury!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thats true horsemanship. Fabulous partnership they have but i believe Kate brings this to all the horses she trains in her stable, importing talented young irish horses to bring on and sell to their lucky new owners.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Its been such a lovely journey for both of them. Annie still gives me some funny looks when i take her out of her comfort zone on the lessons (hee hee) but thankfully she trusts me that its always within hers and Mo's capabilities. I like it when a client says 'are you having a laugh' in reply to a task i have set them. Lets me know they feel stretched and thats good as we are there to do 2 things, 1 - to have bloody good fun and 2 - improve the horse and rider to their maximum ability within a 45 minute session. </span></div>
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TRACEY LAWSON BHSIT BD Registered Dressage Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18183612914227491495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104166359003159844.post-2493638685499884342013-11-20T04:17:00.001-08:002013-11-26T13:28:56.049-08:00November/December 2013Very hard couple of months as my best friend died. Cancer.TRACEY LAWSON BHSIT BD Registered Dressage Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18183612914227491495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104166359003159844.post-61833846570708956692013-11-10T04:03:00.001-08:002017-02-05T17:03:49.131-08:00September / October 2013<br />
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Whilst Melissa was dancing around on her beautiful GP horse and i was cart horsing it around on 3 rising 4 year old Alf, who would have thought a National contender was at the start of his training.<br />
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And then the clever boy went and won his second medium, (M63 66.55%) this time it was me that made the mistake with a dreadfully ridden pair of walk pirouettes (5's!) whereas Alf was foot perfect and got an 8 for one of the half 10 m circles simple changes.<br />
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Oh my goodness me, is that Eilean on the front cover of the 2014 BD rule book? Do they not know this wonderful young lady does not do rules?!?!<br />
Hee hee, fab photo taken on her final halt at the Novice Area Festival at Wellington.<br />
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I am busy preparing for the second In Hand Dressage Demo at Hall Place on July 30th. Come see how much fun you can have working/playing with dressage movements with your horse in hand and on the lunge. All proceeds to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aacancer.org%2Findex.html&h=fAQFqmVYb&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.aacancer.org/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>index.html</a>. Seats are £10 each and must be booked and paid for in advance as we have a maximum number that we can fit in. Cheques made payable to Action Against Cancer.<br />
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I MUST READ THE RULE BOOK MORE!...... after Alfie got the highest score in E44 of 72% at Fairoak Grange but then i was eliminated at the end for wearing a fly mask because it was in the indoor school. Lesson learnt as last time i read that section in the rule book it said OK for fly masks in summer but not not winter! Thank goodness he also got highest score of 70.31% in E59 in the outdoor school or i wouldn't have had any money for ice cream, diet coke and diesel on the way home!<br />
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Amazingly good two day clinic with Alf and Stephen at the TTT to set us up for the Regional Warm Up at Addington the next day where Alf won both his Elementary classed! E43 with 71.03% and E59 with 72.81%. We are really getting there. YES!<br />
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<br />TRACEY LAWSON BHSIT BD Registered Dressage Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18183612914227491495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104166359003159844.post-11954987094305895682013-07-13T03:25:00.001-07:002017-02-05T17:01:55.052-08:00May/June 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Emails like these from Denise Roissetter about her daughter Claire Roissetter are what keeps me doing my job...... "Hi Tracey! We're at the Badminton Grassroots </span>Championships and just wanted to let you know that <b>Claire and Harvey have done the best dressage on 22.8!!!! They won the dressage at Badminton! </b>So<b> </b>proud of them both and as you've played such a huge part in his dressage prowess, thought you'd like to have a proud Auntie moment too!! Thank you so much for everything you have taught them over the years. Unfortunately had a fence down sj, but still lying 5th. XC today, so fingers crossed they have a lovely round and get back in one piece, then I can stop feeling sick!! Dx" . Claire was third in the end at the Badminton championships. Still brings a tear to my eye thinking about this as we worked so hard and had so much fun for years heading towards this dream. Now its reality!</div>
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Thankyou so much to everyone who came to support the In Hand Dressage Action Against Cancer Demo at Cloud Stables. James, Alfie, Del and I had a fab evening and hope you all did too. Things i have learnt and will not do next time......try to run as fast as Dels extended trot with a microphone attached to my head.....let a pigeon poo on me....allow James have a slot on the demo as now he wants a longer 'lunging give paw carrot stretching part' on the next one. </div>
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I went to Oldencraig in Surrey and clever Alf won his first Elementary Dressage to Music with 70.57%! We also won Elementary 45 outright with Alfs best Ele score so far 72.06%! His first 8's for both medium trots and 10m circles, halts and rein back! </div>
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Alf is now out of Novice points and i was very happy that he won his last ever BD Novice test with 71.92% He was such a good boy in BCA indoor for first time. </div>
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TRACEY LAWSON BHSIT BD Registered Dressage Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18183612914227491495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104166359003159844.post-53986538451958650302013-07-13T03:24:00.000-07:002017-02-05T16:59:35.479-08:00March/April 2013<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Happy Happy Happy! Eilean Appleton and Shakira won their first Affiliated Novice Restricted at Merrist today WITH 70% WOOPETY WOOP WOOP WOOP. Yes that says 70%!!!</span><span style="text-align: start;"></span><br />
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