It Is Not Just About The Competition, It Is About The Bond With The Horse As Well
About Claire
– Claire is an all round instructor/coach who started her career in the UK and is now specialising in retraining thoroughbreds off the track into dressage horses.
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Claire’s Favourite Inspirational Quote
– Bread may feed my body but my horse feeds my soul
Who Has Inspired Claire
– Carl Hester
– Monty Roberts
Recommended Books
– ‘101 Schooling Exercises: For Horse & Rider’ by Jaki Bell & Andrew Day
About This Episode
– Claire discusses why having a quietness is essential to work with horses, establishing trust and how when training ex-racehorses you need to give them time to learn everything.
Time Stamps
00:56 – Bread may feed my body but my horse feeds my soul
01:48 – Being scared of a 17 hands high horse as a 19 year old
02:51 – Becoming an instructor at 45 years old
04:35 – Love of animals, patience, teaching & education, quietness is essential to work with horses and trust
06:30 – What each horse can teach you
07:32 – How Monty Roberts and Carl Hester have inspired Claire
09:52 – How ‘Redemption’ (Red) Australian Stock Horse is inspiring Claire
11:46 – Getting Red more confident with Claire
12:20 – Having a small paddock to introduce the trust
16:00 – Passing instructor qualification, jumping one metre in showjumping and cross country
19:16 – Being diagnosed with auto-immune disease affects her joints
19:54 – Understand your limitations but don’t be bound by them
21:24 – Time to let down, use the body differently, legs to go forward, use the quietest aids to get the results you want and tips to do this.
27:24 – 101 Schooling Exercises for everyone
29:50 – Keeping horses happy and healthy
30:38 – It is not just about the competition, it is about the bond with the horse as well
31:27 – Contact: see details below
Claire’s Contact Details
Phone: 0457 134 307 or +61 457 134 307
Email: harpercjclaire@gmail.com
Facebook: Claire Harper Equestrian
Music
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