Using ‘Wholism’ to achieve the Olympics Dream
(Listeners’ Choice)
Christine Doan and Dondolo warming up for an international competition in Germany in the run up to Barcelona ’92
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This interview was previously published in 2017 Christine Doan (015)
About Christine
– Christine’s first memories of horses was the horse delivering milk to her house. With a bit of luck, her first horse was trained by a rider from the Spanish Riding School which gave her the initial knowledge of dressage.
Through her journey that takes her around the world to the Atherton Tablelands in North Queensland and then to Europe and onto Barcelona, Christine achieved her dream of representing her country in the Barcelona Olympics
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Christine’s Favourite Inspirational Quote
– Horses are people too
Who Has Inspired Christine
– Vince Corvi
– Willi Schultheiss
– Rudolf Zeilinger
About This Episode
– Christine is very generous with her stories of riding, travelling, training, and is ahead of her time with some of the methods she used to achieve the ‘Olympic Dream’.
She gave many insights of the type of strength, determination and tenacity, mental toughness and dogged persistence she had to excel in the sport of dressage.
Time Stamps
00:50 – About Christine’s first sentence
02:47 – What brought Christine to Australia
04:43 – Finding Atherton Tablelands
05:30 – Re-inventing herself as a horse person
06:08 – The more ‘formalised’ form of riding
07:00 – Her horse who was trained by a rider from the Spanish Riding School
09:25 – The big decision
10:59 – About ‘Wholism’
15:41 – Favourite saying ‘horses are people too’
17:58 – Core skills to commence a career with horses
20:43 – What makes someone excel
32:50 – Sad memories of selling her horse
31:40/ 35:36 – Christine’s proudest moment
36:51 – Training Tip
Christine’s Contact Details
Phone: 0419 656 247 or +61 419 656 247
Email: Christine@cddressage.com
When Christine is a return guest on Horse Chats, what question would you like to ask her?
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