It Is Not Just About The Competition, It Is About The Bond With The Horse As Well
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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