Vaulting with Firmness, Kindness and Confidence, Combining Natural Horsemanship and Classical Dressage
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This interview was previously published in 2018 Darani Cumming (284)
About Darani
– Darani is a vaulting coach who started her journey in classical dressage, eventing and showjumping, before going on to vaulting and natural horsemanship.
Darani works with Trish Braithwaite (Interview on Horse Chats 266) to provide Improve Your Seat Clinics to Riders in SE Qld.
Her safe and reliable vaulting horses and vaulting coaching of riding seat has been able to help improve the confidence balance and independent seat of participants. Equestrian Vaulting is an amazing cross training for all the other riding disciplines.
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Darani’s Favourite Inspirational Quote
– True horsemanship is when your horse trusts you more than their own instincts
Who Has Inspired Darani
– Ramon Guerrero
– Nuno Olivera
– Ken Faulkner
– Masters of Horsemanship
Recommended Books
– Riding Home: The Power of Horses to Heal by Tim Hayes
About This Episode
– Darani discusses the relationship you build with your horse and how they can teach you more about yourself then you teach them.
Time Stamps
01:27 – True horsemanship is when your horse trusts you more than their own instincts
03:10 – Riding ‘Pebbles’ a Welsh Mountain Pony kept at the local showgrounds
04:00 – Darani’s involvement in Show Riding
05:00 – Applying for the job of Senior Rider and working with Nuno Oliveria
07:05 – Love doing what you do, keep an open mind and don’t be afraid to ask questions
08:33 – The relationship you build with the horse and how they can teach you more about yourself then you teach them.
09:28 – How Darani’s parents and others have inspired her.
10:26 – All horses have taught Darani something especially ‘Ludo’ (her current HP vaulting horse) & ‘Midshipman aka Middy’ (her Galloway show horse from childhood in the 70s)
12:00 – Winning the Reserve Champion at the RNA with a parachute landing with green smoke
13:05 – Obtaining good horses, get to know your horses. Riding overseas you cannot take your own horse
14:21 – Horsemanship takes time, having harmony with the horse
16:44 – Vaulting used a cross training tool
17:37 – Natural Horsemanship
18:29 – The Power of Horses to Heal: Riding Home by Tim Hayes
19:39 – Writing a book with Ramon Guerrero
20:33 – Helping out with the Carbrook Animal Assisted Learning Program
22:20 – KFC (not the greasy kind) Kind, Firm, Confident
23:02 – Contact: see details below
Darani’s Contact Details
Phone: 0409 969 113 or +61 409 969 113
Email:
Website: Equinelearning.org.au
Facebook: Darani Cumming
Music
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