FEI Pony Dressage Rider Teaching Children and Training Ponies
FEI Pony Dressage Rider Teaching Children and Training Ponies
About Katie
– Katie is the producer of Royal, National, International (Murrum Park Phantom) and State show and dressage champions as well as Pony Club state dressage, show-ring and champion riders and horses.
Katie was the Team leader for the UK International Challenge 2012
– Priefert Australia
– Willu Prestige Property Arcadia
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Katie’s Favourite Inspirational Quote
– The moment you are ready to quit is usually the moment right before success begins. Don’t give up!
– You wouldn’t put your child in a car with a dangerous driver, so don’t put them on a uneducated pony, they need to have some schooling, gears, brakes and miles under the belt.
Who Has Inspired Katie
– Katie’s Mum
– Brett Parbery
– Maurice Bruce
About This Episode
– Katie discusses how she started with teaching children to ride ponies and how they inspire her when they achieve their next step.
Time Stamps
01:20 – The moment you are ready to quit is usually the moment right before success begins. Don’t give up!
01:55 – You wouldn’t put your child in a car with a dangerous driver, so don’t put them on a uneducated pony, they need to have some schooling, gears, brakes and miles under the belt.
03:10 – How Katie started teaching
05:10 – How simple things can turn nasty
06:35 – Process of assessing ponies
07:13 – Being firm but fair
08:00 – What riding naughty ponies has taught Katie
08:55 – How Katie’s Mum, Maurice Bruce and Brett Parbery have inspired Katie
10:30 – Exercises for a new rider on their first pony – feeling safe
11:20 – To get confidence back, go back to basics
12:00 – Things to do for your first show experience
13:00 – How to keep you ponies looking their best
13:55 – How many plaits to do on your pony’s main
14:56 – Which make Katie uses when going to a show
16:09 – How ponies can be better
17:03 – Seeing children achieve their first’s (canter, show etc)
18:00 – Teaching students from beginner to nationals
18:30 – EA National Championships and Zone jamborees
19:45 – Work hard, listen and practice
20:43 – Contact: see details below
Katie’s Contact Details
Phone: 0406 774 820 or +61 406 774 820
Email:
Website: Katie Kelly Equestrian
Facebook: Katie Kelly Equestrian
Music
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