RIDER BIOMECHANICS
RIDER BIOMECHANICS
RIDER BIOMECHANICS
RWYM ARTICLE 33 This photograph was taken at my riding centre this summer, and it shows a longer-term pupil from America riding my own thoroughbred mare Luby, shown here at twenty years old. This article is her epitaph, as she has since died. It would seem that she had a heart attack whilst cantering down…
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RWYM ARTICLE 32 This photograph has been sent in by a Swedish reader, and it shows her New Forest/Haflinger pony, who she sadly had to have put down towards the end of last year, at only sixteen. She tells me that she ‘loved to ride him and found him lazy but very responsive’. She had…
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RWYM ARTICLE 31 The photograph shows a 11 year old girl riding a horse she has owned for one year. He is a 12 year old Arab/Welsh cross, and is, she tells me, her best pal. It gives me a real kick to see her doing such a great job, especially given that she is…
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RWYM ARTICLE 30 This photograph shows a 17hand nine year old Irish Draft/Thoroughbred mare who has done all riding club activities as well as affiliated Pre-novice eventing. She is a very genuine and easy-going soul, and it may come as a surprise to anyone looking at this photograph to know that she is actually very…
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RWYM ARTICLE 29 This photograph shows one of my colleagues, a senior teacher in my network of coaches, riding a nineteen year old Holsteiner gelding who came from Hungary as a four year old. With his owner, the horse has done unaffiliated eventing, affiliated showjumping to foxhunter level, and affiliated dressage to medium level. The…
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RWYM ARTICLE 28 The photograph shows a 9 year old thoroughbred, who has been owned by his present rider for just over a year. He previously had three eventing homes in three years, and it seems as if some promising early results led to him being over-faced and loosing his confidence. He is an unusually…
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RWYM ARTICLE 27 The right photograph was the one used to write the article. Since we have lost the original the reproduction here is not good quality; hence to the left is another photograph taken during the same clinic. The horse pictured here is Rambo, a seventeen year old Danish warmblood stallion, whose name may…
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RWYM about us The photograph shows a six year old Hanoverian mare, who has been owned by her rider since she was three. I saw her in the flesh at one of my lecture demonstrations earlier this year, and she is indeed an impressive horse. Despite getting nervous at shows, she has had some success…
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RWYM ARTICLE 25 This photograph shows a fourteen year old girl riding a rather handsome five year old, who has done some schooling and Pony Club activities. He has apparently improved a lot from a rather fizzy and whizzy beginning which left our rider somewhat unnerved. But a lot is happening right here, suggesting that…
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RWYM ARTICLE 24 This photograph, taken on one of my courses, shows an American pupil riding my horse Luby, who is a 19 year old ¾ thoroughbred mare. I bought her as a crazy 9 year old, who had gone from pillar to post at the cheap end of the market, frightening people whilst becoming…
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