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Training day with Judith Murphy FBHS & Captain Richard Waygood

4 March 2015
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Wellington Riding is pleased to be hosting a day with these two current coaches. The programme is full with over 35 riders bringing a variety of horses to train in group jumping and private flat sessions. A planned loose jumping demo comparing horses and techniques. Practice lunge jump section from the Fellowship exam. Great viewing…

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Rider’s report from the Talland Training Day

23 February 2015
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On the 26th January 2015 we were privileged to be able to ride at The Talland School of Equitation, Under the watchful eye of Pammy Hutton FBHS.  The morning. Was split into Two groups both of which were able to ride in two sessions with a variety of horses ranging from youngsters to horses working advanced /Grand Prix.…

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Report on F and I training day at Talland with Pammy Hutton FBHS.

11 February 2015
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On Monday 26th of January, a training day was held at Talland, the first one to be held here since 2008. We were obviously in for an inspirational day – much catching up having to be done! Pammy’s aims were – Helping riders find their way with the horses Answering questions. Having recently completed her…

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A letter from Mrs Jo Knowles FBHS

8 February 2015
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Today I received a beautifully handwritten letter from Mrs Jo Knowles FBHS, she presented her sculpture of Wistful (the Pat Smallwood Award to Eric Smiley at the Annual Course) and I felt I should share some of her words with everyone.  There was an unveiling of the new Plaque which shows all the Fellows of…

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National Equine Forum, London 5th March

1 February 2015
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The F&I Association has two tickets for this prestigious event.  We always send two delegates, last year Carol Bennitt and Jillie Rogers attended and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.   For further information, see the events page.  Contact Judith Murphy asap if you would like to attend.

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British Horse Magazine 

29 January 2015
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In order to maintain our presence in this magazine and the F&I Association page your help is needed. The magazine now has a theme for each publication, Jo Winfield is our contact in the BHS offices and copy needs to be sent direct to Jo, training@jowinfield.com April Issue: ACCESS & SAFETY article to Jo by…

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Attention – Free Tickets for HOYS 2015

29 January 2015
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Simon Somers has 10 tickets available FREE to F&I members.  These tickets are for Day 1 OR Day 2 ONLY – 7th & 8th October.  For further details contact Simon on: simonsomers@icloud.com

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Other events to be added

22 January 2015
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In addition to the F & I events listed on the ‘Events’ page we are waiting for the following to be confirmed: Cherry Elvin to organise a day with Emile Faurie Andrew Fletcher to organise a day with Carl Hester Jeremy Michaels and Mandy Holloway to host a coaching day Simon Somers & Biddy Brasted…

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Welcome to the new F&I website

21 January 2015
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Getting around: In the absence of red and white flags, I hope no one gets lost while negotiating the new website. You can choose your own line…. everything is accessible from the menus across the top of the site, but you can also use the categories or archive lists to find content. Advertising: Advertising is free…

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Report on F & I Course Dressage Training with Jennie Loriston-Clarke FBHS

19 January 2015
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I find it hard to remember when I first became ‘aware’ of Jennie Loriston-Clarke but I expect it was at the beginning of the ‘70s when my family moved to Hampshire. It’s just that Jennie has always been there, leading the field, so the prospect of two training sessions with her, 45 years on, really…

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