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An evening with Jennie Loriston-Clarke “equestrian doyenne extraordinaire!” 

11 March 2025
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Report from Wellington Riding, Monday 3rd March 2025, 7pm.   We were treated to a captivating talk by Jennie Loriston-Clarke, together with her sister Jane Holderness-Roddam, about her life, her family and her horses. Jennie shared many photographs from early childhood to present day. It showed her life not only as a great all-round horsewoman competing…

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Caroline Moore FBHS

10 March 2025
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Dear members, It is with great sadness that we report the death of our dear Caroline Moore FBHS. Caroline was an inspirational coach and mentor to so many of us.  She had a successful professional riding career in her own right, but it was as a coach that she truly found her calling, and she…

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Report from the F&I evening zoom with Charlie Unwin

24 February 2025
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“The ‘F’ Word – The Role of Failure in the Quest for Success” On the evening of Monday 24th February, thanks to our organizer Danny Anholt, the F&I members were treated to the most inspiring and insightful evening with the renowned sports psychologist, Charlie Unwin. The evening was entitled the “‘F Word’ – the Role…

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Chairman’s Report January 2025

13 January 2025
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Highlights for me this year are as always, this Annual Course, but also there have been lots of great events again this year. The Scottish Coach Assembly has been a great addition to the events list this year, and I really hope it has demonstrated the potential and scope of F&I and what we could…

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Report from the Richard Waygood MBE Jumping Training at the Annual Course

7 January 2025
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It felt a real privilege to sit at Addington, watching a World Class jump trainer teaching / coaching a wide range of F&I horses and riders.  Dickie was so generous in sharing his knowledge with our wide range of partnerships.  The two days were a masterclass of excellent coaching skills. There are always lots of…

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Report from the Judy Harvey FBHS Dressage Training at the F&I Annual Course 2025

7 January 2025
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It was good to see so many horses, riders and spectators braving the somewhat challenging conditions to make the trip to Addington for one of the highlights of the F&I calendar. Judy was equipped with a headset to easily communicate with her riders, a microphone to be heard by the spectators over the excitement coming…

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F&I Chairman’s Winter Newsletter 2024

31 December 2024
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My goodness, where does the year go?!  Here we are in December with Christmas very much in our sights and what a whirlwind of a year it’s been again.  And of course the F&I Association has embraced every minute of it. So, what have we done since my last newsletter?  We have had our ever-popular…

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Report on the Connie Colfox Zoom evening

25 November 2024
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The flyer advertising the zoom meeting clearly stated ‘don’t try this at home’…. which prompted me to have a look at Connie’s website. The first thing that came up was Connie riding a lovely bay horse up and down a barn with no bridle, or headcollar, nothing!!! She appeared to be just indicating to the…

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Report from the Scottish Equine Coach Assembly

8 October 2024
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Venue: SNEC, 7-8 October 2024. Organiser: Jen Morris BHSI, F&I Committee member and our Scottish Representative.   Reports: compiled by the team of Robert Pickles, Liz Eaton, Becky Monk and Alison Craig.   Photographs: courtesy of Sian and JUMAPhotography.   Introduction, and Day 1 (report, Alison Craig BHSI) Well, that was worth the trip to Edinburgh!  Everyone who…

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Burghley Course Walk

5 September 2024
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Burghley Course Walk – Thursday September 5th 2024 – taken by Nick Turner FBHS. We all met at fence 2 to begin our walk – where it emerged that we were extra-lucky, as Nick was accompanied by rider Emma Thomas.  This meant that we could listen to Nick describing the challenges, observe the course-walk-with-coach process,…

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