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A letter from Mrs Jo Knowles FBHS
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…
Read MoreNational Equine Forum, London 5th March
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.
Read MoreBritish Horse Magazine
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…
Read MoreAttention – Free Tickets for HOYS 2015
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
Read MoreOther events to be added
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…
Read MoreWelcome to the new F&I website
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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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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Nick took a large group of BHSI’s for jumping ranging from young/inexperienced horses to those competing at 1.20. A common theme and philosophy emerged with all groups. He started on day one with looking at the quality of the canter using ground poles and progressed his exercises onto bounces, doglegs and turnbacks. These exercises were…
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Good evening members and honoured guests, Mrs Jo Knowles FBHS, Mrs Jennie Loriston-Clarke FBHS, Mrs Lyn Petersen BHS CEO and Mr Nick Turner FBHS. Welcome to the 29th AGM of the BHS F&I Association. Looking back at the proposed dates for 2014 from the minutes I noted that, with very few exceptions, every day was…
Read MoreCongratulations to Judith Murphy FBHS
The prestigious title of Fellow of The British Horse Society has been awarded to Judith Murphy, following two gruelling days of assessment at Warwickshire College, Moreton Morrell on 28 and 29 October. Under the scrutiny of senior British Horse Society assessors, all Fellows in their own right, Judith managed to keep her nerve as she…
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