News Archive

23 May - Lots of changes and updates on most pages! We're also over the moon to let you know that a fabulous new home has been found for King YoYo, which is an extremely sad sale for his owners. Also an amazing addition to Team DCUK.....

17 April - Updates on the whats on page and also the For Sale page.

15 Mar 08 - Lots of new dates have been added to the What's On page......new date for a flatwork funday ............plus a new intro to music 2-part event, a short lecture demo followed by a competition on 4th May.

15 Mar 08 - I'm a firm believer in fate. Within hours of publicising that we were looking for a new home for Diamond's Sovereign, the phone was red hot and I'd found a fabulous new home for him out of the very first viewing. 'Sov' has settled extremely well into his new home and has rediscovered his passion for jumping too! Both Sov owners and I are thrilled with the home we've found for him and wish his new owners the very best luck for their dressage, jumping and (to Sov's clear delight!) their foray into eventing!

6 Mar 08 - Please see the sale page - Diamond's Sovereign, one of our stars, is looking for a new home following the announcement of an impending new arrival for his owner! For those who had heard that Sov was sold, he was, but unfortunately a call late this evening (he was due to go tomorrow) advising a change in the prospective owner's personal circumstances has somewhat changed things. Please give Julie a call if you feel you can offer this outstanding gentleman a 6* home :-). Home genuinely more important than price

26 Feb 08 - We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Julie has been asked to ride for Gilly MacFarlane. Bendicks, 'Ben', is a stunning 16.3 skewbald 8 year old Gelderlander and has been with Gilly and Jock at their home since he was 4. The owners of Heronden International Horse Transport, Jilly and Jock asked Julie if she would like to take the ride over and, having fallen in love at first sight (and ride!), Julie is extremely excited by Ben's potential. Bendicks was a star at the Trailblazers National Championships in 2007 with former rider Tara Osborn, but as she had now started her own yard, its been difficult for her to continue riding Ben. We are honoured to add him to Team DCUK - watch out for updates on his first step into affilitated competition. He'll shortly receive his own page too.

19 Feb 08 - News and updates in several areas!

Flatwork Fundays - 2 in the Easter Holidays
Sales - sadly for sale due to his owners new baby, is Team DCUK horse Diamond's Sovereign
Clinics - more dates added for LMEC

6 Feb 08 - Both Julie and Claire have unfortunately suffered in the selling of clients horses by (sadly) timewasting people - because circumstances dictate that the horses must go, both prices for the beautiful Hannovarian and the Mother Dream 13.2 have substantially reduced - there really is no catch. Please have a look at the sales page for more details.

22 Jan - We're extremely proud to announce that Julie's continued work on professional and personal development has reached another milestone ... she has just been honoured with a Fellowship of the Institutue of Leadership and Management (FInstLM). To find out more about the ILM, visit www.i-l-m.com

22 Jan - Fabulous 2 new horses for sale on our sales page. Both are DCUK clients and come with Julie's full recommendation.

9 Jan - LMEC Clinics are now being held regularly - Wednesday 16th Jan, and 13 Feb. Slots available either for private coaching session or in pre-arranged pairs (with discounted rates). Times available (you choose, first come first served basis) from lunchtime to 7 pm. Choose from any of the DCUK coaching sessions (including the jumping elements too). Grass roots confidence builder for 'return to showjumping' also available.

7 Jan - Please note that the second part of the Intro to Music is now 28 Feb....look forward to seeing you there.

5 Jan - Intro to dressage to music - a new page on the left ...... an a fabulous way to kick start your flatwork in 2008. This is perfect for any rider who wants to put walk trot/prelim/novice movements to music.

30 Dec - New for 2008.....

Team DCUK pages - featuring our horses

Club DCUK - new for our clients - your very own page for photos, blogs, results. Club DCUK members receive discounted coaching sessions (10%), free postings on the website and their own space on the Club page. All this for only £25 per year. (The 10% discount includes both coaching sessions and travel expenses).

January Sale !!!! In the horse world - certainly in DCUK!

For all clients who have received at least 2 coaching sessions in 2007, Julie will discount all coaching sessions in January by 10% (please note that this excludes travel expenses).

30 Dec - We are very proud to announce that Julie has been selected as the Coaching Representative for BD Eastern Region, responsible for the training of BD trainers toward the UKCC and for facilitating training of Gp 1 - 4 riders. This is a new foray for Julie for 2008 and, after meetings very early in Jan with the RDO and Chairman, she will be cracking on with what is an extremely exciting opportunity.

3 Dec 07 - A lovely week for Team DCUK last week, with visits to Sissons Farm and Vale View - both great venues with very welcoming atmospheres. Julie Sanderson's Diamond's Sovereign (sponsored by Diamond Cabs of Gainsborough) had a superb week, with 2 wins at elementary and 2 seconds, in extremely good company! Liz Young's Despino was on form too, despite having had an unscheduled week off due to a lost shoe! - he was in the top 3 in the medium opens and gained some lovely comments from the judges... again, the company was good, with Julie being the only one without a Union Jack on her show jacket!

3 Dec 07 - Congratulations to Emma King and Logan for a superb win last weekend and to Joan Heath and Lucia for having a great day out affiliated (challenging though it was!).

14 Nov - Competition at Elms Farm EC

A fabulous day for DCUK ..... Julie competed in the elementary and medium opens and had a personal best(s!).... 4 classes and four 1sts. Diamond's Sovereign, owned by Julie Sanderson and sponsored by Diamond Cabs of Gainsborough, was on form (if a little lively!) and won both elementaries in some very good company; he's part qualified for the Winters so Julie and Sovereign are still chasing that elusive win with more than 66%! After announcing his arrival at the venue in exhuberant fashion, Despino, owned by Liz Young of Laughton Manor Stud, gave his best performance yet in the mediums; 2 wins and one with a qualifying score for the Winters too. Congratulations must also go to Claire Llewelyn and ShearH20, owned by Jeremy Lawton; their first competitive medium tests and superb scores - 'Solo' was definately enjoying himself, clearly not realising he's meant to be having a quieter life, he showed more elevation and 'ping' than most 4 year olds do!

Thanks to Julia Shearwood of Shearwood Photography too, as she was on hand photographing the day .... pictures to follow or you can view them on www.shearwoodphotography.co.uk

11 Nov - Fabulous result for Emma King and Logan - winners of the Ponys UK novice and qualified for the National Championships next March - superb result and a very proud trainer!!! :-)

4 Nov - A huge well done to DCUK clients who did extremely well at the Laughton Manor Equestrian Centre Dressage on Sunday 4th Nov - superb results - with special mentions going to:

Ros Llewelyn and Beau for their 1st place in the Walk Trot Test
Lottie Llewelyn and ShearH2O for a great 3rd place in the Novice

24 Oct - Julie is now able to offer a new service to DCUK clients - the Schooling Boost - check out the livery page for more details :-)

7 Oct - What a fabulous time has been had by all at the Sheepgate Associated Championships. Firstly, Julie is over the moon that Sarah Stentiford, LMEC Yard Manager, but also a good frined and client, achieved superb results on Friday and good results in the champ classes (beers on Sarah - she even beat Julie in the Novices!!!). Liz Young's Despino, turned out superbly by top LMEC groom Kate, won a novice, 2nd in an elementary and 2 placings in the Championship classes for Open Novice and Open Medium - a 5th and a 6th respectively. Despino did his mum, Liz, proud and produced some great performances given his on/off work rate recently - outstanding results.

Another superb Championship was had by Diamond Sovereign, owned by Julie Sanderson, who is also the owner of Diamond Cabs, Gainsborough. Sovereign has had a fabulous Champs - he parternered Julie to a Novice 1st and 2nd on Friday and 2 great wins on Sunday, with one being a Winter Semi's qualifying score. A huge achievement for this wonderful gent - thankfully now staying with Julie Sanderson and Mrs Frizz(!) - the recent sale prospect being well behind him now that a superb offer has been received for him to stay with the same trainer/owner. A huge thankyou to Diamond Cabs and our super grooms (nearly daughter in laws too!) for such wonderful support on the day. x

A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THE DCUK SUPPORTERS - thank you. x

22 Sep - Lovely new horse for loan on the For Sale/Loan page.

31 Aug - 2 fabulous dressage ponies have now appeared on the for sale page - please peruse. They come with my full backing and strong recommendation.

17 Aug - We're following up our Funday series with a Dressage Workshop on the 23rd Sept. Bit of a shorter day (to allow us to reluctantly get back to do lovely things like housework!) but still with the valuable content our clients have asked for. We'll have 3 coaches on board too, BD Trainer, Showing Specialist and National level rider and judge too.

17 Aug - **New partnership launched**. Following the great successes of joint ventures with Julie and Zinnia, they have joined forces to form The Coaching Group to develop areas of the coaching for horse and rider and, using Julie's professional background, workplace and personal coaching too. Why not have a quick look at the website ... www.coachinggroup.org ... don't worry though, the work with DCUK won't be affected... indeed, our plans are to make it stronger

6 Aug - Our warmest congratulations to the DCUK clients who had excellent tests at LMEC yesterday - personal bests were achieved by nearly all of our clients who competed - well done - good to see so many smiles!

5 Aug - Well done to both Emma and Sarah for excellent performances at their respective Championships!

30 July - We want to send our best wishes to 2 DCUK clients who are off to compete in Championships this week. Good luck to Emma at the Trailblazers National Finals at Stoneleigh and to Sarah at the British Dressage Regional Championships at Keysoe.

4 July - Thankyou for the positive emails you've sent us about the new look site... we're very grateful.

We are now able to offer bespoke livery packages.... grass livery (permanent and holiday) and 5-star schooling/competition livery (permanent, short term, sales prep and holiday). Please check our new page for the details.

Thank you also for the superb comments about the new www.lmec.co.uk site, which Julie has designed and published for LMEC. We are proud to work with such a top class venue - you really do want for nothing there!

24 June - Thankyou for the great support today at the Rauceby clinic.... both Julie and Zinnia are touched by your constructive comments and we will (and have already:-)) take on board what you would like.... see the showing and whats on pages for news!!!

18 June - Our next Flat Work Fun Day will be the 19th August. Having learnt from the feedback from the trial day, we would like to open up the session to non-riding participants too. We've also included a small charge for the day boxes, to cover LMEC yard staff costs and bedding. We've added the walk/trot test to the fun competition so that there is something for everyone. Again, thank you for the feedback, as ever, we welcome constructive criticism and will endeavour to keep improving what we can offer our clients. Thank you.

13 June - Times for our dressage at Laughton Manor Equestrian Centre are now available on the Competitions page (Times). Thank you to everyone for such a great entry!

11 June - Thank you to all our Fundayers! What a fabulous day - our special thanks to Shearwater Insurance and Mr Jeremy Lawton for supporting us with ShearH2O's special appearance, and to Claire and the Llewelyn family for their super riding (Claire) and support. Despino was a real show off but he seemed so scared of 'Solo' - much to our amusement. A great bunch of Fundayers... and the supporting team too - Liz, George, Izzy, Georgie, Billy, Roger and Anne - thank you. :-)

5 June - We are thrilled to announce a new type coaching session for our clients who are keen on showing as well as flatwork. Julie and Zinnia Welby (with national level trophies under her belt) can offer bespoke training plans, delivered of course with enjoyment (and having a bit of fun!) in mind. More to follow, keep an eye on the new page and we'll add details as we develop this area of our coaching.

24 May - More clinics have been added to the list, thank you for the words of appreciation - "much appreciated" from us too!

3-4 May - We're all in awe of Liz Young's Laughton Manor Stud's Despino! Not only his first 2 medium tests, but his first Premier League appearance and he wins both! He lapped up the challenges of the more complex tests and loved the atmosphere - rightly earning his place as the Premier League Medium (restricted) champion. We're expecting photos to follow and will, of course, put them up on the bulletin board.

1 May - Loan with possible a view to sell. A client in Derby is emmigrating and is looking for a permanent home for her lovely 15.3 TB 7 yo chestnut gelding. He is an ex-racehorse who is very gentle but can occasionally be a bit cold backed. Perfect manners and a gentleman. Has done a little of everything, hacking, dressage, bit of jumping. Keep an eye on the For Sale/Loan page as we'll put more details there as soon as we know them. Can't wait, then please call 01332863861. Thankyou.

26 April - In conjunction with Laughton Manor Equestrian Centre, we are able to offer you the chance to find out the truth about how easy it is to compete in dressage - never mind the Pony Club camps - we're doing our own 'grown up' version!!! With a one day camp at LMEC, we'll cover the basics for competing, the essentials guide to British Dressage rules, a coaching session with Julie, a judge's view session, theory, fun competition (prelim 7 or novice 21 - with judging and coaching!) a BBQ, dressage to music short demo, certificates, commemorative photograph AND a stable for the day ... all for an amazing £45.... have a look at the Flatwork Fun Day page for all the info.

23 April - What a fabulous day yesterday at Laughton Manor Equestrian Centre thanks to Liz Young and her great team. Dressage Coaching clients had a fabulous time too - it was so good to see that no matter what individual goals were, everyone had fun and enjoyed the great atmosphere. Julie thoroughly enjoyed receiving calls from clients last night and being able to congratulate them all on their personal achievements - far too many goosebump moments! Well done to everyone - and thank you for the thank yous!

18 April - times for the Sunday 22nd April competition are on the Competitions, Dressage Times, page. Thank you for the incredible support.

2 April: A cracking opportunity has arisen for Julie and Liz Young's Despino. They have been given one of only 8 slots to train with David Hunt (who is President of the International Dressage Trainers Club and is renowned as one of the best dressage trainers in the world), at the end of May, as part of the British Dressage Regional Trainers Club training. Although the trek to the depths of Essex may take a while, we're all very excited about this amazing opportunity.

2 April: Great news for Dressage Coaching UK and for Julie. She is now a member of the Eastern Regional Trainers Club - this is the successor to the pyramid trainers (PT) organisation but is taking forward the PT work to encompass the UK Coaching Certificate aspects too. Laughton congratulated Julie, commenting that their bags are packed ready for Eygpt! (more bad pyramid jokes followed!).

26 Mar 07 - A cracking turnout for Laughton Manor Dressage on Saturday resulted in tests running from before 9 am until mid afternoon. Thanks to everyone for their support - the results are on the Results page, which you will find on the Competitions area. New tests for the next Laughton competition and an expanded day too - from a very informal have a go prelim to an unaffiliated medium test - there's something for everyone.

21 Mar 07 - Times for Saturday's dressage at Laughton Manor Equestrian Centre are available via the Competitions page then Dressage Times. We have done our very best to honour requests regarding times etc.

15 Mar 07 - Times for Saturday's clinic.... thank you to everyone for the fantastic feedback and support.

Times for Saturday 17th March

9 - Sarah 9-30 - Michelle 10 - New client

1030 - Daisy 11 - Florence 1130 - Rachel

12 - Georgie 1230 - Lucy 1pm - Carol

1-30 - Cathy 2pm - Diane 2-30 - Adele

Please use the facilities to warm up before your session - maximises value for money so that we don't use time you are paying for to warm up you and your horse/pony. Please also use the facilities to cool down afterwards too

13 Mar 07 - Fabulous 10 days have been had by the coaches in South Africa. After working with township children, Julie and George organised coaching clinics for homeless children in Pretoria, extending the invite to girls shelters as well as local boy's homes.

Coaching for the children of One of our coaches with township

Sunnyside Shelter youngters who came from

Westbury, Jo'Burg and Soweto

In addition to the work with the underpriviledged communities, the party were also able to extend their own comfort zones (some less happy than others!) by game reserve (close hand - seeing a herd of elephants, hippos, white rhino, wildebeest, water bucks, springboks, and lions). The group also worked with lions - cubs but nonetheless still kitted out with teeth and claws!

Julie is pictured here with one of the 6 month old lions that the group were priviledged to handle and meet 'in person'!

Personal confidence was also tested with feeding the giraffes (not too bad, actually quite nice!) and then the ostrich's .... now that was an experience..... feeding pellets to a cute thing with a mouth as strong as a blooming mouse trap!!!! Yes, Julie was one to nearly loose a little fingers!

But the highlight of the trip has to be the smiles on the faces of the children who we helped .... i know that dressage crosses boundaries, but in this case a different sort of coaching - soccer coaching - meant that football really did prove itself a universal language.

27 Feb 07 - Dressage Coaching UK is spreading its wings to South Africa for 10 days, leading a party of 20 level 1 football coaches and players to deliver football coaching in the Johannesburg townships, carry out community work in Pretoria and facilitate coaching workshops. No worries though, she's not taking to football coaching, its just her organising skills that are being used this time!

23 Feb 07 - What a fabulous evening clinic. A huge well done to Gill and Gertie, Rachel and Oscar and Diane for some really expressive lateral work. Smile of the night must go to Kylie and Bertie though - I know that everyone will be so proud that you had a wonderful evening - a huge confidence boost for you to do such lovely flatwork.

14 Feb 07: Times are now published - thank you for your continued support! Go to the competitions page and TIMES is a new sub page.

12 Feb 07: Thank you for the incredible interest and support of the Laughton Manor Dressage Competition. The will be about 40 tests taking place on Saturday but there are a couple of spare slots - Julie is happy to take text entries up to 8pm this evening - on 07932822945, please include your name and horses name and classes to be entered and we will do the rest.

9 Feb 07: Mrs Liz Young's Despino has come up trumps again ...winning both his novice classes on Friday.

6 Feb 07: New dates for Laughton Clinics added, please see the clinics date for details. TY

1 Feb 07: Thanks to the brilliant support for the first evening Laughton Manor Equestrian Centre clinic - an amazing 9 horses and riders came along! Julie was thrilled - even though some new training tips (picked) up at the Coaching Certificate Seminar meant that the sessions were really interactive. Thanks to everyone for supporting both Laughton Manor Equestrian Centre as well as Julie. As always, we value your feedback - thanks for putting your comments on the 'Your Comments' page.

WELCOME TO THE NEWS PAGE

29 Jan 07: Julie attended the very first UK Coaching Certificate briefings, led by British Dressage Director of Training, Jill Day, at Towerlands Unex, Essex. BD are very close to launching the UKCC and Julie will be in the first batch of BD trainers on the programme. This is excellent news for both Julie's professional development as a coach and all our clients - we never stop learning.

26 Jan 07: Fabulous day at Sheepgate Affiliated Dressage for Liz Young's Despino... after making the most of his warm up class, Despino worked superbly in his second test, and with 65.4%, won his class and qualified for the Sheepgate Associated Championships (5-7 Oct 07).

22 Jan 07: Liz Young's young Donnerhall gelding, Despino, cracked the 70% ceiling with an outstanding performance on Saturday. Gaining just over 76%, Despino did himself proud and his performance was a fitting reward for the Yard Manager, Sheenagh, who has worked so hard to prepare him for competition.

22 Jan 07: Results are on a new page, scroll down. Well done to all for such a wonderful first show at Laughton Manor Equestrian Centre - clearly evidence of the significant amount of work that Liz Young, her family and Equestrian Centre and Stud management team have achieved. Fantastic day, wonderful people, great venue and plenty dressage antics too!

17 Jan 07: Times are on the website a day early! A waiting list is being held, please call if you would like to be added to it. Thank you to everyone for their interest.

14 Jan 07: Julie has just received a great email - we're honoured to be mentioned (and linked) to a new website just for riders in Lincolnshire ..... we've put a link on the links page (as you would!) but for speed why not try this.... www.lincsequestrian.co.uk

8 Jan 07: Julie is thrilled to announce further clinics at Laughton Manor Equestrian Centre, which will take place on Sunday 11th February and Saturday 17th March. Times can be flexible to suit you and both indvidual and shared sessions are available. Please see the new 'LMEC Clinics' page for more details.

8 Jan 07: Congratulations to Joan Heath and her lovely mare, Lucia on their success at Affiliated Prelim - well done Joan for all your hard work and commitment - and being thrilled at the 7's on the score sheet!

5 Jan 07: Julie will be one of the first British Dressage trainers to embark on the new UK Coaching Certificate course. She will be attending the UKCC training session at Unex Towerlands in Essex on 29th Jan 07. Also, to further help her own training and development as well as commitment to constant improvement of coaching for our clients, Julie has also registered to attend the Sports Science Seminar in Hartpury, Gloucestershire, in February.

Happy New Year to all our clients, supporters, and visitors.

Fantastic news to start off 2007 - we've cleared the 1000 visitor mark!!! Thanks to everyone for your unstinting support.

20 Dec 06: Great news for Steph Cooper fans - and Julie is certainly one! - Steph will be starting clinics on Tuesdays at Laughton Manor Equestrian Centre. Prices yet to be confirmed but likely to be approx £35 for 45 min private session. For details or to register your interest, please text or email your details to Julie.

7 Dec 06: British Equestrian Federation Press Release Zara Phillips is among the shortlist of 10 contenders that have been named for the 2006 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. Zara, at the age of 25, is only the third rider to hold both European and World Three Day Event titles, but faces tough competition to win this prestigious award from the other contenders who include, golfer Darren Clarke, tennis player Andrew Murray, gymnast Beth Tweddle and cricketer Monty Panesar. Andrew Finding, BEF Chief Executive said, "Zara is an outstanding example of professionalism and determination. Further success, if she were to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, will be a great boost for equestrian sport, for the support teams, for the coaches and for the owners of our wonderful horses".

The winner will be decided by a public vote during the show on Sunday, 10^th December 2006.Viewers can vote by phone or text throughout the programme, which is being broadcast from the NEC in Birmingham and is live on BBC One from 7pm. For the first time, a selected group of newspapers and magazine journalists, along with a BBC panel of experts plus online and postal public votes, determined the shortlist of 10 contenders.Bookmakers rate the leading candidates for the award as Darren Clarke 2-7 favourite,Zara Phillips 7/2, Joe Calzaghe 16/1, Monty Panesar 25/1, Andy Murray 33/1, Nicole Cooke 50/1, Beth Tweddle 50/1, Phil Taylor 66/1, Jenson Button 100/1, Ricky Hatton 100/1. Don't miss this fantastic opportunity for equestrian sport, vote for Zara on Sunday evening.

5 Dec 06: Great news - Laughton Manor Equestrian Centre and Stud are holding their first dressage competition on Saturday 20 Jan 07 - don't be worried about the weather, the tests are in the fabulous 70/25 indoor arena - complete with brand new top class surface. Check the new competitions page for details.

3 December 2006: We are extremey proud of Woody - Despino - who has just completed his first affiliated dressage competition at Sheepgate. Woody, owned by Liz Young of Laughton Manor Stud and Equestrian Centre, thoroughly enjoyed his 'party' and won both his classes. Both Liz and Julie were over the moon that he clearly enjoyed himself. He was a star, produced some exceptional trot work (had fun in the medium canters when he lined up to jump the dressage boards!:-)) and received some lovely comments from the judges and fellow competitors. A great first affiliated outing... plenty to work on though (as we all do) so Julie and Woody have their own homework! (see.... its not just clients that have homework books!).

27 November 2006: Julie is extending the 10% discount to all Swaton based coaching sessions. Charges will remain the same ..... please see the clinic page for details.

3 November 2006: New page and forum launched for our dressage coaching fans..... check out the 'Flatwork Help ....' page for more details.

2 November 2006: Great news! Our website host has just congratulated us on a record breaking (for us anyway!) October - we received 2759 visits which is brilliant news. Thanks to all our supporters - this is proving an excellent way to justify to our clients and visitors that www.dressagcoaching.co.uk is the perfect place to advertise, exchange views and enjoy grass roots dressage!

30 October 2006: Clinic success for Dressage Coaching has reached new highs .... Julie would like to thank all our clients for the fabulous support ... the clinics are going from strength to strength with the Sunday 29th Oct clinic being particular fun ... apparently there are photos of Julie demonstrating half pass (she's on the ground by the way, no horse!) and tempi changes up the arena! Claire and Solo had a groundbreaking session; Gemma and her 2 very different horses - Blossom and Magic - had a confidence giving session with much good work; Claire with Jack (the Shire everyone wants to take home) mastered some difficult moves and then, with her second horse, Saintly, Claire showed some beautiful lateral work (enthusiastic to the last!); Pat settled Bartie and produced some outstanding work, including, some exceptional direct transitions to be proud of; finally, Georgie and Max had a 'daring' session, with Georgie proving that true connection is achievable - easily - with the right approach - Max was great and gave Georgie some lovely changes .... All in all - a great day for the Grove Farm clinic clients .... How about a Grove Farm dressage show ...... :-)

28 October 2006: Fabulous news! Julie and Despino, Liz Young's fabulous 17.3 liver chesnut gelding, had an encouraging first outing together.... with two 3rd placings at Elms Farm Equestrian last weekend. Despite a rather enthusiastic canter, losing a shoe mid test, and squealing with excitment (Despino that is!), they still pulled in scores of just under 64%. Despino - 'Woody' - is by the world beater stallion, Donnerhall and his dam is from the Pik Bube lines.

12 October 2006: South Lincs Riding Club AGM is being held in Bicker, Nr Boston (A52) on Thursday 19th Oct. A carvery meal will be followed by short presentations by the clubs instructors and trainers (Julie will do a 5 minute slot to convert everyone to dressage!) and finally the formalities of the AGM. Everyone, including non-members, are more than welcome to attend, please call Ann Kent (details on the South Lincs page) for details.

1 October 2006: As a thank you to loyal clients, Julie is offering a 10% discount to all clients. From 1 Nov - 31 Jan, clients who have more than 2 coaching sessions per month will receive 10% discount on all coaching sessions - you don't need to wait, if you book 2 sessions in advance, you will get the 10% discount immediately (even on your first session).

26th September 2006: Julie is extremely proud to work with Laughton Manor Equestrian Centre and Liz Young. Watch out for their own web page appearing very soon and why not check out the photo board for pictures of Woody, our potential 'little (17.3!)' star in the making.....Liz can offer fantastic facilities, competitions, proven and potential horses for sale as well as livery and coaching - please give them a call.

25th September 2006: We are absolutely thrilled to let you know that Julie has received her test sheet from the Nationals and Joe is confirmed in 12th place, only 1 point (out of 350 points available in the test!) from the top 10 place, out of a field of over 30 horses that each had to win a regional qualifier to get to Lincoln. Dressage Coaching are thrilled and - again - thanks to all for the faith you showed in us, especially our old little pensioner!

NATIONAL FINAL SUCCESS

On 9th September 2006, Julie and Joe competed in the British Riding Club National Championships. After winning the Regional Medium Qualifier with a score in excess of 71%, Julie was a bit disappointed to be drawn first to go in the 35 strong class.... its always difficult going first. That said, and scores aside, Joe performed one of the most obedient tests of his career and Julie was thrilled with him, particularly as the test was on grass and the ground was rock solid (making the movements so much harder on the old boys arthritis). Julie is over the moon to have finished in the top 20, which means that Joe has won the well deserved accolade of being in the top 20 Medium level horses competing in British Riding Clubs. After a week's post-competition holiday, Joe will resume playing at his dressage and, although Julie doesn't have a particular goal for him, he'll spend the winter either hacking/competing at the lower levels (see For Loan page :-)) or practising the fun stuff just in case he ends up having more come-backs than Elizabeth Taylor!!!

Julie would like to thank everyone for their support, particularly her husband George, Izzy (friend, dressage student, and groom on the day!), Ann and Bill Kent from South Lincs for their wonderful support (and financial support for entry fees), the South Lincs Committee and the Dressage Coaching clients (thank you for the dozen or so messages of good luck). You never know, Joe just might have to make an appearance next year !

31st August 2006: With the new routine established for the autumn, Julie has extended her Sunday clinic and is able to coach at either Swaton (20x40), Heckington (20x60), or thanks to the staunch support of Liz Young, owner of Laughton Manor Equestrain Centre, at LMEC in their fabulous indoor 25x70 arena.

23 August 2006: South Lincs clinics restarting Oct 06 and new horse for loan on the For Sale/Loan page.

12 August 2006: New entry on the For Sale/Loan page.

7 August 2006: BEF have announced new measures to support the equestrian sport (individuals and businesses). Please view the Dressage Debate page for the full story; this will be especially useful information if you are looking for funding for a project or facility.

7 August 2006: Due to popular demand, more weekend clinic slots are available at Grove Farm, Swaton (particularly Sunday mornings from 8 am to lunchtime). Please call or text Julie for information. If you would like to watch a training session before booking, then you would be more than welcome (no need to book, please just turn up) - we know how important your training is to you (and that you want to make sure you get value for money) so are more than happy for you come along to see if its what you would like to be involved in.

1 August 2006: Julie is now back from holiday and clinics/private coaching sessions have recommenced. Please call or text 07932822945 to book in or confirm the session previously arranged. (Thank you!)

14 July 2006: The South Lincs Riding Club Page is up and running.

14 July 2006: Dressage Coaching UK has just become the No 1 listed site on Google if you do a UK only search and search dressage+coaching .... great news.

13 July 2006: British Riding Clubs HQ, Stoneleigh, have confirmed that Julie and Frizzell's Banjo (Joe) will be invited to compete at the Riding Clubs National Championships on Saturday 9th September 2006 in the Medium Championships, which is the highest level at the competition.

10 July 2006: There is still a free slot on the South Lincs Riding Club clinic this Thursday, 13th July, at Longdog House, Sleaford (opposite the Rugby Club). For details please call Emily on 07980736591 - remember you can benefit from the reduced rates and save up to 25% on your training sessions as Julie subsidises the clinics.

10 July 2006: Congratulations to Izzy and Mike Hawkins and their fabulous yearling colt, El Crisp. 'Gunner' was an absolute star at his in-hand show yesterday and was placed (6th) amongst some very good company. El Crisp is by the performance stallion El Roon and we defy anyone not to get goosebumps when they see El Crisp move! He is definately a stallion star of the future.

7 July 2006: Dressage Coaching UK can now offer a new service to all our visitors and friends.... looking to buy or sell or loan a horse or pony? Then we can help. We will place your advert for one month for FREE. Email Julie a photograph and description and we will put on a new Photo Album ... Looking to loan or buy .. then place a message on the board and our visitors can see what you're searching for an hopefully help.

4 July 2006: End Aug/beginning of Sept 06 - dressage to music gala (well, a lot of laughs trying to dance with our horses). Short demo and then have-a-go - all proceeds to South Lincs Riding Club!!!! Watch the news page for details but this is all in aid of the South Lincs Riding Club funds - helping more riders enjoy schooling.

4 July 2006: Julie and George would like to thank all our Dressage Coaching friends for their very kind words and messages following the very sad loss of Harry, their 3 year old Bernese Mountain dog, after a short illness on Friday 30 June. Harry was such a character, had a permanent 'smile' and made a massive impact on everyone he met (all 55kg of him :-)); his loss has been devastating to George and Julie. Billy Brown, his 4 year old brother is being spoilt wrotten and thoroughly enjoying the untold attention. We've placed a photograph on the board of the 2 boys. Thank you again for your kindness.

21 June 2006: From the middle of August, following a promotion at work, Julie will be commuting a little further each day, which may mean that evening appointments will be limited. However, Julie is pleased to confirm that clinics will still be available on the weekend, with the larger clinic on Sunday mornings, with either Julie travelling to you, or at one of 2 fabulous arenas in Heckington (20x60) or Swaton (20x40). We'll try to be as flexible as possible to provide exactly what you want. Evening appointments can still be made by special arrangement and Julie remains committed to the South Lincs clinics too.

18 June 2006: A fabulous day for Dressage Coaching clients!

EAST OF ENGLAND SHOW - HEAVY HORSE CHAMPIONSHIPS

A great day for Claire Oakes and her beautiful 18.1h Shire gelding, Jack. This true gentle giant performed fantastically and won his class - a 1st competition for them both was well rewarded by a 1st place rosette! They were up against strong competition but were definately deserving of the win. Well done Claire.

AREA 16 RIDING CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

All the South Lincs Riding Club team members. Everyone put in great performances - with many personal best scores. Excellent results for Chris, Michelle, Emma, Faithe, Sarah and Julie. Plenty of rosettes for everyone too and the Club came overall 7th - an outstanding result given that this is the first time at this level! Well done to all and to Ann Kent and Emily Howsam for their superb organising skills!

Congratulations also go to Dressage Coaching clients ....

Claire Llewellyn and ShearwaterH20 - Solo showed us how it should be be done and was ridden extremely well by Claire, who has definately created a pure dressage horse in Solo! I was proud to be beaten by Claire!

Claire Martin and Theo did themselves proud too - excellent results in the dressage and riding test. I'm so proud that Theo performed so well in a spooky arena and was a little star on the day - well done!

I was absolutely thrilled with Joe's (Frizzell's Banjo) performance. He gave his all and tried his little heart out. A 3rd in the elementary (behind Solo and Claire and Jane Heerbeck with a fabulous future national level horse). A mix up about which medium was to be ridden proved there really is a silver lining in every cloud. Joe listened to me and I genuinely could not have asked more of my little old boy. A samaratin read the test and I was honestly surprised that it ended when it did (i hadn't seen the test at all beforehand and would struggle to tell you now what we did!) but Joe was an angel and gave me his all - he won the class (in some very good company) and may have gained a ticket to the British Riding Club National Championships - guess he's telling me he's not quite ready for retirement just yet!

12 June 2006: An additional clinic is being provided for South Lincs Riding Club on Saturday 10th June from 1pm onwards, please see the Clinics page for details.

8 June 2006: Fabulous news - Julie is now a British Dressage accredited trainer and appears on the British Dressage Trainers Database.

5 June 2006: Dressage Coaching UK website is now offering a subscribe option - please leave your email and we can update you with new news!

2 June 2006: Julie has been appointed as the Participation and Communications Advisor to the Chief Executive of British Dressage, David Holmes. In this honorary role, Julie will advise on communciations strategies, participation issues, volunteering programmes and also represent the BD members representatives at marketing Committee meetings. BD divides the UK into Regions and each region has various representatives, including a 'Members Rep'. Given that one of BD's aim is to promote the sport of dressage to all (not just affiliated riders), why not take a look at the website at www.britishdressage.co.uk - there's far more too it for all of us normal grass roots riders!

1 June 2006: Julie is now able to offer coaching sessions on a fabulous private 20x60 outdoor arena - again in the Heckington area. A special discount rate of £5 hire is available to all Dressage Coaching clients. Please speak with Julie for more details or to book a session.

29 May 06: A fabulous turnout rewarded the South Lincs Riding Club Committee on 28 May. With dozens of riders and horses, every class was full to the limit. The dressage proved really popular too and we were very grateful to dressage judge, Sue Bell, for her support too.

Riders won prizes worth more than £150 in the prelim classes and Julie is looking forward to helping the rising stars with their flatwork coaching.

Julie is extremely pleased to have been asked to help South Lincs Riding Club members at their summer dressage clinics.

Sessions are happening regularly - check out the clinics page for information.

British Dressage have accepted Julie's application for the trainer database.

Clinics

In support of the new owner, Liz Young, of Laughton Manor Equestrian Centre, Julie is pleased to be able to arrange coaching sessions in Laughton's fabulous indoor school. Please call Julie for details.

Additionally, if you would like to school at Laughton, Liz has very kindly offered a special hire rate to Dressage Coaching clients - the fabulous 65x30 (approx) indoor school for £20 an hour for the first horse and £10 per hour for the second horse. Please call Julie for contact details.

Watch this space for details of forthcoming clinics - Dressage Coaching is extremely excited about this fantastic opportunity to work with Laughton Manor Equestrain Centre.

Competitions

Caythorpe Equestrian Centre is now running trailblazer dressage as well as a full unaffiliated and affiliated dressage schedule. The facilities are fantastic and the Curragh family are extremely friendly and welcoming. You couldn't wish for a better competition venue - top class facilities, competition (and a great shop!). Please visit www.caythorpeequestrain.co.uk for more details.

Caythorpe also hold Steph Cooper clinics which are, certainly to Julie, worth their weight in gold. Julie has been fortunate enough to be trained by Steph for several years now and, to Steph's credit, has helped Julie make the transition from novice to advanced competitor. Call Caythorpe to ask about booking a session with Steph.

Check out their website for the horses for sale too - top quality horses at prices that we can afford.

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