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Fiona Dent BHS II.T.Reg RDA I. Pony Club examiner,and NVQ assesser. UKCC Level 2 Assessor RDA, South East Region Dressage Co-ordinator RDA, Training Adviser, Examiner & Instructor for Riding for The Disabled. Author & Tutor of the Lingfield First Aid for Horses course & practical workshops in conjunction with Bridge House Equestrian Centre. Fiona Dent works as a freelance riding instructor based in Edenbridge, on the Kent , Surrey, and Sussex borders. Fiona offers hands on practical workshops on Horse 1st Aid in the South East of England. Fiona has thirty years experience of teaching both recreational and vocational students of all ages. Fiona specialises in teaching the correct basic foundations of riding and training for both horse and rider onto which specific individual disciplines can be built. Fiona’s competion experience includes riding club level in Showjumping and Eventing, at Medium Advanced level dressage, shown at county level and hunted regularly. Driving trials, long distance riding and le trec are other areas in which she has competed. Fiona’s client base covers a wide variety of students from disabled riders and young children to riding club level adults. Her aim is to teach people to ride confidently with balance and co-ordination, using a range of techniques gathered over the years, including some natural horsemanship methods and classical riding in which all qualified instructors are trained. It is Fiona’s belief that both horse and rider must be treated as individuals to reach their full potential, and that the basic building blocks of communication, control, and confidence are essential for a happy horse and rider combination. |
