ood osition the ed ce safet and the chance of s ccess he othe e oint that most ide s also need to consolidate is a clea s stem fo a oaches to a m ide s e e i ile ed to ha e s e o n I foc s m coachin on ettin ide s in a stable and sec e esident l m ian on a ohnson cond ct a t o osition and f om the e de elo a m in s stem da e entin clinic at oo lei h o ses lite all et to the sta e he e the no that if e t o e fect da s ell the ea l mo nin the ide is doin this then this is abo t to ha en lessons e e a little cold ide s e e inst cted on b t if the ide is doin that then that is abo t to the a t of sho m in and c oss co nt ha en at da lessons e e dedicated to sho m in I et e a ie ed hen I see eo le cante in c oss in the a m ide s had to foc s on the basics co nt st sittin on the ho se s bac If o ant of the t ainin scale a e e ot h thm ela ation o ho ses to do the ob ell to emain so nd to be and s leness ne of the eat thin s ith on a lon lastin and to be s ccessf l i e him a b ea and is that she has an endless a a of a s to little do him the co tes of bein in balance oblems ith a fe little t ea s of ositions and Clinic o s a e bo en into the ide s le els of the a e a l the aids thin s seemed so m ch nde standin of a solid osition and m in s stem easie nce a med ide s e e i en hat athe than hei hts the a e m in ne of the best seems li e the sim lest of e e cises Cante o e t o thin s abo t oo lei h is that o can t ain a oles on the o nd fo st ides a a t and hen e ho se and ide then al abo t mt s to o o e can do that ith h thm ela ation and s leness m ch smalle m s add st ides ell not that sim le a entl the le enda in o ld a a can et ten st ides stando t f om this clinic as o n amm ambo ne f om al oo lie nda sa ide s on anle ed he bi an ent e o t to the o ho o hb ed eldin off ict es e oo lei h the t ac that she has o ed c oss co nt co se ith b he self atchin him am as still m I ha e to admi e the foc sed on the same looseness of his a of oin thin s a e e ot and belie e that this ho se can h thm ela ation and otentiall ma e it to It s leness e o is an ama in e e ience fo ho ses es onsi e to me to atch and ho ef ll o aids osition is mento this o ne one of the e elements of idin c oss co nt It hel s these o n ide s that on a foc ses li e o amm and ess anson ho is no that on ho lde s too fa the ha e access to so m ch fo a d o ill alte no led e f om o ho se s balance Kirsty Bahnish on Brookleigh Connoisseur hands on coaches and t aine s ho t a el sittin in a d essa e seat (Icecream), owned by Nikki Harwood (Brooks) to In this da e iod in o ill et left behind l the e a e fo l m ians ne of the bea ties of coachin in m self e an ones nd e o the c oss co nt at oo lei h is that ide s ha e and t a t inne a ide an e of diffe ent st les of fences to actice thei ositions o e nothe techni e on a ta ht oo in bac hen I as a o n ide e didn t some ide s as bein able to m a fence ith a ha e an he e nea the access to to le el coaches mo e o en fo a d cante ne s ill man ide s e e ot nd e o e e occasionall he as ha e lost o e the ea s m ch o n e then b t that as abo t it Sonja’s Comments; he e is no e c se these da s fo o n ide s to not h o ho t m clinics I see most ide s need hel a ail themsel es of the no led e that is o t the e ith solidness and nde standin of osition itho t and a ailable fo them SONJA JOHNSON CLINIC 13-14 JULY by Kirsty Bahnish b oo lei h com a