Harry Payne is a FEI 3/4* International Eventing & list 1 dressage judge. He has a competed internationally at Grand Prix level. He spent a few days coaching at Ardeo prior to the start of the Eventing Ireland season. He will be back again to help with preparation of the horses for our national and international events including Tattersalls International Horse Trials and Le Lion d’Angers later in the season. Our horses have had many wins and placings on the back of Harry’s visit including our 148cm FEI event prospect scoring 82%+ on many occasions and Wolf Artic leading the
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Ardeo Sports Horses have been incredibly lucky as German show jumping trainer, Konrad Kugler, recently visited for a couple of days training from Reitsportanlage Dagobertshausen. Konrad has showjumped on the German team to great success and coaches multiple riders competing in international competitions. Konrads training focused on getting the horses body to be elastic and supple, in order to generate greater power and athleticism over the fence. Konrad has an calm manner and amazing connection with the horses allowing him to coach. Pole exercises encouraged horses to maintain a regular rhythm on the approach whilst teaching riders to use the body
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