Something a bit different!!
🐴 Working Equitation / Trec obstacle training
👩‍🎤 Tina Fitzgibbon ( Equichanics - Tina Fitzgibbon)
📅 Sunday 6 Dec
📍 Rollestone Farm
As always Ping me a text (not or Messenger as it’ll get lost!!) to book 😊 If you’re a SOVRC member this can be booked via Equo
About the Coach:
Tina [of Equichanics] is an Irish producer and rider based in Bow, Devon. Before leaving Ireland as a young rider she was short listed multiple times for both Irish Showjump and Event teams on home produced ponies and horses.
Following her move to the UK Tina continued to compete BS and BE, dabbled in Endurance, and became a Working Equitation Instructor and Judge.
Tina’s keen interest in understanding how the horse works from a cellular level lead her to pursue a BSc and MSc in Equine Science & Management, a Post Grad Cert in Education to better support her passion for teaching and became an Equine Assisted Growth And Learning Association (EAGALA) Equine Specialist as she delved into incorporating the profound and therapeutic presence of horses on humans.
Before starting Equichanics, Tina was a lecturer and course manager for Equine courses both in Further Education and Higher Education, and was part of the team that brought GaitSmart Pegasus, a specialized equine gait analysis technology used for monitoring performance and welfare, to the general public.
Tina coaches people with their horses at home, runs a variety of in-hand & ridden clinics and educational talks/workshops about a wide spectrum of horse health and training topics. Tina feels strongly that empathy for the horse is rooted in understanding their biology, and so her Continued Professional Development is most often directed toward bodywork, dissections, neuroscience etc to give extra added value to her clients and make her sessions insightful and very effective.
Building confidence and knowledgeable effectiveness with horse and human is the cornerstone of all Tina’s teaching no matter the discipline.
Tina combines her practical and academic experience which encourages critical thinking about assessing the horses way of going, performance issues and focuses on improving their abilities ethically so the horse first ethos remains at the forefront of any session.
Tina’s passion for Working Equitation comes from her love that obstacles specifically culture a thorough approach that prioritizes calm, consistent progress. The horse is encouraged to be present and think about the obstacles rather than just react and rush, while the rider focus’ on fundamental details where specific, clear, proactive communication cultivate the best outcomes.