After years of traditional teaching and training Jill qualified six years ago as a certificate holder for the Monty Roberts method of training and concentrated during this time purely on handling problem horses, backing and schooling youngsters.

The work ranged from rearers, buckers, horses that couldn’t be caught, horses that knapped, those that wouldn’t be loaded, to those who walked all over you and others that would viciously attack.

Noticing that may problems were caused by bad fitting saddles Jill went on to extend her knowledge by training for two years with holistic saddler Kay Humphries. Their work concentrated on horses that had bad atrophy and needed to rebuild their muscles and other that were difficult to get a good fit to.

This lead to Jill being an agent for the top classical rider and trainer Heather Moffett, selling her new concept saddle the Fhoenix FA a flexible saddle that eliminates many of the problems caused/found in traditional saddles. They have the advantage of fitting most horses and indeed can be swapped from horse to horse.

The saddle work has always run concurrently with training and teaching.

More training followed at the Turville Valley Stud one of this countries top classical training centres. Jill has brought the in hand/long lining /ground work into her repertoire, and has found horses respond quicker, reaching a high level of schooling.

This lateral work being taught from the ground to even unbacked horses includes all lateral movements from shoulder in to piaffe, without the weight of a rider the horse can learn the movements becoming balanced, coordinated and working towards lightness.

This work is then easily transferred to the ridden aids advancing schooling by years.

Jill is now a TT for Heather Moffett and Enlightened Equitation, and is also a student of Equine Touch hoping to qualify in October 2005. Jill says there is so much that you can learn about horses and so many teachers prepared to show you.

Jill will teach riding and teach you how to school your horse/handle a difficult horse as well as taking horses in for schooling, Jill will still take in problem horses.

Jill will also come to you to give one off lessons to identify ridden and training difficulties and present solutions, or regular lessons.