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A Kinder Approach to all Riding

THE CLASSICAL RIDING CLUB founded by Sylvia Loch in l995 is now fully on line. Our new global website at www.classicalriding.co.uk was launched in July 2007 and has since attracted hundreds of new and committed Members from all around the world.

If you support Classical Riding and wish to stamp out forceful gagets and harsh training methods, then this is the Club for you. CRC is committed to education and a return to traditional horse-friendly values in all spheres of riding. In recognition of our contribution, CRC is now an Independent Partner of the British Horse Society.

Please help us to continue to speak up for the Horse by becoming a Member. For less than £2.50 per month, you too can emjoy our monthly illustrated Newsletter plus gain access to all the Club's Libraries and Archival material past and present. With over 2000 articles to be read, and a Charter to inspire you in all your riding, we have empowered many people to understand their horses better. Some of today's most thinking and ethical trainers, teachers and authors are CRC Members. Be part of that family and help us grow!

Subscription is annual and easiest through our Paypal facility - log into www.classicalriding.co.uk - how to join!

GETTING ON - DVD (2 for the price of 1!)

This summer after much pressure from her younger fans, Sylvia decided it was time to produce a film for the complete beginner,to be coupled with her very successful Staying On.
Staying On was first produced in video format in 2002 - designed for the older child rider to work in greater empathy and balance with their pony. It was very much a response to some of the sights Sylvia and her students had witnessed at shows around the country, where the ethos seemed to be Kick On and Yank in the mouth! The transformation in the 7 guinea-pig riders and their mounts during their lessons with Sylvia is remarkable. Correct canter leads, good transitions, better posture in the saddle and a better feel for diagonals is all discussed, as well as proper turns and correct aids throughout.
GETTING ON is a real beginner's film - it features 6 year old Jake and Jessica who learn how to lead, tie up, groom, bridle and saddle their ponies before riding first on the lead rein and then unaided - until that magic moment - the first canter! This DVD will be invaluable to all who teach riding or to parents wishing to instill safety and the correct guidelines around the yard and on horseback.
GETTING ON and STAYING ON are therefore being launched together as a very watchable 2.5 hour DVD... the two separate films are independent of each other, but together they make a very nice package at a very reasonable price of £19.95.
Order now for Christmas from www.classicalseat.co.uk
Hurry! whilst stocks last!

BALANCE AND BODYWORK
for the HORSE AND RIDER

We are proud to announce Sylvia's latest dressage DVD (filmed in Portugal) has beaten all records in its first year of release. This is the film that keeps you fit as well as riding fit and may help cure those stiffness problems - both in you and your horse. Dealing with feel and the correct (weight) aids from shoulder-in to flying change, canter half-pass & passage this is a life-changing DVD. By tapping into your cognitive powers and using Sylvia's simple NLP training methods, you can improve your riding overnight! Many dressage riders have reported this film has transformed their riding, results in their horse's performance has been spectacular.
For more colour images and how to order on-line, go to
www.classicalseat.co.uk ....
OR for US format www.classicalseat.com

UNMOUNTED WORKSHOPS
If you wish to participate in an informal Balance & Bodywork Workshop (minimum 3 students - approx. 1 hr.)at Eden Hall, this can be booked by prior arrangement. Cost is £28. 00 per person and the work is very much hands on. Sylvia is available to run away Workshops (roughly 3 hrs. duration) for groups of l5 or more. Price/date and venue by arrangement dependent on distance to be travelled.

PERFECT LATERALS TRILOGY

This recently launched DVD provides the viewer with 3 of Sylvia's most popular films: ON THE BIT, SHOULDER-IN and TRVERS TO HALPASS (roughly 2 hrs. and 40 minutes of action packed footage.
Stunningly filmed, these three films (formerly on video) offer the viewer technical insights into the riding of each lateral movement with a variety of horses and riders, from the very novice to the expert.
ON THE BIT (next to Classical Seat I)is probably our biggest seller and answers all your questions about the correct preparation of the horse to working in an outline. It shows how horses are brought 'to' the hand (mise-en-main) and collection through an uninvasive use of seat and leg and how to achieve the correct contact. All this is possible with the most difficult of horse - as you will see - even the inverate nose-poker or the horse who habitually dives behind the bit.
The hose's back and how to encourage rounding and engagement throughout is discussed in vivid detail, bits and their uses discussed and a host of other valuable riding secrets.
This Trilogy is a valuable addition to the thinking rider's collection.

CLASSICAL DRESSAGE LESSONS AT EDEN HALL
ON SCHOOLMASTER LUSITANOS

In between writing commitments and teaching abroad, I take private one-to-one Dressage Lessons on my two Lusitano schoolmasters, an Advanced/Medium level stallion Prazer and my Advanced (some High School) display horse, Espada (now 21). I also teach riders on their own horses.

I do not teach Courses as such, but for anyone wishing to combine a visit to the Scottish Borders - staying locally - (www.visitscottishborders)I can generally accommodate one private dressage lesson per day so you can make up your own mini-course and explore this stunning rural locality in your spare time. Our local market town of Kelso boasts excellent hotels, restaurants, Floors Castle - open to the public, the race-course, skating/curling rink, salmon fishing on the Tweed and the Roxburgh Golf Course as well as great shopping.
Riding standard: Weight Limit - 11 - 11 and half stone
Please email www.classicalriding.co.uk for fuller details.

Please note! I have no novice level horses so you must ride to a confident standard of competence. Lusitanos are hotblood horses and my school is a 20 x 60 m. outdoor sand/rubber arena (where although highly trained, the odd spook can still occur). You do not have to be a dressage rider, but you will need to have ridden outside. Jumping or Crosscountry riders who want to discover the classical seat are welcome. You will know how to sit light and distribute your weight correctly. It will definitely help if you can familiarise yourself with my teaching before your Course, such as watching the Classical Seat on video(s) or DVD.

LECTURES - Formal Lectures (with slides) either at Eden Hall are generally advertised in the Classical Riding Club magazine (www.classicalriding.co.uk) or on this website.
I am a practised after dinner speaker and during the past 20 years have lectured all over the world.
Lecture Subjects include: *The History of Classical Riding
*The Royal Horse of Europe - the Lusitano & Andalusian
*The Classical Seat, A Kinder Way to Ride
*Riding without Gadgets
*All about Bend... Collection ...and other topics.

Due to work commitments, I am unable to offer more than 3 actual riding lessons on 3 consecutive days,which is why I have included other alternatives. This gives a little more choice for anyone planning a visit from overseas...but please be aware that my time is limited!

However, I am always pleased to welcome VISITORS here to our yard just outside Kelso (afternoons only and by appointment). No visiting dogs please!

CONTACT- Due to overenthusiasm from the public I am not able to supply my email - although you may reach me through the Classical Riding Club crc@classicalriding.co.uk - or Fax us - 0044 - (0)1890 830667 or write Sylvia Loch, Eden Hall, KELSO, Scottish Borders, TD5 7QD.

DIRECTIONS - Eden Hall is approx. 3 miles east of Kelso town centre and 5 miles west of Coldstream centre on the A698. Look out for large grey farmhouse set well back from the main road on the hill to the north side of the River Tweed and signposted on the verge of the road. (If coming from Kelso, it is AFTER the Highridgehall and Plum Brae signs.)

REPLIES - There may be some delay in responding to letters, faxes, messages etc due to volume of trafffic, but we will do our best. Thank you!

SYLVIA'S DIARY 2009

IBERIAN CLASS JUDGING - WOODBRIDGE SHOW, SUFFOLK

SMALL TEACHING CLINIC ESSEX/SUFFOK BORDER

IBERIAN CLASS JUDGING - WARRINGTON SHOW, CHESHIRE

BHS BORDERS FESTIVAL OF THE HORSE
Informal Afternoon Demo (outside venus - please bring a chair)
2 pm Eden Hall, Kelso showing Sylvia working with her Advanced Lusitano stallion, Prazer - followed by 3 or 4 demo lessons with stuents of varying levels on their own horses. Entry on field £5.00 at gate

LUSITANO BREED SHOW 25TH ANNIVERSARY - JUNE 26/27/28
HARTPURY, GLOS, UK

Fri.eve. 26/6/09 6pm start - Clinic for participating riders and their Iberian horses with Sylvia in the indoor arena. Spectators welcome. Supper afterwards. For further details contact show sec. penny@lusobreedsociety.co.uk

Sat. 27/6/09 Sylvia judging thro'out day. Gala evening at night to celebrate 25 years of the Society's history incl. Dressage to Music and other special events.

Sun. 28/6/09 More Iberian classes throughout day

OVERSEAS CLINICS

Sylvia's next big International Clinics will be to the Czech Republic as well as Canada and the USA in 2009. Details not yet available.

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