I am coached on a fortnightly basis by Roger East for Dressage. Roger currently trains me on my Warm Blood / Clydie cross gelding named Cappy and previously trained me with my mare 'Minnie' who has now been sold.
Roger takes a straight forward approach with training and teaches both you and your horse. His explanations are comprehensive and very easy to understand. Roger modifies how he teaches to suit both the rider and horse - in other words, he teaches what is in front of him. This is one of the things that impress me the most. At 46 years of age I have had lessons all my life (broke my arm falling off a horse at 4 years of age) with many quality instructors, some them International and some Olympic competitors and have found that most can't adapt their training to the different horse/rider combinations as required.
As Roger is now bringing me through on my second horse with him, I am able to see the training steps he follows and just how differently he trains me on the same steps but differently with Cappy from Minnie.
I highly recommend him for any-one who is striving to ride to their full potential and will put in all the practice in between lessons.
Refer to the Living Diaries to read the training as it occurs.
