Churchill Farm Home of Equestrian Edge.

Available now:

Training liveries, Full or Part .

Indoor and outdoor stables.

70 x 35 outdoor arena with flexiride surface.

620 acres of crosscountry riding.

28 acres of turn out paddocks.

Solarium/washbox/Horse walker

Tackroom/rug room/feed room

For 2012 indoor 60 x20 arena

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On-site training : Technical /performance psychology /proprioception /rider pilates /video analysis /gait analysis.

To find out more call us on Tel; 07957 529 570.

Summer Dressage Clinic with International Dressage Trainer Rhett Bird and Equestrian Edge.

Face to Face Clinics:

Analyse your performance using the expert eyes of International Dressage coach and rider Rhett Bird and the latest video analysis allowing you to come face to face with your performance.

Then discover the things that may be holding you back from performing your best and develop the mental skills to improve confidence, focus and self-belief in your performance, with Equestrian Mental Performance Coach and International speaker Sandie Chambers .

Wednesday 27th July 2011 - 10am to 5pm

Including:

Dressage Training with International Dressage Rider and Trainer Rhett Bird.

Psychology Session with Equestrian Mental Performance Coach Sandie Chambers

Video Analysis session with Sandie Chambers and Rhett Bird.

Feedback Sessions with Rhett Bird and Sandie Chambers

Also includes:

Stabling for your horses, please bring your own hay.

Refreshments include sandwiches and drinks.

Only 14 places available.

First come first served basis so BOOK NOW!

Who for?: Whether you are a dressage rider of any level or an eventer wishing to improve your flat work this clinic is for you. Based at our beautiful venue Churchill Farm in Warwickshire, with a newly surfaced 70/35 outdoor arena with comfortable lecture rooms for one to one psychology and group sessions and our video feedback room that brings you face to face with your performance.

For more information call direct: Tel: 07957 529 570

www.equestrianedge.co.uk

Equestrian Edge is offering

Training Liveries for aspiring riders.

Our facilities include:

Indoor or outdoor stables available.

70 x 35 newly surfaced flexi-ride arena with mirrors.

Horse Walker.

Solarium.

Wash box.

Tack room.

Feed and room.

Hay storage.

All year turn out.

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Our training includes:

Training liveries include training with International

Trainers. Sport psychology & fitness coaching. Video analysis.

Gait analysis. Thermography. Tailor-made performance monitoring.

In development for winter 2011

Olympic size indoor arena currently under development

Stunning location with amazing views, peace and tranquillity.

Limited places available call

 Sandie Chambers on 07957 529 570

www.equestrianedge.co.uk

Professional Dressage Yard to Rent

Fantastic Opportunity

Equestrian Edge is offering a
Professional Dressage Rider.

8 box yard
Indoor or outdoor stables available.
70 x 35 newly surfaced flexi-ride arena with mirrors.
Horse Walker.
Solarium.
Wash box.
Tack room.
Feed and room.
Hay storage.
All year turn out.
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Stallion Boxes also available.
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In development for 2012
Olympic size indoor arena currently under development

Stunning location with amazing views, piece and tranquillity.
 
Deposit and one month rent to be paid in advance so no timewasters please.
References will be required.

Tel: Sandie Chambers on 07957 529 570
www.equestrianedge.co.uk

info@equestrianedge.co.uk

Sandie Chambers of Equestrian Edge presents to

2011 Members Meeting of International Dressage Trainers Club in Versailles

The International Dressage Trainers Club held its annual members meeting in Versailles, France, on 3 - 4 April 2011. Approximately 50 members and their partners enjoyed a performance by the Academie du Spectacle Equestre at the Royal Stables of Versailles and a dinner cruise on the Seine.

In addition to an excellent discussion regarding the most pressing issues facing the sport, the group also heard presentations regarding technologies that could be useful for dressage by Sandie Chambers of Equestrian Edge and Adrien Baquet of Dartfish. Trond Asmyr, FEI Director of Dressage, updated the group on the FEI focus for dressage in 2011.

The majority of the second day of the meeting were practical sessions when the members shared opinions regarding the training of various demonstration horses and riders. Participating riders were Julie Pellerin, Sarah Kcruch, Odile van Doorn, Catherine Henriquet, Jessica Michel, and Guillaume Recoing. Carlos Pinto, Marc Boblet, Marina Caplain Saint-Andre and Hans Heinrich Meyer zu Strohe were the participating trainers.

Dinner on the Seine at the 2011 IDTC members meetingCurrent board members of the IDTC are David Hunt (GBR) as president, Kenneth Dyrby (USA), Johann Hinnemann (GER), Sjef Janssen (NED), Dane Rawlins (GBR), and Andrzej Salacki (POL).

The IDTC represents the interests of the international trainers towards the Federation Equestre International (FEI). The FEI has officially recognized the IDTC, and the Club is regularly invited for hearings by the Dressage Committee of the FEI. 

The IDTC was founded by the late Herman Duckeck from Denmark. Linda Keenan is the current executive administrator.

Yard available with 8 boxes for One Professional Dressage rider.

Our training venue at Churchill Farm has a vacancy for one professional dressage rider, this vacancy provides 8 stables, the use of a horse walker, Olympic size newly surfaced dressage arena, all year turn out, solarium, wash box and access to Equestrian Edge's support services.

For more information you can contact Sandie Chambers on 07957 529 570

Equestrian Edge offer absolutely free a one day workshop for Equestrian Athletes.

15th January 2011. book now to reserve your place.

Your Horse Live

Equestrian Edge Sport Scientist Stuart Chambers presents Rider fitness seminar.

Listen to how you can maximise your performance with effective fitness programming and diet.

See Equestrian Edge at the Half term BSJA junior academies during October 2010.

Equestrian Edge team provide the Junior BSJA academies with Psychology and Performance analysis at their summer camps sduring August 2010. Stuart Chambers BSc Sports Scientist and Psychologist was on hand to offer support to all the Junior riders at this years summer camp, from 6years old to 16 years old. Equine Sports Performance Scientist Sandie Chambers was on hand to offer video Analysis of riders perfomances and also provided an educational workshop in Equine Thermography.

Come see the Equestrian Edge team at The Royal Festival of the Horse 9th 10th 11th July, also you can come meet us at the Festival of Dressage at Sparshot College 10th 11th July.

Later in the year Equestrian Edge will be showcasing their Science for Perfomance at Burghley Horse trials, you will see them on the Celebrity Chat platform twice a day throughout the horse trials during September 2010.

BEF Breeders Awards 2010

We were delighted to visit Archie Smith-Maxwell at his home in Upton on Seven to finally connect him with his much deserved Trophy for a Lifetime Contribution to British Breeders the 'Equestrian Edge Meritoire award. Archie and his wife Patricia, were a delight to meet and we enjoyed a well prepared home made meal with champagne to celebarate this prestigious prize.

Archie has been breeding horses for over 45 years and at the age of 82 was surprised and humbled to be recognised and honoured in such a way.

Sandie Chambers said  "I feel honoured to be awarding this to Archie, it's our first year as sponsors of this award and we are humbled by Archies achievements not just in the Equestrian world but by so much more he has achieved and experienced in his life, he truly is inspiring and an amazing man, his life story is unique and full of adventure"

Equestrian Edge are the new sponsors of the prestigious British breeders lifetime achievement award .

Equestrian Edge will be the future sponsors of the Meritoire award given to the individual chosen for their contribution to the breeding industry of GB.

The award for 2009 has been won by the wonderful Archie Scott Maxwell who at 82 has had many successes in the Breeding and producing world.

Equestrian Edge would also like to thanks Jan Rogers of the BEF for organising such a wonderful awards dinner at the City Grance hotel in London on the 9th January. A fantastic night was had by all who braved the extreme conditions to make it to this prestigious event. The evening was very well organised and ran as smooth as clockwork with dulcett tones of Mike Tucker as compere, Desi Dillingham opening the show and a fantastic and humerous account of a jockeys life by the wonderful Brough Scott.

We wish all British Breeders and produces a very successful 2010.

Delegates enjoyed a great line-up at this year's BHS National Coaching Conference. Headline speaker Tim Stockdale gave a motivational speech using many examples from his own career to inspire the audience. He entertained with anecdotes from his experiences working on the BBC TV show Only Fools on Horses and shared some of his and his fellow show jumpers' secrets.

Jon Pitts returned this year with another informative and entertaining presentation on rider fitness showing riders and coaches just how important it is, not only for their own well-being but also for that of the horse, that they be fit for the purpose of riding. Continuing the theme of improving the performance of the rider, Stuart Chambers gave a really informative session looking both at basic nutrition on a day-to-day basis and also a more in-depth look at energy and what we need to create it and how we expend it. There was also had a session on sports psychology from Sandie Chambers with again, many useful, everyday tips to help improve confidence in teaching and learning.

Our final two sessions of the day were from Equestrian Edge on video analysis technology and the Motion and Research Centre looking at Biomechanics. Dr David Marlin took the session for Equestrian Edge and this looked at how filming training sessions and then playing them back using this technology helps the coach and rider to evaluate both their riding performance and also that of the horse – an invaluable tool. This was then followed by an illuminating session from the MAR Centre which took this further by looking at the rider in 3D from a biomechanical perspective. Both of these sessions gave an insight and introduction into other methods of looking at and analysing performance.

Feedback about the presentations has been extremely positive and it is interesting to see that those who attended all enjoyed the presentations – but that not everyone enjoyed the same one! For example, some people took a lot away from the rider fitness and nutrition sessions, whereas others preferred the sports psychology. This links in with Tim Stockdale’s view that trainers need to have a variety of methods available to them to use, as every client is different with differing learning requirements.

Equestrian Edge launch Newletter for members and subcribers past and present.

To recieve your newsletter and recieve all the benfits that Equestrian Edge have to offer, contact us to subscribe now.

Equestrian Edge will be supporting Pegasus at the Harbury Mitsubishi Horse Trials on the 13th to the 16th August 2009. See you there.

Lincomb Farm Mental Skills Talk.

Equestrian Edge would like to thank everyone at Lincomb Farm for giving us a warm welcome on a very wet day. Hopefully the visualisation skills that were taught will come in useful for imagining we are having a hot sunny summer!! We hope you all continue to have riding success.

Congratulations to Equitherm Students.

Congratulations to Peter Norris, Elle Stacey and Sinead McCormick for achieving their certificates in Level I Equine Thermography.  

British Horse Society Conference.

Equestrian Edge are presenting at the BHS Conference on November 18th 2009 along with Tim Stockdale, John Pitts and more. To book your place on the conference email a.lefevre@bhs.org.uk

A whole days Training for FREE

Equestrian Edge are offering an Analysis Day free to all subscribers.

The Day includes all of the following:

Heart Rate Monitoring
Gait Analysis
Video Performance Analysis
Psychology session
Lesson with Ann & Nigel Taylor

To find out more register for your free membership and we will forward you more information.

Our Sponsored Rider Jodie Amos rides for GB - Read about it here.

Well, I'm back from Hungary with all the news! 

 Having spent a fantastic week away in a foreign country with a great bunch of people, it’s inevitable that the return to daily routine is a slight anti-climax... Anyhow, I’m very lucky to have taken part in the CIC** European team Championship and even more so to have two great girls in Alice and Charlotte, who are 100% reliable and who I can trust implicitly to keep the others ticking over whilst I’m away.

All in all Billy coped remarkably well, as did all the horses with the three day trip to Hungary. On arrival on Monday afternoon I did have a slight panic attack as it took until 6pm for the organizers to finally get the stables up, oblivious to the fact that our horses had been waiting since mid-day. I suppose in hind sight what was I expecting... this was Hungary, a small Eastern European country, not England!! Having said that, although aesthetically they were not the nicest looking stables they did the job, kept the flies away and were a lot more breathable once we had kicked out the windows! As for shavings I have a new found respect for the term dust free as the Hungarian equivalent looked fresh from the sawmill and created a thick haze for a good ten minutes causing us all to splutter and cough! Again the horses seemed more than content and by Wednesday the place had transformed itself into a seriously smart looking three day event. The Hungarians were lovely people, very keen to help and make this magnificent natural park a respectable venue for a European Championships.

The Team got off to a cracking start; finishing 2nd in the Team test, which in the past had always been their main weakness. Beating the Germans and Dutch in their strongest discipline is always a cause for celebration! The Team dressage is a phase unique to the event and not something all horses take to. For six very fit horses to work together in a confined space, going through movements in all three paces with the aim being to keep a consistent distance between each other and uniformity throughout, is quite an accomplishment. Needless to say this was not something that suited my little exuberant Billy who prides himself on rising to the occasion and standing out from the crowd, flashing his little socks off. For this reason we competed as an individual. It was Friday before we did our dressage test and by then we felt primed and ready with Billy having really knuckling down to the job in hand since Tuesday. Unfortunately our test was a little disappointing given the standard of work he had shown the previous days, it is possible that we peaked a little early but equally I hadn’t anticipated the crowds or the atmosphere that awaited us. Billy found it all a bit overwhelming and started his test a little insecure but as the test went on he grew in confidence to finish with some fantastic canter work and a respectable mark of 47. This left him in 5th place overall and 2nd best of the Brits. At the end of two days of dressage, the Team managed to clinch 1st spot and Hannah Mace rode the most amazing test to take second place individually, all in all a successful day!

Cross country day was always going to be a tough one with a difficult track which was up to height and technical, a true Championship course. Had the weather stayed sunny most of the week the ground wouldn’t have been as testing but the daily thunder storms meant that the going was very sapping on the horses? This definitely affected Billy whose extravagant gallop stride makes it even more tiring for him. On top of the adverse conditions Billy hadn’t had the preparation runs all the other British horses had had. When I think about it I’m lucky to even have taken part bearing in mind his first run was in April and a couple of months previously he was still in a pen resting with Fiona’s cows!

He jumped out of the start box full of enthusiasm and with the time in mind we were not hanging about. Hannah Mace and Matt Heath got the team off to a great start with them both jumping clear inside the time, which by the end of the day proved to be quite a feat. Having got three quarters of the way round and jumped a lot of the technical combinations it was evident that we were slowly falling behind time. I gave Billy a bit of a wake up call but it was too late, we had hit a brick wall and he needed nursing home. Still trying to catch up lost time I wanted to go direct at the last two influential combinations but paid the price as we ground to a halt two from home. In hindsight I probably should have gone long but riding for a team and under instruction is a whole different ballgame and I had to give it my best shot. The stop with the additional time was very costly to our dressage and we weren’t the only ones as Kathy Oliver and Shelly Dixon suffered a similar fate. At the end of the day the Team had dropped to 2nd but maintained a podium position and Hannah would be jumping for individual Gold! Riding for yourself certainly has its highs and lows but when you take into account seven other peoples joys and disappointments, it becomes a real emotional rollercoaster. At the end of the week, we had all grown very close and I take away with me some wonderful new friendships.

The next day Billy had clearly recovered, prancing about all over the place and sound as a pound despite having lost a shoe. The grooms had been up most of the night tending to the horses and we were very lucky to have such a professional and reliable team. They looked immaculate at all times, a credit to the girl’s hard work. The show jumping was again up to height and very influential. Out of 50 horses there were only 6 clear rounds and I’m pleased to say that Billy and I were one of them. He twisted himself inside out not to touch a pole and I was a very proud of him. It was exciting and promising for the future to see him finish on such good form. Throughout the competition he tried his best and I’m grateful to him for having given me this opportunity. To ride on a British team has always been an ambition of mine and it lived up to all my expectations. Hopefully one day I can emulate this and continue to make my way up the ladder on to a Senior British Team.

Equestrian Edge TV going live, see your own perfomance on Equestrian Edge TV or have your own library of your clients perfomances to compliment your services.

Watch & analyse your performance online, collate a library of performances and see your performance improve, identify the changes needed and take action that allowing you to maximise you performance.

Call Sandie NOW to find out more. 07957 529570