“Rider in Residence” training allows you to bring your horse(s) to Rosegarth and receive training over a longer period of time rather than simply for a one-off individual lesson. Riders are invited to bring their lorries (or stay at a local B&B) and base themselves at Rosegarth in order to take advantage of the excellent facilities as well as receive daily tuition from Clayton and Lucinda.
As Clayton explains: “We often have requests from riders that want intense training for longer, usually 2 or 3 weeks culminating in one event they may be aiming for. During this time, both Lucinda and myself help riders with their horses, whether it be out hacking on the plain, in the arena, or at one of our external training grounds such as the gallops, or XC schooling. Quite often we will also liaise with the rider in advance to ensure they are competing at the same event as us, so we can help them on the day.”
We had two Riders-in-Residence during 2010 - Nicole Pearson and Lisa Deghe.
Nicole Pearson
Nicole stayed at Rosegarth for 6 months, training her two rides The Navigator (Scobie) and All Done II (Ollie) in preparation for the Asian Games (Nicole is pictured right). Read more.
Lisa Deghe
Lisa stayed for a month at Rosegarth with her three horses, training and travelling to UK events with Team Fredericks.
“I was lucky enough this summer to be offered the opportunity to train with the Fredericks at their base in Wiltshire. I took three horses over for a month with the aim to improve myself as well as bringing on the horses. The experience was a great success all round – not only was the teaching of great help to me but being actually based with Lucinda and Clayton enabled me to watch their preparation of the horses they ride, the fitness programme, the stable management etc. It was a very valuable experience – a continuous learning curve – which was finalised by doing a competition with them in France in which the results of my stay were evident. I came back to Italy really motivated and enthusiastic to put into practice the things that I had learnt. A big thank you to Lucinda and Clayton and all the Fredericks Team for the invaluable help they gave me both at home and at the competitions.” Lisa is pictured right on her horse, Nibble.
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