The British Horse Society welcomes two new Fellows
Friday, November 07, 2008
Following an intense two-day examination, Nick Turner and Caroline Moore have been awarded the prestigious Fellowship of The British Horse Society (FBHS), specialising in Eventing.
The examinations were held at Warwickshire College’s Equine Unit in Moreton Morrell on 30 and 31 October. Candidates demonstrated expertise and knowledge in all spheres of training and educating the horse and rider in front of a team of eight examiners, including Chief Examiner and Chairman of The British Horse Society, Patrick Print FBHS.
Patrick said: "We're delighted to have Nick and Caroline as new Fellows of the Society. Not only were they able to demonstrate a high level of skill both as riders and teachers in their chosen discipline of Horse Trials, what particularly impressed us was the fact they were down to earth, practical, common sense horse people.”
Nick Turner, 45 of Honeydon, near Bedford, competes successfully at international level with appearances at such prestigious events as Badminton, Burghley CCI**** and Saumur CCI***. He has produced horses from Novice to CCI**** and coaches all levels of rider from grass routes to advanced. He was Chef d’Equip for British riders at Compiegne in 2007 and is Senior International Selector for British Eventing. He is also a Sports Neuro Linguistic Programme Practitioner.
When asked what attainting The British Horse Society Fellowship meant to him, Nick replied: “It was something I never thought was within my grasp. I have always been involved in and enjoyed, coaching and teaching and it is fantastic to achieve recognition”.
Caroline Moore, 39, is based at Vale View Equestrian Centre in Old Dalby, Leicestershire. Caroline is a BE Accredited Coach and has competed successfully. She has a large client base ranging from recreational riders to professional riders in all three disciplines of dressage, show jumping and eventing. She is in her third year of the British Eventing Coaching and Development Programme under Yogi Briesner FBHS, BE Performance Manager and recent recipient of the Queen’s Award for Equestrianism.
Caroline is currently involved in setting up new performance and safety workshops and assisting younger competitors at 1* and 2** level (visit www.coachingdt.com).
“It was my life ambition to be a Fellow of The British Horse Society,” says Caroline. “I hope I will be able to work with The British Horse Society in the future, to show the different aspects of the sport.”.
Both candidates commented on the excellent facilities provided by Warwickshire College (Moreton Morrell) and Washbrook Farm. Nick said: “The facilities were fantastic, they were accommodating to all our requirements.” Susan Farmer, who was responsible for the college’s preparations, said: “It has been a pleasure to host the Fellowship and rewarding from our point of view that it ran well. The candidates thanked us for our help as they left”.
Caroline added: “The cross country facilities at Washbrook Farm were excellent”.
Thanks also go to Ann Bostock BHSI, who left no stone unturned in her hunt for horses and “guinea pig” riders for the candidates to “teach”. This was no mean feat, bearing in mind that all candidates and horses needed to be intermediate or advanced level to allow the candidates to demonstrate their true potential as coaches and trainers.
“This was a brilliant opportunity for the guinea-pig riders and their horses to experience first class coaching skills”, said Linda Haworth, Senior Executive, BHS Examinations. “I hope they found it enjoyable and beneficial”.
The British Horse Society Fellowship is the highest recognition of professional standing within the equestrian sector. Fellows are practice-leaders, driving standards of horsemanship, training and welfare throughout the world.
