Francois is back in Cheshire September 2010

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HI Everyone

Francois Lemaire de Ruffieu
Three day clinic
13 - 15 September 2010

New Barn Livery, Chelford Road, Ollerton, Cheshire, WA16 8SZ
Organised and arranged by Lisa Pritchard at the Modern Horse

Francois lemaire de Ruffieu will be returning to the UK this September and will continue his work with 12 horses and riders following on from 5 days earlier this year.
This is a new format for our UK clinics, allowing horse and rider partnerships to progress from basic in-hand and groundwork through to ridden work from foundations towards the higher levels. Francois is steeped in the classical tradition, having started his long career in the world famous Cadre Noir at Saumur in France before moving to the USA where he is in great demand as a clinician and trainer. He already has two training books in print, and is currently working on a third, which will explain all the exercises that take a horse from foundations through to high level training. Francois is one of those rare individuals who rides beautifully, and teaches equally well.

The ridden course is fully booked, but we have a limited number of spectator places available for the September clinic, as we will be using New Barn Livery's brand new Indoor school for the first time.

The three days start on Monday 13th September and each day will feature work on the ground, in hand, lungeing and longlining as well as ridden work. We have a range of horses for Francois to work with, from a 4 year old backed this year, through to a horse working towards the higher levels, and everything in between.
The days start at 10.00 am and will finish approx 4.30 pm, although this may be later, depending upon Francois!

Last year we had great feedback from participants who were very satisfied with the clinic that François provided. He was assisted by Jean-Louis Guntz, who volunteered his time in the interest of our sport. We hope Jean-Louis will return to see us another time.

Spectator places are £30 for a full day, or £15 for half a day. Light refreshments will be available to all spectators and lunch may be bought by separate arrangement.

If you would like to book a place please go to www.themodernhorse.co.uk/apps/webstore/ and choose your day(s) or half day(s).
There is now the option to pay via paypal, or details of sending a cheque are also listed.

Regards

Lisa Pritchard
The Modern Horse
www.themodernhorse.co.uk
Tel: [phone]
email: [e-mail]

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I am going to shamelessly plug this clinic on the back of the terrific interest that has been generated by Derek's offer of an open day at Holistic equitation in October.

Anyone who wants to see practical, classical horse training in action really shouldn't miss out on the opportunity of auditing (spectating) at Francois's clinic on 13 -15 September. It will give people a terrific head start when they come along to Derek's place the next month.

(Shameless plug over).

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Last chance for spectator places!

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Thrilled to report that the Francois Lemaire de Ruffieu clinic lived up to the terrific expectations that everyone has regarding this trainer and master horseman.

Where to begin....

Francois decided to take off the kid gloves this time around, and worked the participants really, really hard. Most people got 3 sessions a day with their horses on the second two days, which included flatwork, inhand, groundwork, jumping and groupwork. He pushed hard for results, leaving the participants in little doubt that he has great expectations from them and their horses when he returns in May 2011.

Early Warning!!!

There will be a significant price increase for the next clinic in May 2011. Currently people are paying iro £85 per day for up to 3 sessions with Francois. This is no longer sustainable. Prices are likely to rise to £120 per day per person. This is a very early heads-up for everyone who regularly attends Francois clinics.