Posted: 4th June 2014 | Back to news feed
The East Anglia Parelli Instructor Team recently had the opportunity to present demonstrations at the Suffolk County Show.
It was a great platform to share the relationships that can be created using Parelli Natural Horsemanship to a wider audience.
The team was led by Jody Ruysen 3* Instructor and the Savvy Team included Cath Langley and Jennifer Woods, 2* Instructors and Anthony Greenleaves, 1* Instructor.
The stand was manned by Head of Parelli UK, Graham Pickup, Kim Rayner, 2* Instructor and a hugely enthusiastic team of volunteers.
Said Jody: “A group of us arrived on the Tuesday to set up the stand. The ever increasing amount of rain that was falling out of the sky did nothing to dampen our spirits and good humour.
“The Suffolk show attracts thousands of visitors and has an array of displays, entertainment and competitions going on around the show ground.
“The rain held off for our two demonstrations each day and we were on between the Suffolk Punch demonstration and the Highland Ponies with their World War One re-enactment.
“Our demonstrations were 30 minutes each and started with Cath, Anthony and Jen playing on line which enticed people to become curious as to what was going on.
“There was a short explanation as to what Parelli is about and why we do it. We showed the first two games and got the audience involved by clapping louder and softer to help the horses get confident. By demo number four the horses weren’t bothered by clapping so we asked the audience to do Mexican waves around the arena.
“Then it was Jen’s turn to wow the crowd with her play at Liberty with her young horse Kane. It was a lot of fun to watch and the connection between the two of them was excellent.
“Anthony and Cath then showed freestyle riding and how what we did on the ground relates to being in the saddle. They both did an excellent job of putting the relationship first as well as being able to go bridleless. The environment certainlyprovided its own challenges on each day with many things going on around us.
“We had another arena close by which had tractors coming and going, horses jumping, the Shetland grand national and during our last demonstration the inter hunt relay competition.
“Cath’s horse Fred thought it would be fun to join in when all the hunts did their galloping lap of honour to the sound of several hunting horns but Cath remained focused and was able to ride him bridleless and show rhythm and relaxation; quite a contrast.”
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