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Colleen Kelly 2010
Appearances:

PENNSYLVANIA
 Horse World Expo
Presenting and Judging
Pennsylvania, USA
February 25-28, 2010

MISSOURI, USA
Ozark Dressage Society
 March 6, 7 & 8, 2010
Email: Lisa and Marc
 Elsuenoespanol@aol.com

MARYLAND, USA
Caroll County Horse Expo
March 20-21, 2010

NORTH CAROLINA, USA
 Williamston NCDCTA Dressage
Competitions & Coaching
 March 26-28
 Email us for details

TENNESSEE
 April 2, 3 & 4, 2010
Email: polly@peachtreefarms.com

EQUINE AFFAIRE - OHIO
 Equine Affaire
April 8-11, 2010

JOSE MENDEZ
 IN THE USA!
Equine Affaire Ohio
Louisburg NC
Pinehurst NC
Cumberland VA
Maryland
Wilmington DE
 April 13 -25 2010
 
Grand Prix, In-Hand &
Haute Ecole Specialist
Details: clinics@colleenkelly.net

NORTH CAROLINA
 Pinehurst NCDCTA Dressage
Competing & coaching
May 7-9, 2010
 Email us for details

AUSTRALIA
 NSW–VIC–WA-SA
April-June 2010
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SOUTH AFRICA
 Johannesburg & Capetown
 July, 2010
 Email us for details

GREECE
 August, 2010
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UNITED KINGDOM
 NSW–VIC–WA-SA
 August, 2010
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Colleen Kelly at
WORLD EQUESTRIAN
GAMES
International Festival
Colleen Kelly is one of
only a handful of presenters
honored to be giving
15 presentations
throughout the festival
 Sept 25 – Oct 10, 2010
 Email us for details

EQUINE EXTRAVAGANZA
Virginia, USA
 Oct  2010
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Helping the Rider Keep their Stirrups

Help from around the world

I was recently contacted by a Disabled Teaching Centre in the UK who had a problem with a pupil who always lost their stirrups, especially going into canter, which was making canter nearly impossible.

Suffering from cerebral palsy, this British rider had contraction of both heels to the point where keeping the heel down was not possible, and that meant losing her stirrups and making her more nervous.

This is when you realise that you have met people in your life for a reason!  Some time ago I donated a lecture to a club in Albany, WA.  It was there I met RDA rider Janet Hallet who had thought of a great idea to help her keep her stirrups.

This simple rubber band twisted underneath, and laying straight across the top of the foot kept her foot in place.  As it was very thin rubber, so it would EASILY BREAK  in the case of a rider fall or accident, and therefore had been approved by the RDA in her area.

I passed Janet's details onto the UK centre, and received a wonderful email from the UK saying their pupil was now able to canter, and had gone to a totally new level - with help from the other side of the world.

This is the joy of teaching, and meeting people, to be able to connect with people, to share knowledge and to see riders around the world experience the fun of the horse - without fear.

 

Also see article:  get your heels down
 

Easy to Break...

This great Aussie idea is helping riders on the other side of the world!

 

 

 

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