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How and Why Did We Start? |
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The Classical Riding Club was borne out of celebration and desperation! People wanted to know about Classical Dressage. I had tackled this subject through my dressage books, articles... and the dressage DVDs and videos, many of which dealt with dressage movements. It was as though a floodgate had opened, hundreds - nay - thousands of letters poured in. It seemed I had touched a nerve. People were concerned to know more about a way of riding which seemed to be disappearing from within our midst. Clearly something had to be done. | | 
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 | | Why did people write? They were worried! They saw many of the riding traditions they had been brought up with – respect for the horse’s mouth – light hands – a quiet seat – taking time – schooling for joy and self-improvement not just to compete – taking time with young horses - disappearing before their eyes. They also saw that the people who taught that way were dying out.
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| The fact people cared so much empowered me. In 1995 with the help of a few kind friends, I formed the Classical Riding Club. I saw it as a way of putting something back. As a way of linking the best from the past, to the future….through - | |  |
 | Our Newsletter Trainers List Library of Classical Literature Membership List for Networking Diary Dates and Notice Board Support Group and ‘Listening Ears’
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In short, I started the Club to encourage a Resurgence in Classical Riding – to resurrect those precious ideals which had motivated all those fantastic people to write in…
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Our Beginnings 
