Sarah and Tom Widdicombe clinics
Tom & Sarah Widdicombe are returning to Ireland to run a three day clinic in Cahir, in Co. Tipperary on May 28 to 30, a three day clinic in Listowel, Co. Kerry on June 1 to 3, and a two day clinic in Co. Down on June 5 and 6.
- To book for the Tipperary clinic, please download the booking form here.
- To book for the Kerry clinic, please email: drominhillequestrian@hotmail.com directly.
- To book for the Co. Down clinic, please email: judy@diamondslaneequestrian.co.uk directly or visit www.diamondslaneequestrian.co.uk.
Full event dates are here. Last August they did super work in Tipperary over four days, and a full report
with lots of pics online here. The Widdicombe’s website is bewithyourhorse.com Download the poster here. If anyone could stick up this poster in their local tack shop that’d be great 
A message from Tom & Sarah:
Thank you for expressing an interest in our clinics. We have been running clinics for a few years now and we are happy to work with most situations people ask about. Having said that, in our opinion there are some jobs for which a clinic is not really the appropriate place. Please check with your host if you are in any doubt about this.
I would like to explain a bit more about how we work. If you are booked into one of our clinics or would like to attend one, then it is best that you have some idea about our work! The clinic format we use is one-to-one work with each horse and owner. We do invite spectators and everyone is free to ask questions as we go along. We do not work to a formula, tailoring the session to the needs of each horse and rider/handler we are working with at the time. When we work with horses, our most important aim is that they are relaxed. When a horse is relaxed he can learn, or at least he can learn stuff you want him to learn. When he isn’t relaxed, there is a good chance he can learn a lot of stuff you’d rather he didn’t. So having a relaxed horse, on the ground and ridden, is the first job.
The horse needs to know he is safe. If he doesn’t know or understand what is going on, he doesn’t feel safe, and that is when you get all the tricky stuff happening. It’s a fair enough deal, I’d say. The horse is entitled to feel safe, or worry – that’s what horses do. Setting up the horse on the ground with no grey areas about boundaries and movement really helps him to relax. In ridden work, helping the horse to have a nice relaxed mouth and neck and, from the rider, soft hands with no pull, is a really good start. From there, having the horse straight and balanced on all four feet can make a huge difference to how he feels and how he goes. So that’s a brief look at how we work. Everything must make sense to the horse. It’s just not fair if it doesn’t. And if it does, what do you get? You get a nice calm horse! Remember: a horse is a horse.
Kind regards, Tom and Sarah
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Location: Outside Cahir, Co. Tipperary.
Dates: Three day clinic May 28 to May 30. Ride for 1, 2 or 3 days.
Clinic info: Tom and Sarah are teaching a general riding clinic. Everyone gets a private lesson with Tom and Sarah each day, and then in the afternoon you can have a second lesson as well to practise & recap what you did that morning.
Riders & speccys: Max. 7 riders for each clinic. A few spectator places available.
Prices: €199 per horse and rider for two days, €399 for four days. €25 per day for spectators. All riders and spectator places to be booked in advance. Stabling is available for a limited number of horses at €15 per night, shavings & hay included, or paddocks available. Lunch available for €5 per person per day.
Horses: All horse must be broken/started and riding. This clinic is not suitable for horse with serious behavioural issues (rearing / bucking / bolting, etc) due to time constraints. No stallions or dogs sorry. All riders to be over 18.
Cahir accommodation: For local hotels and B&b click here and here. You can also phone the Cahir tourist office +353 (0)52 41453. For more information about Cahir town, click here. Cahir town is about ten mins drive to the clinic venue.
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Location: Diamond’s Lane equestrian Centre, Co. Down
Dates: 1 and 2 day clinic June 5 and 6 2010.
Clinic info: Tom and Sarah are teaching a general riding clinic. Everyone gets a private lesson with Tom and Sarah each day, and then in the afternoon you can have a second lesson as well to practise & recap what you did that morning.
Riders & speccys: Max. 7 riders for each clinic. A few spectator places available.
Prices: Please email: judy@diamondslaneequestrian.co.uk. All riders and spectator places to be booked in advance. Stabling: Please email: judy@diamondslaneequestrian.co.uk.
Horses: All horse must be broken/started and riding. This clinic is not suitable for horse with serious behavioural issues (rearing / bucking / bolting, etc) due to time constraints. No stallions or dogs sorry. All riders to be over 18.
Location: Drominhill Equestrian Centre, Listowel, Co. Kerry.
Dates: 3 day clinic, June 1 to 3, 2010.
Clinic info: Tom and Sarah are teaching a general riding clinic. Everyone gets a private lesson with Tom and Sarah each day, and then in the afternoon you can have a second lesson as well to practise & recap what you did that morning.
Riders & speccys: Max. 7 riders per day. A few spectator places available.
Prices: Please email: drominhillequestrian@hotmail.com. All riders and spectator places to be booked in advance. Stabling: Please email: drominhillequestrian@hotmail.com
Horses: All horse must be broken/started and riding. This clinic is not suitable for horse with serious behavioural issues (rearing / bucking / bolting, etc) due to time constraints. No stallions or dogs sorry. All riders to be over 18.
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