At:  Killossery Lodge Stud

On:  Tuesday 24th January 2012

Anna Gordon-Redmond is a highly qualified, senior, international, biomechanics for riding coach.
She has worked with Mary Wanless for over fifteen years, becoming one of Mary’s most qualified coaches, and taught flatwork and jumping on Mary’s Ride With Your Mind courses for ten years 1994-2004.
Anna gained her British Horse Society Intermediate Instructor’s qualification aged 19, and has a Masters degree in English Literature and Language from Oxford University.

She is also a qualified Alexander Technique teacher, and has trained student Alexander Technique teachers.

She leads coaching workshops for RWYM Network coaches and has coached RWYM clinics all over the UK, in Europe, America and South Africa.
Over the years, Anna has successfully introduced thousands of riders from a variety of disciplines to Ride With Your Mind, she works with riders at all levels, and now has a devoted clientele of riders and coaches.

She has also had the privilege of coaching and being coached by American Olympic hopeful Heather Blitz.

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Mary Wanless is an internationally renowned coach, and is the author of the ‘Ride With Your Mind’ books.

30 years ago, when Mary was frustrated with her limited progress as a pupil, she set out to discover how talented riders do what they do.
Her guiding question was ‘What is presupposed by a trainer when she makes a specific statement to a pupil?’ So when a rider is told, for instance, to ‘Get the horse on the bit?’ , what is the trainer presupposing? That the rider already has these skills (but somehow forgot, or just didn’t bother to implement them?!) Or that she ought to be able to do it because it’s easy?

She clarifies the ‘how’ of riding, making its biomechanics explicit and learnable whilst avoiding the ‘oughts’ and ‘shoulds’ that stifle learning.  The result is a phenomenally effective way of helping riders develop both feel and influence.
Talent really can be taught!