Dressage Performance Day Clinic with Ruth Hurst and EquiVie

Name: Dressage Performance Day Clinic with Ruth Hurst and EquiVie
Start: 2025-03-29T09:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-03-29T16:00:00+00:00
Location: Topthorn Arena

Schedule

Sat Mar 29 2025 at 09:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Topthorn Arena | Stowmarket, EN

Dressage Performance training clinic brings together the focus of preparing for riding a successful dressage test, with performance enhancing training including understanding your own test riding skills, mindset management and mental preparation
This full day clinic includes ridden and dismounted elements and is sure to leave your feeling ready to bring your best to your next competition and enhance your ongoing training and focus at home.

Offering you a really great quality training day for you and your horse to improve you training and performance for test riding.

One-Day Dressage Performance Clinic that balances ridden training, mindset coaching, and test riding strategy to help riders improve their focus and competition scores.
One-Day Dressage Performance Clinic
Theme: Stepping Up Your Performance – Focus, Test Riding & Mindset for Success
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Riders: Max 12 participants - 8 ridden spaced, 4 non ridden
Format: 2 Ridden Sessions + 2 Mindset & Performance Sessions
Schedule & Session Breakdown
9:00 AM – Welcome & Performance Mindset Workshop (30 mins)
Introduction to the day’s focus: Mental strategies to ride at your best
Understanding competition nerves & how to use them to your advantage
Creating a personal focus plan: What do you need to step up your scores?
9:45 AM – Ridden Session 1 : Test Riding Under Pressure
Each rider rides a chosen test or specific test movements under competition-style conditions
Feedback on where to gain extra marks – top level feedback to then bring back into warm up arena where the rider can translate the feedback into practice.
Pressure training techniques to simulate the show environment
✅ Key Takeaway: Build confidence riding in competition mode
11:15 AM – Coffee Break & Discussion (30 min)
Quick Q&A (casual discussion): Individual challenges & observations. How to stay mentally strong in training
11:45 AM – Bespoke Focus & Test Riding Strategies (45 min)
Understanding test riding psychology: How top riders think in the arena
Focus exercises: Managing distractions & pressure in a dressage test
Personalized test planning: Identifying areas to gain extra marks
✅ Key Takeaway: Mental and tactical tools to improve scores in competition
12:30 PM – Lunch & Informal Discussion (45 min)
Open discussion on individual struggles & mindset breakthroughs, Skill Development areas and rider fitness.
1:15 PM – Ridden Session 2: Focussing your Training Approach (2 x 35 minute sessions)
Riders grouped based on level (Intro-Novice / Elementary-Medium)
Focus on suppleness, accuracy, and consistency in movements
Exercises tailored to enhance focus in training (i.e.,Use of Music and Breathing exercises plus focused movements for riders to develop best practice in their training - how to build an exercise)
✅ Key Takeaway: How to train with clarity and translate schooling to competition success

2:45 PM – Rider Reflection & Next Steps (30 min)
Individual rider reflection on biggest mindset shifts & tactical improvements
Creating an action plan: How to take today’s skills into training & competition
✅ Key Takeaway: Practical mindset & training habits to ensure progress
3:15 PM – Final Q&A & Wrap-Up (45 min)
Open discussion & take-home notes
Personalized advice from your coaches on next steps to improve scores
Closing motivation: Mindset for continued progress
4:00 PM – Clinic Ends
Clinic Goals & Outcomes:
✔ Improve rider focus & manage competition mindset
✔ Train & test ride with clarity and precision
✔ Learn mental & tactical strategies to maximize scores
✔ Gain personalized coaching & action steps for progress
Individual coaching from both a dressage & mindset expert
✔ Improved rider focus, confidence & mental strength
✔ Tactical test riding strategies to improve scores
✔ Pressure training & competition-style practice
✔ Personalized action plan for continued progress

Early Bird Price £135.00 Payment in full
Ridden spaces £150.00 (£50 non refundable deposit secures your space)
Non ridden Spaces £65.00

Non ridden participants will have the chance to complete some test writing and gain knowledge from the ground from observing and feeding back on the ridden sessions, with full participation in all of the off horse dismounted elements.

Both attendance options give fantastic value.