If you’re still with the same coach as before, I agree with you. She’s super.
Daryl Kinney.
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I mean, as much as you can say that when you live 15hrs and in a different country now 
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Anything is possible with PIVO! 
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Darryl is a wonderful horsewoman. She and I were working students/roommates together back in our WS days. She has always been about the horse first. I’d love to ride with her again but we’re on opposite ends of the country. I used to love hacking the horses with her. Hopefully she will forgive me for sharing this but one of my favorite memories of our hacks was the day a very large spider dropped her a visit from the tree above. It was so big I saw it as it deployed, and I was on the horse behind her!!
She handled it much better than I would have. 
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I was fortunate enough to have my horse in training with a less prominent 4 (now 5)* rider on two different occasions. I have a cheeky Thoroughbred who needed more than I was able to find for him - SWPA doesn’t have a ton of suitable facilities or resources and he requires a certain type of management and was a little much for me to navigate by myself.
I originally reached out to a handful of different trainers to interview. I wasn’t necessarily interested in establishing a record, I wanted a good experience for him. I wanted him to gain confidence.
Kelly was local-ish, in my area. I watched her climb her way up the levels with her gelding. She was always patient, kind, and methodical and had good successes because of her approach. I could relate to her program and ultimately thats why I chose her. If i could chose anyone, it would still be her. She’s fabulous and I’m a big believer in her.
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100% Tik and Sinead
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Totally recommend Caroline McClung (Dowd) but not sure if she is taking training horses right now. she does a lot of lessons and is an amazing instructor. Riders and horses come away from her lessons ands training happy and confident. She is a 5* rider that has ridden Rolex and Badminton.
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As we ve gotten older we have made more use of pros. I like younger pros as they seem more open to different types of horses. Also i primarily fox hunt.
Our last three OTTBs went to our dressage trainer for boot camp for 2-3 months. She is local so we always had interaction. Last year one of mine was coming off injury. My jump trainer , a young eventer, was in aiken so my horse went to aiken for two months. I went to aiken every few weeks to keep in touch.
The key is that both young trainers were used to bringing along young horses and we had previously worked with them. I think boot camp is a good idea.
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