off to a flying start
MEET THE TRAINER
VIKKI HAYTON runs College Farm Equestrian Centre and heads up Markham Dressage. She is a BHS instructor and examiner, a UKCC Level 3 accredited dressage coach, a BD judge and Northern Region BD chairman. Visit collegefarm.com
MEET THE RIDER & HORSE
JENNY FOLMAN has owned the 15.1hh, 18-year-old Lipizzaner, Gazdag, for 14 years, having bought him as an unbacked youngster. The pair competes at grand prix level.
PASSAGE AND PIAFFE? Pah! The lovely Gazdag here finds it far easier to do advanced moves like this than a simple canter-to-trot transition — and it is these so-called ‘easy’ moves that have held back his training in the past. He and Jenny Folman were stuck at medium level, their hopes of climbing the dressage ladder thwarted by his struggles to stay in balance through transitions and changes, especially those
