CV-Timeline
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My career history so far…
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For as long as I can remember I’ve wanted to be around horses, but to this day I don’t really know where the need began. There was no history of horses in our family. However, since day one, I have ridden literally thousands of horses from all walks of life. |
| 1984 | British Racing School in Newmarket as an apprentice jockey (against my parents’ wishes!). Apprenticeship with Newmarket trainer Michael Jarvis which laid the foundations of my current skills. |
| 1986 |  Worked for Luca Cumani often riding those horses that nobody else wanted to ride, acquiring the name ‘Curer’. And then I started to grow, with a career as a jockey looking increasingly unlikely.Looked after and rode Kahyasi as a 2 year old colt, who went on to win the 1988 Epsom Derby. |
| 1987-90 | Witney College in Oxfordshire Received Student of the Year award and achieved a distinction. |
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1990-91 Worked for champion trainer Noel Hicky, Arlington, Florida and Golden Gates, San Francisco. |
| 1990-91 |  Riding up to ten horses a day and handling racing fit horses at the track takes my understanding of horses to the next level.Met an inspiring jockey called Sean McCarthy. |
| 1991 | Australia Freelance racetrack rider and assistant to a number of racehorse trainers. |
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1991-93 Head Lad for Matt McCormack when he had the biggest win of his career with ‘Royal Ascot Jersey Stakes’ winner, Prince Ferdinand. |
| 1993 | Freelance trainer Focussing on youngsters and problem horses. |
| 1995 | Part-time lecturer at Witney College Demo rider for Monty Roberts who awarded me one of only 10 Advanced Professional Certificates. |
| 1997 |  DenmarkMet Nick Elsas, Chairman of the Danish Jockey Club and demonstrated at Denmark’s elite National Equestrian Centre Vilhelmsborg and later at Herning. |
| 1998 | Established own successful business as horse trainer. Publication of first book ‘Think Like Your Horse’. |
| 1999 |  Heather Moffett introduced me to Lesley Bayley, who was then the editor of ‘Your Horse’ magazine, for which I wrote features for 3 years each month. Lesley consequently got the publishing deal for the first book, which was published in 2000. |
| 2000 | BBC 1 TV with Animal Hospital and Rolf Harris. Produced Video ‘Think Like Your Horse’. |
| 2001 | Cambridge University Lecture/Demo for Vetinary Students. Equus event London Docklands. Business Talk for C.I.P.D at Keele University. |
| 2002 |  Equus Event London Docklands with I.L.P.H.Staff training with the Metropolitan Mounted Police New book ‘The Q & A Guide to Understanding Your Horse’ Business Talks. |
| 2003 | Seminar for Metropolitan Mounted Police’s annual conference. Equine Event Stonleigh with Metropolitan Police. |
| 2004 | B.E.T.A International 2004 N.E.C. Birmingham. Managed Horse Demonstration arena and gave several Demonstrations. Produced ‘Think Equus Approach to Clipping’ Dvd. |
| 2005 | B.E.T.A International 2005 N.E.C. Birmingham Managed Horse Demonstration arena and gave Demonstrations largest programme ever at B.E.T.A. |
| 2005 |  Game Fair Belvoir CastleNew Book ‘100% Horse’. |
| 2006 | Game Fair Broadlands Hampshire ‘Think like Your Horse’ book now in 12 languages. All three books now best sellers. |
| 2007 | All Fares demonstration, Dubai. |
| 2008 | Countrychannel.tv |
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2009 Horse and Rider start monthly features. South Africa to work with top Tb Stallion that was not covering mares, now many foal due for 2010. |
