My 15 year old son, Nick, has been riding with Jill Poe for a year and a half, and both he and his horse have benefited greatly from her teaching. He now is actually interested in dressage, instead of thinking of it as drudgery that has to be tolerated in order to do the "fun stuff" like galloping and jumping. I started taking lessons with Jill when I started my 4 year old Arabian under saddle this spring, and have learned things that I had never picked up in over 40 years of riding and traditional "hunt seat" type lessons. My horse is getting an excellent basic education which will prepare her well for whatever we do in the future.
Karen Wade
As a student of Jill Poe’s I have enjoyed learning the basics of classical riding. I have no aspirations of showing I ride purely for pleasure- mostly on trails.
Through Jill’s tutelage Classical riding is helping me in a number of ways. I feel my body position is improving as is my ability to feel the horses movement. Along with these changes comes an improvement in communication with the horse. My very inexperienced, and easily distracted quarter horse is beginning to listen to me both on the ground and under saddle. She is using herself more athletically and is no longer “strung out” and on her forehand all the time. This makes for a more enjoyable ride for both of us!
One of the things I like best about Jill’s classical teaching riding is that we do not use any horse training method or gadget to force the horse. There are no short cuts or quick fixes- The horse is truly learning as opposed to being coerced and physically constrained. As my riding and training skills have improved I have been able to have a willing, responsive and safe trail riding partner
Lucy Berstien
Owner
Unison Farms
Round Hill, VA
Jill has been a wonderful instructor. I had another wonderful lesson today. Although some of the ideas and practices of classical horsemanship are new to me Under Jill’s direction It has given me an incredible lightness of being. Butterflies fluttering to ballet music. I begin each lesson with a sense of pleasant anticipation that it may further be shaped and encouraged. WHAT A JOY!
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