Carol Brett
Posted on October 4, 2008
Who is Carol Brett?
I’m sure a great many of you have immediately asked yourself that question. Well, let me backtrack just a little.
Those of you that been following our ongoing efforts with the horse community have read about Terry Wright. Today’s feature is about another dressage instructor: Carol Brett. So, who exactly is Carol Brett? Carol Brett is a resident of jolly ole England, runs a successful saddle making business (Balance International), a dressage instructor, and horse enthusiast extraordinaire. Additionally, she is an experienced dressage judge as well as a Pony Club A test examiner, and helped train the Gold Medal winning team in the 1991 European 3 Day Event Championships.
Now that you’ve read the summary of Carol Brett, lets dig into exactly who Carol Brett is on a deeper level. She is schooled in the equine training of Robert Hall, of the British Equestrian Team Olympic coach fame. This style of training and riding focuses on BALANCE as being the first and foremost measure of a rider’s success. Balance for the rider. Balance for the horse. And balance for the horse & rider. Carol Brett created the Balance Organisation which studies the impact that a saddle may have on a horse, and its movement. This then led to additional work on creation of a variety of saddles that helped the horse move and carry himself better - which in turn allows him to help carry the rider in a most balanced way, which then in turn helps both the horse and rider able to perform much better as a pair. What was found was that many horse saddles have a much too narrow tree to adequately and comfortably support the saddle - much less the rider when he climbs aboard. This result in the Balance Saddles line coming into existence and a variety of non-traditional equestrian saddles are now available on the Balance International website. Upon recognizing the true movements of horses and their states of balance, Carol withdrew from dressage judging because persons would misunderstand the scores that she would be forced to give them because of her new found insights into the bio-mechanical effeciences of horses.
Currently, Carol Brett is traveling across Europe as well as the United States providing lectures, dressage training, demonstrations of her research, and educating those riders that want to improve their & their horse’s balance when they ride. She is currently in Kentucky provided a lecture and training session for demo riders at Midway College in Midway Kentucky. With the training she is able to provide to those persons, they will then be able to assist in passing the knowledge of balance, and saddle fit to others in their respective communities.
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