"I came across some videos of Karen at a point in my horsemanship where I had reached a dead end.
I had my dream horse, a 4 year old, just backed PRE (Spanish) stallion. But I couldn’t ride him. Or lead him. Or lunge him. Today that horse, Tycoon, and I we went out in the Devon drizzle wandering around the lanes, relaxed, content and un-afraid and that is more than I ever thought was going to be possible. I am hugely grateful, and she’d never even met us in person!
My other horse Des and I were accepted on the instructor programme with French Classical Master Philippe Karl. When Philippe said about our ridden work, ‘If your horse trusts your hands as much as this you can do anything’, I was pretty sure that I needed to send my thanks again to my mentor in the states – this feeling of release has helped us under saddle as much as on the ground."
Kate Sandel, Des and (RIP) Tycoon