Caroline Moore - anyone trained with her?

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I have the opportunity for a lesson with Caroline Moore. I liked the exercises she was setting people in the recent H&H article but wondered if anyone had direct experience? I had planned a dressage lesson for the day she is due to come down this way but will happily swap to jumping if we would benefit?
 
Caroline is good for both flat and jumping. Often she will start our lesson with flatwork and then progress to jumping later in the lesson. The solution to better jumping is of course often to be found in better flatwork.

I rate Caroline highly for her insight into what is needed and how to get it fixed.
 
I go to Vale View sometimes when she does her jump training - two rounds of jumping with Caroline's help on what she sees - which is excellent, I think _Rach_ and Horsemad12 have had proper lessons with her lately so maybe ask them. :)
 
Incredibly sharp and perceptive. Not for everyone as blunt but I think what you go away with will be very helpful.
 
I know of a fair few people who have lessons with her and rate he very highly - not just for the teaching but also for things like advice with planning their season, warming up at events etc :) Not had the chance to have any lssons with her myself though!
 
unfortunately she's way out of my area and this would be a special one off lesson as she is not likely to come to this area regularly. Would love a decent pro to walk courses with and talk about event planning! Just trying to work out if this one off lesson would be worthwhile. I dont mind blunt as long as effective. Dont like going away from lessons feeling like I've learnt nothing and nothing has been changed.
 
I've done a couple of clinics & got a lot from them, well worth the money. Also been to the clear round jumping on Tuesday's & found it useful.
 
I've had a few lessons with her. Thought she was great, though as someone else said she is blunt. If you like an instructor to really push you, and don't mind being shouted at you'll be fine! I'd have lessons with her again if I had the opportunity.
 
She is blunt but she has also "softened" quite a bit in recent years.

I find her very good, she will get you working on your canter and thinking how your horse is going while you warm up. The last two lessons I have done have been on similar exercises to the H&H article, working on skinnies, corners etc as well as some SJ fences (think skinny, SJ treble then turn back to a skinny). Usually her lessons work up to doing mini courses which is great practice for the start of the season.

I would think you would get some good out of it as a one off lesson.
 
She`s fantastic, I have lessons with her (albeit not regularly as we cant afford it!) but every single lesson you learn lots of new tips, tricks and exercises and have something to go away and work on!

I would say a single lesson with her would be as beneficial as a series of lessons with anyone else.

Like others have said you start off with flatwork and some poles and build up to jumping so both areas are covered.

I found her very confidence boosting and kind, I’m not sure where people get the feeling from that she’s blunt but everyone is different!

I would 100% say take the opportunity :)
 
BYR said:
I found her very confidence boosting and kind, I’m not sure where people get the feeling from that she’s blunt but everyone is different!
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She has mellowed with time!! We have been going to her first with our kids and then for me over about a 15 year period so I can see the change!!
 
Def mellowed lots.

I first had lessons with her 5-6 years ago, then for a variety of reasons stopped but having gone back she is very different. Still just as good, but def mellowed.
 
I've done a couple of clinics with her in the past (jumping), she's very very good.

Filled me with confidence in both clinics, I would describe her as direct rather than blunt - you are left with no confusion about what she thinks you should or shouldnt be doing.

In my first clinic, my horse at the time was a flightly ex racer, to say he was on his toes is an understatement, but she worked really hard with us and got us going over jumps comfortably. The second, was far more enjoyable, however I got very nervous about the height of the jumps - they seemed to go up very quickly! - she basically told me I was fine, and so was the horse, at the time scared the bejesus out of me, but looking back, she actually made me feel confident enough to just get on with it!

I watched a couple of other people have clinics, she doesnt suffer fools thats for sure! however I would definitely recommend her!
 
She is amazing, i've had a couple of lessons with her and would love more but like you say she isn't down this way very often. When is she coming down this way and do you know if she has any more spaces?
 
I think she's brilliant. You do know when you haven't - but equally when you have - done something well! I wouldn't jump train with anyone else.
 
I have done 2 clinics with her. The first one was simulated XC and it was brilliant. Learnt alot, and she really got both myself and my horse thinking.

The second was on on a XC course. I was having a specific problem with my horse, namely he wouldn't go near coffins. He had jumped really well, but she left the coffin until the end. There was a smaller coffin and a bigger on next to each other. I asked if I could jump the small coffin, and then if that went well the bigger one. She wouldn't let me, telling me as my horse had already jumped all the big fences we didn't need to jump the little coffin, as we would be fine over the big one. I disagreed, but duely set off. Of course my horse stopped miles out, she came over and tried to help, but at this point he had started rearing, until eventually he reared straight over backwards, and wouldn't let anybody near him. It took over 2 years to get back to the level XC we were at, it really set us back. IMO it was a serious lack of judgement on her part, and she should have listened to me, as I knew my horse, and I had said at the beginning it was a specific problem area.

I would do an arena based clinic with her, but not XC.
 
I think you'd get a lot out of a one off clinic. I did one with her, and found myself (on my horse I'd completed 4 Novices on!) grouped with two intermediate horses and a 3* horse, which terrified me slightly! However my chap really stepped up to the plate and I got a lot out of it. That said, she had a very positive attitude to my abilities and told me my plan for the season was about 6 months too slow and to get on with it as we were more than capable. I didn't agree particularly and stuck to my original plan (and then the horse got ulcers and the whole thing fell apart anyway!). I suppose what I'm trying to say is that if she thinks you're ok, then she'll encourage you to progress perhaps a bit faster than you might be comfortable with - so if your gut instinct says no, listen to it.
 
I had a one off xc lesson with her and would say its definitely worth it. She was very straight forward and I liked her approach to things, especially the gears idea as that was new to me. Worth a lesson id say.
 
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