Charlotte DuJardin

Ok keep having a pop, it's no skin off my nose.
Anyway I'd give my eye teeth to train with him, people I know who have done never report any issues with his attitude. I personally found CDJ very demanding but not unpleasant at all, only a one off but I have no reason to think she'd be any different at other times.
 
i am happy with the way i train, and would not wish to train in the way of carl or charlotte, and have no wish to bring out 9 years olds at gp

let them do what they do only time will tell

i have no judgement on a personal level, but top level brings with it so much pressure
 
I have a huge amount of respect for both Carl and Charlotte and can only dream of being able to ride even 1/10th aswell as them both.

I have met both, albeit briefly, and they come across as nice, genuine people. Then again, I probably come across as a normal person on a one off meeting, when in reality I’m a bit odd and totally socially inept!

I believe they have helped to make dressage more accessible to people and as a result of that, it’s more popular than ever. Surely that can only be a good thing.
 
From an entirely different point - I was having my first full size school dressage lessons about the time of the UK Olympics. I learn best by watching people do things with horses - demos, clinics or in this case video.
Charlotte rides the diagonal walk on a long rein, gathers up the reins and is in canter by the next corner. I was a fumbly new rider but I watched this a lot and the very next week I mimicked her on an RS pony. And it worked.
A perfect lesson.
In theory I could have watched dozens of top dressage riders (whose names i dont know) but in my early days of riding I copied Pippa Funell's vids and the way Charlotte rides seems likewise very human and available.
 
Well, like her or not, Charlotte DuJardin has been serious about her riding from childhood and she's worked exceptionally hard to get where she is today.
I think it may be a mistake to expect superior performance to mean the performer/athlete/artist is approachable no matter how relate-able they may seem in their performance space.
 
CDJ is a extremely hardworking and focused professional but her natural ability is that she can influence the horses moment of suspension in what seems like an almost super human way .
I think there are more elegant riders and some who sit with more ease but that ability to influence suspension that’s her magic bullet .
 
I am fortunate enough to train with Carl regularly, and have done for the past four years, and I'm glad to say that I dont recognise anything in the description ycbm gave from watching him teach. In my experience I have found him to be an exceptional trainer, he always puts the horse first, he has a great ability to really simplify the training for both the horse and rider, and he is unbelievably generous with everything. He is also very patient and confidence giving with both riders and horses, hes kind and has a fabulous sense of humour, all the amazing things people say about him are actually true.
 
daffy44 said:
I am fortunate enough to train with Carl regularly, and have done for the past four years, and I'm glad to say that I dont recognise anything in the description ycbm gave from watching him teach. In my experience I have found him to be an exceptional trainer, he always puts the horse first, he has a great ability to really simplify the training for both the horse and rider, and he is unbelievably generous with everything. He is also very patient and confidence giving with both riders and horses, hes kind and has a fabulous sense of humour, all the amazing things people say about him are actually true.
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Yes, I would second all of that, although it has been a couple of years since I last met up with him. He can be quite wickedly funny in an informal social setting, and I like cynics :-)
 
I think he was playing to the gallery too much the day I saw him. I'm glad to hear that it's not representative. I doubt I'll ever ride to a standard that would make me a desirable pupil. I was stupid to rise to another poster's jibe about CJD in the way I did.

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ycbm said:
I think he was playing to the gallery too much the day I saw him. I'm glad to hear that it's not representative. I doubt I'll ever ride to a standard that would make me a desirable pupil. I was stupid to rise to another poster's jibe about CJD in the way I did.

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Good Lord! You're not.....mellowing, are you?
 
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