User:Jarmour

Jane Armour (b.14th October 1952). Jane grew up in a small rural town in Scotland, and was lucky enough to have her own ponies from an early age. The confidence built by the early childhood memories created a desire to be around horses as much as possible. She initially trained with the British Olympic Dressage Trainer, Robert Hall, for the British Horse Society Examinations.

During that time I learnt the importance of a systematic program. Robert Hall gave Jane a basis that she has not deviated from in over thirty-five years of teaching and training. She became an Examiner for the British Horse Society in 1976 and worked for many years in Scotland, England and Ireland training and testing numerous riders and instructors. In the 90's she became a Chief Examiner before retiring from examining after coming to the United States in 1997.

With my childhood experiences, and the many years of training young horses, I began to understand the language of the horse and his needs. I have learned the most important element in the relationship between horse and rider is the bond of trust. The building and maintaining this bond creates confidence and success. In teaching I believe that a constructive encouraging approach makes better safer and more effective riders. I design individual programs that build progressively on the positive attributes of each horse and rider partnership. I create a 'bond as strong as armour'.

In 1997 the Millbrook Equestrian Center, New York, asked her to take on the Chief Instructor's role. After successfully completion of the contract, Jane stayed on in the States on an "O" visa for extraordinary ability as a trainer of trainers. She traveled extensively on the East coast as an Equestrian Educational Consultant to colleges, universities and commercial barns before going to Santa Barbara, California. Currently she teach clinics nationally and internationally is working on producing various educational material.