User:Lisa Chirgwin/sandbox

Rider Guider was created and developed by Lisa Chirgwin and Deborah Hurst. Back in 2015 Lisa had a baby via cesarean. She had her horse at home and decided a short term visit to a full livery yard was the best option. In those months she mainly enjoyed the luxury of an indoor arena which wasn't available at home. But soon found that she was just aimlessly riding around in circles with no real exercise or training plan in her head.

The livery yard trainers were very experienced but also costly and not always available at the right times, so she turned to online training for inspiration. Here a problem arose because you can't watch a YouTube video whilst riding your horse.

And so the idea of the Rider Guider App came to her.

The App is a selection of audio recordings of instructed exercises that can be listened to whilst riding a horse. There are 4 categories, Warm-Ups and Cool Downs, Ground Work, Flat Work and Dressage. Within each category are audios which can be chosen by taping on the image and they are added to a playlist section. Each Audio is an average of 10 minutes long and the user can decided how long they wish to train and add the number of audios accordingly. The playlist section allows you to play each audio in turn, seamlessly playing from one exercise to another without interruption. Audio's can be paused, skipped, rewound or fast forwarded. New audios are added every month.

Debs and Lisa's aim is to encourage riders to enjoy exercising their horses, to raise their inspiration, and to give fantastic guidance and encouragement for every ride.

The App is available on the Appstore or Google Playstore for download.

Rider Guider Website