TELEREIN NEWS
7 July 2010
Do you remember the Solutions picture in the February issue of Dressage Today USA? I had great pleasure in telling Lendon Gray that I had created her wish - TeleRein, and sent her these pictures of the new TeleRein's first outing. The resemblence to her dream wish is remarkable. Lendon replied: "Your TeleRein is a fabulous idea! I have talked about my wish for something like this for years. Congratulations."
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TeleRein is about to be relaunched in its new miniaturised version, which is visibly much smaller and lighter and has a better range, with the capacity to download data to a PC. Massey University in New Zealand is already working with TeleRein, and the new model will be ready in a matter of weeks.
27th October 2009
Quote from a rider after using Telerein for the first time, c/o Nicola Ward, Kumeu
"Bronwyn said how helpful it was to focus on the consistency in her contact, not so much how heavy or light, but how even, and how that reflected in the straightness and balance of the horse, to which I replied it was actually the straightness and balance that was creating the more consistent contact! This was a revelation to her - how the feeling of engagement and self carriage in her horse reflected in the quality of the contact. "
28th September 2009
Steffen Peters and TeleRein
TeleRein was a sponsor at the recent FEI Regional Dressage Forum held at Manfeild Park in conjunction with Massey University and Dressage New Zealand .
Steffen Peters , USA , victorious 2009 Dressage World Cup winner, led the sessions with Trond Asmyr, FEI Director of Dressage on the theme of “ Optimal Training for Optiminal Performance”.
Steffen Peters himself came to the Telerein stand and delighted us all by riding the ‘make believe’ horse and trying out TeleRein. He demonstrated a beautiful Contact and ordered one for himself!
There were many other interested riders and coaches at the stand, that where able to watch the DVD of various horses wearing and working in TeleRein., They tried out their own contact by riding the ‘make-believe horse’ with a TeleRein on its bridle. They found it most revealing, sometimes surprising, and even a pleasant surprise at times. One comment was “ I have a whole new concept of contact, what a great training tool”.
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6th July 2009
TeleRein has been out at a dressage training day, at Flaxton Equestrian Centre, North Canterbury, where brave people’s horses wore TeleRein while riding a test.
The TeleRein Viewer screen was on display so that spectators could see exactly what was being marked down by the TeleRein scorers.
Riders were able to watch a demonstration ride first, to see how the movements would show up on the large screen.
The judge scored every ride, without any placings being made at the end of the day.
Bright sunshine made the friendly day even better.
Results showed that TeleRein was extremely sensitive and showed a far greater range of marks than the friendly judge actually used. His scores ranged mainly between 5 and 7, while TeleRein varied from 1 to 8. Only one horse showed a few 9’s in the downward transitions.
There was a definite relationship between both scores, lower marks from the judge were usually recognised by TRL: Sometimes the judge saw a loss of impulsion, which TR showed up as a very light contact – obviously although the rider was enjoying the light “feel” there was a lack of energy coming through from behind.
At other times when the TR contact showed up as higher on the inside rein that the outside one on circles, the judge saw swinging quarters, and marked accordingly..
All the riders showed a stronger contact on the right rein at various times in their test, regardless of the direction they were going which raised the point that another time there could be a query on the entry form to ask if the rider is left handed or right handed, as that would make an interesting statistic to include.
There is no plan to set a definite scale of what is a correct amount of contact, as this will vary with each horse at different levels of training. It is however a great indicator to the rider of what their influence on the horse is at every precise moment.
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