Telerein - Equestrian coaching tool

TeleRein has been with Lendon Gray, Dressage 4 Kids, in NY State for some months, and she is using it very successfully.

"TeleRein is off to Europe In the hands of a German Bereiter.

Renate Barrack is a trained German coach, who has competed in Europe successfully at Prix St. George level, Klasse S, and also coached in the USA, South Africa and the Middle East, and is now living in Auckland, New Zealand.

Renate will be visiting friends in Germany and Austria, where she will be riding and showing off TeleRein."

"Contact is one of the most difficult of concepts for riders to understand - and for trainers to teach. TeleRein is a fantastic tool that gives both trainer and rider instant feedback on the quality of the contact - it is light and easy to use - when riding with it you don't even know it is attached!

I completely and wholeheartedly recommend TeleRein - there are hugh welfare concerns for horses having to tolerate heavy rein presures - the use of the TeleRein could be just the solution - your horse will thank you for it!"

Jody Hartstone - Equitation Science coach and Grand Prix dressage competitor

A TeleRein Coach will be interested in asking their riders to work in harmony with their horses. They will understand the International Scale of Training and appreciate the need for tactful application of the aids, encouraging a light elastic contact with the horse’s mouth.

Ideally they will be ambitious for their riders, without taking any short cuts in their training. They will be preparing a variety of riders for competitions and, if juniors, for their Pony Club certificates.

TeleRein can be used to help any level of rider, even one with unsteady hands who rides at a novice level. Most riders are even slightly one-sided, and their master hand will usually, but not always be more sympathetic than the other, which the rider will not be aware of until shown this through TeleRein.

In the riding of downward transitions, including halt, for instance, they will be able to recognise exactly how much hand influence is being used; by explaining this, they will encourage the better use of more subtle back, seat and leg aids.

When the rider is approaching a fence the coach will be able to recognise whether the rider’s tension becomes greater, or less, or the contact is dropped over the fence, even if the rider’s hands are out of sight.

TeleRein can help a coach interpret their riders’ rein use, as they will be shown the exact pressure at all times on each rein, so making them more aware of the need to have a gentle if positive ‘feel’ on their horse’s mouth.

The Receiver shows tension on a scale of 1 – 12. It is so calibrated that there is a wide range of marks to be scored at the lower end of the scale, ( 1 – 5) so small adjustments can be recognised in advanced riders. The rein pressure starts recording at around 400 grams, then rises by 200gm increments to 1.1kg, and then by increasingly larger amounts at each number on the scale until it reaches 13kg at the top (12).
The Range of the Receiver held horizontally is about 40 – 60 metres.

A coach who has a loan of a TeleRein unit from Kingfishers Int. Ltd need not incur any costs. They will sign an agreement to use TeleRein for an mutually agreed period of time, to treat it with care and return it in good working order.
The TeleRein coach will be welcome to charge extra for any lessons when using TeleRein.
TeleRein will appreciate regular feedback on particular findings when working with different horses.
There will be a commission of $150.00 paid for each of any confirmed signed order forms for TeleRein that they may collect.

There is a free TeleRein bridle bag as a give-away to each of the first five New Zealand orders in 2011
The price of a complete TeleRein unit, in light Carrier-bag, with Operating Manual and battery charger, is NZ $1995.00 plus p and p and GST if applicable.

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.

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. "

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”.

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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