Posted: 9th February 2021 | Back to news feed
WINDRUSH FOUNDATION PARTNERS WITH AN EVENTFUL LIFE CROSS-COUNTRY VIDEO
The Windrush Equestrian Foundation are pleased to announce a new partnership with leading cross-country video provider, An Eventful Life.
The partnership will allow members of the Foundation’s Young Eventers’ Programme to benefit from access to their cross-country videos from a range of events across the UK. The videos provided by An Eventful Life aim to capture all elements of a cross-country round, from start to finish, often with a variety of angles at each fence. This provides the programme’s riders, and coaches, an additional tool to review performances and analyse what went right and where marginal improvements can be made.
5* eventing rider, Alicia Hawker commented
“As riders we love seeing the videos after a cross-country round - it’s great as a training tool and the horse’s owners really enjoy seeing their horse run (particularly at the moment when it’s hard to get to events).
Having a video you can watch back from a special event is something you have forever and definitely cheers up a rainy day in the middle of winter when motivation is dwindling! We’re very grateful to An Eventful Life for their support.”
All of the current Young Riders Programme riders will benefit from an allocation of cross-country videos throughout the 2021 season, along with the original cohort of riders who form the Windrush Academy.
“In the sport of eventing where two athletes, one human and one equine, are involved there are distinct advantages to being able to see exactly where things went right, or wrong, on the all-important cross-country course for training and safety” says Debbie Higgs of An Eventful Life
“The Windrush riders are lucky to have some of the best mentors in the sport and we hope that, combined with Pippa and Yogi’s feedback, the regular use of video review will play a valuable role in the riders’ skills development. We’re sure that everyone will enjoy watching their videos and ‘riding along’ with them this year too!”
Windrush Equestrian CEO, Mariachiara Apruzzese commented
“We’re very grateful to An Eventful Life’s team for their support of the programme. Not only will the provision of cross-country videos offer the riders a positive marketing tool and an additional communication opportunity with owners, but most importantly it provides an incredibly useful training resource for riders to be able to review their rounds, and to learn and grow from the reflection upon previous rides.”
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