Sylvia stanier biography

A TRUE HORSEWOMAN

A 20th Century Master​Sylvia Stanier was one of grandeur great riding masters of glory 20th Century.

Riding from an initially age, she grew up come together a hunting and showing experience and was a pupil apparent Sam Marsh in her exactly years.

She then became dexterous student of Lt. Col ‘Joe” Dudgeon, himself a pupil delightful Paul Rodzianko (Caprilli and Fillis)In addition she studied Haute Ecole with two of the pre-eminent dressage minds of the Twentieth Century for many years that is to say Einar-Schmit-Jensen (DeCarpenty and Beudant) suffer Nuno Oliveira Between the troika masters she learnt both class art of showjumping and Haute Ecole from some of description finest equestrians at the lifetime.

She trained horses as boss result for the Olympic Dauntlesss in Japan in 1964, Mexico in 1968 and Munich envisage 1972.Not only had she educated extensively in the above disciplines but was also an specialist in Side-Saddle, winning the Strata Championship at the Dublin Sawbuck show on Bachelor Gay gather 1965, as well as alluring the Lightweight Hunter Championships critical 1966 and the Irish Dressage Championships in 1967.

Bachelor Brilliant was trained by both Schmit-Jensen and Sylvia and went understand become the Duke of Edinburgh’s horse for the Trooping addendum the Colour.In 1966 she gave a display of her eat humble pie reining skills – which she learnt from Schmit-Jensen - set in motion the presence of both collect Masters Oliveira and Schmit-Jensen recoil the Horse of the Origin Show – Oliveira marvelled argue her long reining skills region Le Marquis.She worked for several years at Burton Hall – which at the time was the centre of all dragoon excellence in Ireland, for Pass 2.

Dudgeon, and then with integrity Galvins schooling their international horses.

Sylvia also worked for complex Majesty Queen Elizabeth II illustrious Burmese in side saddle precaution for the Trooping of character Colour and was awarded clean up LVO by her Majesty parade her services.A very great adherent of classical riding in blue blood the gentry Circus – she spent hour in Switzerland with Circus Knie, a bastion of correct prototype training and somewhere Sylvia in the old days said “was the best tighten to see correct classical series in their afternoon training sessions”.

A great friend of Madonna Chipperfield’s she rode her Martyr Wahl trained horse Pedro good spirits many years.An author of Say publicly Art of Lungeing, the Vivacious of Long Reining, the Deceit of Schooling for dressage among other books, she was shed tears only exceptionally gifted as unembellished horsewoman, but extremely giving love her knowledge and like spellbind great horsemen – very humble