Tim Keeley

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Constant Appaloosas Bryn Moel Clawddnewydd Ruthin Denbighshire North Wales 07483 807071 timkeeley14@gmail.com or conapps101@gmail.comhttps://www.constantappaloosas.com/

📕 Biography

Tim Keeley runs an Appaloosa and Quarter Horse breeding and showing operation from his farm in the mountains of North Wales. He trains and shows his own and client's horses in Western disciplines in the UK, USA and Europe in both ApHC events and in UK all breeds competitions . Tim is a UKCC Western Riding coach, Horse Agility approved trainer, trainer and visiting university lecturer in equine applied learning behavior. He has a science education background in Zoology, Biology and Animal Behavior. Tim has several UK and European titles to his name in Halter, Pleasure, Trail, hunter in hand, Horsemanship and Heritage. He is currently showing several home bred and trained horses including " CA Syzygy Invitation", UK and European Champion in halter, trail, pleasure and hunter in hand and “Secret Invitation” UK halter Champion.

Services

• Natural horse starting
• Restarting difficult horses
• Groundwork
• Loading
• Stallion starting
• coaching non-pro Western and English riders.
• Lessons at client’s own arena by appointment.

Facilities:

• Outdoor 60m arena
• 40m covered and floodlit arena
• 15m roundpen
• 20 acres of post and rail grazing
• 30 stalls with rubber mats
• 3 sand turn out pens
• Accommodation.

My coaching philosophy is highly coloured by my interest in horse learning behaviour and horse training.

At the centre of my coaching is the partnership between the horse and rider with the horse always at least as important as the rider.

I aim to create a balance by ensuring that firm foundations are in place throughout the stages of training. I aim to provide sympathetic Western coaching from the horse’s point of view.

I aim to assist a step by step process of technical development, ensuring that each lesson along the way is understood well, and that horse and rider develop together.

I aim to assist in forming a partnership so that both horse and rider are working as a team.

There is no place for brute force, ignorance and bullying yet this does not mean that the rider should not be a strong leader.

I expect hard work and consistency, from both horse and rider.

I take riding seriously and I expect my clients to do so also; putting in the time required to achieve their goals.

You have to study your subject and understand what you are trying to achieve so that you have a clear way forward.

I expect to be a source of technical equestrian information; e.g. on how the horse and rider move together, suitable tack, horse management advice, rules for competition etc.

I expect to be to be a point of contact if things go wrong.

I expect to provide ideas and a safe structure- an area where the client can experiment in the knowledge that I will speak up if they are going to put themselves in danger.