The Simulator

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The Equi-ride Simulator is the top of the range mechanical horse simulator manufactured by Racewood Equestrian simulators in the UK.
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Its located in an air conditioned studio situated at the Fredericks Equestrian International training centre Anthony near Ocala Florida.
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It is life sized – equivalent to riding a 15 2 horse
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It moves in three gaits – walk, trot and canter and in two different tempos in each pace
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It's state of the art motion control technology replicates jumps of up to 4' along with interactive grid work, technical combinations and cross country courses.
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It is fully interactive and responds to leg, seat and rein aids
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It has a three monitors displaying courses, visual aids, balance and contact
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It has are numerous different Training Programmes which include dressage test practice
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It performs lateral movements such as leg yield, half pass, shoulder in, as well as canter pirouettes, piaffe, passage and flying changes
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It generates computerised feedback and produces a printout of rider performance
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Wall mirrors are installed for visual feedback
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There is a choice of riding in a dressage saddle, a jumping saddle or a clients own saddle.
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There is a range of personal training equipment available to use if required
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A video camera is available should you wish to record your session


Instruction Screen The most popular programme for most people. Balance and position in the saddle is displayed on screen – this allows the instructor to analyse and assess what a rider is doing, using information also collected from the rein and leg sensors. Our highly skilled instructors will then provide exercises based upon the feedback generated by the simulator.

Auto Training The auto-training routine is a firm favourite with instructors as it provides a meaningful and repeatable assessment of rider balance, rein contact and leg pressure through the paces. Using either the 1 or 2 minute test, it is excellent for assessing the riders performance. The results can be printed off afterwards for further evaluation and demonstration of progress.
