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Anne
Dicker - HEC Manager
BSHII / BSHI- SM(Reg),
NPSD, PC "A" Hons,
International Level 3 Riding Instructor
Anne Dicker, nee Loriston-Clarke, was born in the New Forest
and grew up at the Catherston Stud with her parents, Jennie
and Anthony and sister Lizzie, now Murray. In the 1990's Catherston
moved from Brockenhurst to Hurstbourne Priors where the Manor
Farm site was transformed from a dairy farm into the Equestrian
Centre we have here today. Catherston Stud down sized in 2001
and moved near by to Over Wallop where they are now located.
When the property was sold Anne and her husband Brian agreed
to continue to stay and started up Hurstbourne Equestrain
Centre at its conception when it started in April 2001. Anne
and Brian have two children, a number of working dogs and
a quantity of horses and ponies! Brian is an agricultural
contractor and has sheep and beef cows who also graze the
fields at HEC.
Anne is responsible for managing HEC, teaching from Preliminary
to Advanced in all disciplines for all ages. Anne schools
and competes horses for clients as well as her own.
Anne was a rider for Catherston stud from 1972-1987, riding
a huge variety of horses and ponies in all disciplines, including
Catherston Night Safe, Coed Coch Windflower, Catherston Double
Bubble, Blagdon Fiesta, Catherston Sunday Collection, Shilstone
Rocks Querchinia, Bryn-y-mor Comet, Xenarchus, Ramiro and
Dutch Gold in showing, sidesaddle, Prince Philip Cup, dressage,
quadrilles, vaulting, show jumping, hunter trialing and eventing.
Anne has successfully competed Internationally on Catherston
Dutch Bid, Wellingtonia and White Christmas. In 1983, completed
and placed in the Junior European 3DE team in Rome and was
on the Young Riders European Dressage team in Munich. In 1986
Anne was on the Young Riders European team achieving team
silver and was 6th individually in Kronberg, and in the team
again in 1987 in Cervia. Anne was also the under 21 National
Champion in 1982 and 1983.
Anne retired from riding following a serious car accident
in 1987. Further to a long spell in hospital Anne was offered
a job in London as Showing Secretary to the Royal International
Horse Show, Horse of the Year Show and the Olympia International
Show jumping Championships. Anne progressed to Show Secretary
of the Horse of the Year Show, which she retired from after
the 1993 show. Anne then returned to her family business with
knowledge and experience she had gained to assist her mother,
Jennie Loriston-Clarke with the running of Catherston Stud
and Stud Farm, with the organisation and running of shows,
teaching the staff and students and assisting with Stud work.
Anne started competing again in 2005 with her homebred horse
jointly owned with Candy Burnyeat, Edgehill Drumroll who qualified
for the Preliminary Regional Finals, the Novice Restricted
Regionals and the Finals where they were 11th in 2006. Both
horse and rider then had a rest while Anne underwent orthopaedic
surgery and hope to return to the competition arena soon.
In September 2007 Anne had a further accident and shattered
her leg again! Now well on the road to recovery she is busy
teaching the clients at Hurstbourne and outside clients in
all disciplines as well as some schooling of horses.
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