INTERNATIONAL course builder and designer Tom Holden gave a two-part interactive demonstration at the British Horse Society (BHS) National Convention at Cavan Equestrian Centre last week. The demonstrations focused on designing and building a simple course for training at home that can be ridden in a different ways with varying levels of difficulty.

Holden is an FEI level 3 course designed and is also a Horse Sport Ireland level 2 coach and Tutor. He has designed and built show jumping courses across Europe and in America and Canada, including a number of World Cup qualifiers.