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With a background that
reaches from the elegant grounds of
Keeneland
Racetrack to the demanding
endurance
rides in Australia's Outback;
from
work with Olympic show jumping
horses
to equine assisted therapy;
from
the speed of barrel racing to
the
precision of Olympic class dressage;
Copper Love has deep experience
in
working with horses at all levels,
opening the way for increased
athletic
performance. With soft and calming
touches she targets sore spots and
instills
trust, maximizing
each
horse's
potential.
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Here's what some folks
have to say about Copper's work with horses:
Copper calming Fast Parade in Keeneland's paddock before the 2006 Lexington Stakes which is the final prep for the Kentucky Derby. Famed broadcaster Tom Hammond conducts an interview in the background.
"When I first heard my owner was sending a top TTouch Instructor to work with our race horses I could not have been more skeptical. Not being familiar with this kind of work I rather thought it would be a waste of money but still vowed to have an open mind. I'm happy to say I was so wrong. The lessons Copper Love taught me were incredible. The soft and calming touches were just what these hyped up, stressed out racehorses needed. It targeted their sore spots while teaching them to trust that we would help them. In particular it really helped the 'star' of the stable, an enormously talented 2006 Kentucky Derby candidate named Fast Parade. He benefited from Copper's work the most as he NEEDED it the most. His demeanor changed dramatically from a tooth grinding, nervous eating, speed crazy horse to a calm, confident, relaxed runner. And what athlete doesn't do better calm and confident? Copper was a joy to be around and the horses sensed that also."
Virginia (Ginny) Padgett, TB Trainer Louisville, Ky.
Santa Anita, Fast Parade on the lead against multiple Grade 1 winner After Market. Before the year was out, Fast Parade would set a new track record at Del Mar and win the $500,000 Grade 2 Nearctic Stakes at Woodbine.
"Fast Parade was just a phenomenal three-year-old prospect, with all the speed in the world and smart enough to learn to rate. Copper was just what he needed, and I can't help but wonder what he might have gone on to achieve if she'd stayed with him after he changed owners."
John Loftus, award-winning turf writer and biographer of Fast Parade
Linda
Tellington-Jones and
Copper Love
"Copper Love is one
of those rare Master
Teachers who will touch
your life with joy and
compassion and deepen
your understanding and
appreciation of yourself
and others. She was an
Instructor of Tellington-TTouch
Training for many years
in Europe, Australia,
Russia and all over the
United States and her
name and the effects
she had on her students
are legend."
Linda Tellington-Jones
Robert Dover riding Romantico in the 1986 Olympic Games
"We really appreciated Copper working on Romantico at competitions, helping him recover between classes and keeping him fresh and eager to go again. Grand Prix and Freestyle demand the utmost brilliance from a horse. Her work helped him achieve that level of performance. Copper has the extraordinary ability to listen to horses, letting them tell her what they need. Another example of Copper's intuitive ability with horses: At the World Championships in Canada, I lost a treasured ring in Romantico's stall, bedded three feet deep in shavings. Copper 'listened' to Romantico, and let him show her where it was. Talk about magic!"
Marnie Reeder, Manager of American Romance Ltd, Owner of Romantico
Copper working with Romantico at Dr. Beckett's veterinarian clinic
"Copper's demonstrations of her gentle and caring techniques opened my eyes to how much skilled human touch can benefit animals, and her successes continue to expand that understanding."
Tom Beckett DVM Austin, Texas
Russian Show Jumpers
Copper working with Russian
National Jumpers
and Dressage Team
USSR Bitsa Sports Center,
Moscow
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Copper
has also been honored
to work with Anne Kursinski
Silver Medalist U.S.A.
Olympic Jumping Team
Brook Sample first across the finish line of the Tom Quilty Gold Cup Endurance Ride, Australia
"At the time Copper worked with our horses, we had more than thirty in work and competition. The Sharahd endurance horses were considered amongst the best in Australia. Copper's skill produced more relaxed and better moving horses. Many low level lameness and chiropractic problems were overcome. I am also very aware of the benefit of Copper's work with horses owned by others."
Bob Sample, Queensland, Australia
Breeder, trainer, competitor with Endurance Riding
Bob Sample won the Tom Quilty Gold Cup in 1993; has been the National Champion Heavy Weight Rider six times, and has earned 15 Quilty buckles. His son Brook Sample has won the Tom Quilty Gold Cup three times, and has represented Australia World Championship rides three times.
Copper working with Brook's horse in Holland for the World Equestrian Games, 1994
Doug Adams, Cheyenne Rodeo
"I've
rode and trained
horses for 35 years.
I've attended hundreds
of clinics studying
with the top horsemen
of our time. But
Copper is a woman
with a magic touch
and has an understanding
and connection
with horses like
no other. I've
worked with her on several occasions
spanning 10 years and I'm always amazed
at how she handles herself with all
kinds of horses. When she puts her hands
on them they begin to settle and focus
right away. She darn sure knows her
way around a horse."
Doug Adams: Texas A&M graduate; College National finals Rodeo Team; Professional Horse Trainer; PRCA Bull Rider Top 30; PBR and ABBI Judge
Cat Friske riding barrel competition on Revolver
"Copper
Love is outstanding in
her use of and teaching
abilities in her techniques
that allows a horse to
find his way out of old muscle memories
holding him from full potential. In the
many years of knowing Copper, watching
her and seeing her open up and release
tension, fear, and pain from the horses
and dogs in her care is a totally amazing
and wonderful learning experience."
Cathryn (Cat) Friske, Professional Horse Handling Instructor and Barrel Racer
Kinky
Friedman
"Copper
has been a miracle
worker here at Utopia
Animal Rescue Ranch.
Her touch is a tonic
to almost any animal.
She is a healer through
touch and spirit."
Kinky
Friedman
Author,
Musician and next
Governor of the Great
State of Texas 2010
Therapy horse, Germany
'Merlin', Shire draft-horse in driving competition,
Germany.
A
gentle giant.
Copper with Cotton
Club winning at Manor Downs, 1985.
Owned by Julianna Hawn
Copper working with Shiloh
"Shiloh was a nervous wreck. No one knows how long he'd been that way---maybe all his life. This tall, handsome Thoroughbred had his share of emotional problems, yet under Copper Love's skilled fingers, an amazing change began in Shiloh. He lost his fear and began to change the entire tone of his body language as the manipulation of his frazzled nerves and knotted muscles took effect."
Peggy Cole for DS Dispatch
"Copper
brings new dimensions to the horse/human
relationship. With respect, empathy and
grace, she joins the horse in a mutual
dance of growing, understanding and cooperation
while seeking the best possible balance
for that horse in that moment. Copper
is a gift you can give any horse you
care about."
Suzanne
Clothier
Renowned
dog trainer, lecturer and award-winning
author,
"Bones
Would Rain From
the Sky"
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