William Micklem
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William Micklem

William’s Father was Dick Micklem, a horse dealer and young horse specialist who used similar methods to Monty Roberts, learnt from Argentine polo players. Therefore William was brought up surrounded by horses and ponies William at the family home near Truro in Cornwall in the West of England. He and his sister, Marianne, and three brothers, John, Charlie, and David, spent a youth full of Pony Club activities and hunting with the Fourburrow Hunt, but ponies and horses were always sold on. Therefore it was not surprising that William took six different ponies and horses to the inter branch area horse trials, making the national championships three times and being short listed for both the British Junior horse trials and show jumping teams.William also passed his Pony Club 'A' certificate with honours duing this time. However living in Cornwall always made access to higher level coaching and competition difficult. All the Micklem brothers have continued to be involved with horses, with John now dealing and coaching in Ireland after specialising in show jumping; Charlie coaching in Wiltshire, England, after a successful career as a very talented National Hunt jockey and Horse Trials rider; and David coaching and course designing and building in Cornwall, England. After passing his British Horse Society Instructors Certificate in 1973 William went to work as chief instructor for Robert Hall in both Fulmer, England, and Pepperell, USA, which is when he began a lifetime equestrian association with Karen O’Connor, before coming to Ireland to work for Bord na gCapall in 1976. It was in Ireland at this stage that he began using his unique tool for improving performance, Habitual Hats. He also started training the Irish Junior and Young Rider Horse Trials Teams and designed Ireland’s renowned Golden Saddle Scheme for top young competition riders from Dressage, Show Jumping and Horse Trials. He passed his Fellowship of the British Horse Societ...