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He is also dressage trainer to Ireland\u2019s eventing team and holds an honorary fellowship from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhs.org.uk\/\">British Horse Society<\/a> for his services to equestrianism.<\/p>\n<p>Michael enjoyed an early career as a show jumper and has continued to compete at the highest level since changing disciplines. He was a member of the silver medal winning teams at both the World Equestrian Games and at the 2015 European Dressage Championships, and of the bronze medal winning team at the 2013 European Dressage Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Maria is a previous British National Dressage Championships winner and was a member of the silver medal winning team at the 2009 European Dressage Championships.<\/p>\n<p>With the family was Greg Sims, current British Dressage \u2018Young Professionals Award\u2019 holder, who completed his apprenticeship with the Eilbergs and is now a permanent member of staff. Greg, who specialises in starting off the young horses, partnered a four year-old gelding, \u2018Scirocco\u2019, to enable Ferdi to advise on early training, in particular the importance of allowing young horses time to adjust their balance to the weight of the rider.<\/p>\n<p>Maria, who partnered advanced medium ride \u2018T J Benjamin\u2019, showed training progressing through lateral work to collection while Michael, who rode his small tour horse \u2018Sa Coeur\u2019 and British team horse \u2018Marakov\u2019, demonstrated training for movements up to piaffe and passage.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the audience were so keen to question Ferdi and his team that they were still in Reaseheath\u2019s indoor arena at 11pm!<\/p>\n<p>Reaseheath Equine Event Co-ordinator Heather Cooper said: \u201cOur supporters were delighted to have the chance to watch riders and trainers of such calibre here in Cheshire, and we have since received fantastic feedback.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming up in early 2016: Eventing masterclasses by Oliver Townend and Lucinda Fredericks Check out our dates at <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/reaseheath-equestrian-centre\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/reaseheath-equestrian-centre<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riding and training enthusiasts had the privilege of watching the world\u2019s most prolific dressage dynasty in action when the Eilberg family gave a masterclass at Reaseheath College\u2019s Equestrian Centre in [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":51220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[473,596,468],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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