Tori Peter Dressage Coach

02/12/2025

One of my good friends Nick Cooper has opened his very own cycling brand of clothing and I want to tell you his story.

Nick has a special story and I’m sure he won’t mind me sharing it with you.

I use to play team squash with Nick when he was a teenager, we got on really well despite the age gap. He was a brilliant player. I played as his number 2 in his team of 5 and we headed up the development team at Haslingden. We didn’t just do our job of bringing players through and showing them the ropes, we also did really well in the league. This was all down to the team spirit, it was my favourite night of the week.
Our first team was also in the same league and when it came to Darby day they told Nick he had to play for them. I think Nick was about 16 years old then. He turned around and said no, he wanted to play for his own team. They knew he had become a super player and didn’t want to be beaten but Nick stood strong and refused. This is who he is loyal, fair and a brilliant sport.

Nick dropped squash for his other passion cycling and in true Nick style soon became part of a real cycling team in Spain as his full time career.

Whilst training back home here in Lancashire, Nick was hit head on by a drive over the limit on drugs. This devastating accident broke his back and nearly paralysed him. Nick had to lie without moving in a hospital bed for weeks with the fear of moving in his sleep or even sneezing. They didn’t know if Nick was going to be able to walk again, but in true Nick Cooper style, and after a lot of serious hard work and rehab he’s back on his bike and racing again.

Listen to his podcast (see link below)- it makes me cry. I know the family well and his mum would give me regular updates on Nicks progress. He is just such a beautiful person inside and out.

He’s now made a brave move into designing and carefully creating his own cycling clothing brand called Amo la Ruta.

If you are a cyclist and want to support such a wonderful guy as well as have some wonderful quality cycling clothing, please take a look. It’s lovely knowing you can help someone’s new business get off the ground.

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Nicks Cycling Clothing company
https://amolaruta.com/

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Nicks Story
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0TO585MrT7KxmBctKojVGq?si=ilsiOVUEQta6FRWpxq4QHQ

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Nicks Accident (warning this isn’t easy to watch)
https://youtu.be/fqf2FeXcd8Y?si=i3amRZGuCRaFtUoO

A cyclist in his 30s was injured in a head-on collision with a car at the Four Lane Ends junction in Blackburn on Thursday evening. (31 August 2023)The incid...

28/11/2025

Here’s my updated clinic list with a couple of new clinics added (🔵).

As usually, anyone wanting more information, just drop me a message and remember I coach any level from intro to Small Tour.

December
🔴Mon 1st-North Cheshire EC
🟡Tues 2nd-Coaching from Home
🔴Wed 3rd-Moorhouse EC
🔴Frid 5th-Crow Wood EC
🔴Sat 6th-Constables Vets
🟡Mon 8th-Coaching from home
🟡Tues 9th-Coaching from home
🔴Thur 11th-Constable Vets
🔴Sat 13th-Stockwell Stud
🔴Sat 13th-church Fenton
🔴Mon 15th-North Cheshire EC
🔴Wed 17th-Moorhouse EC
🔵Thur 18th-Dairy House EC
🔴Sat 20th-Constable Vets EC
🔵Sun 21st-Wakefield RDA Arena
🔴Mon 22nd-Becconsall EC
🔴Sat 27th-Constables Vets EC
🔴Mon 29th-North Cheshire EC

22/11/2025

Great day spent at Myerscough International Arena with BD presents.

Fantastic to watch so many brilliant riders with equally good trainers but Anna Ross stole the show for me. You can’t help but like this lady for her approachability, technical knowledge and infectious personality.

Harry Pain finished our day with a great debrief and discussion for all the coaches. It was such an amazing opportunity to chat with coaches from around the north west and share our thoughts on the day.

20/11/2025

Let me share this with you all.

This is Walnut having Pulse therapy today. I’m treating his problem area on this video. I know this is his problem area from my vet and chiropractor/vet, it also showed up when I scanned him with the Pulse machine.

It’s quite obvious to see the areas that’s holding inflammation, tightness or have depleted cells needing a refreshing, as they pulse. It’s surprising how low I had my pulse machine running to get such a big reaction compared to the other horses.

Having completed the major part of my training, I know what frequency to set the machine at to get the best results without taking the horse out of a relaxed state or making him sore. What I need to observe is how many sessions he needs to make an improvement and what the improvement entails. Each horse is an individual which means each horse reacts differently. I have the chiropractor (Angela Holland) booked to return in 4 weeks to assess all my horses I’m treating so we can discuss the results.

After treating this area the pulsing decreased significantly which clearly gives me reassurance that something positive is happening

15/11/2025

Here are my clinic dates until the end of the year. I have a little space in December if anyone would like to book a one off clinic with me to come to their yard. Please get in touch.

November
🔴Wed 19th-Moorhouse EC
🟡Thurs 20th-Coaching from Home
🔴Sun 23rd-Constable Vets
🔴Mon 24th-Becconsall EC
🔴Thur 27th-Constable’s EC
🔴Sat 28th-Stockwell Stud morning
🔴Sat 28th-Church Fenton
🔴Mon 29th-North Cheshire EC
December
🔴Wed 3rd-Moorhouse EC
🔴Frid 5th-Crow Wood EC
🔴Sat 6th-Constables Vets
🟡Mon 8th-Coaching from home
🟡Wed 9th-Coaching from home
🔴Thur 11th-Constable Vets
🔴Sat 13th-Stockwell Stud
🔴Sat 13th-church Fenton
🔴Mon 15th-North Cheshire EC
🔴Wed 17th-Moorhouse EC
🟡Thur 18th-Coaching from Home
🔴Sat 20th-Constable Vets EC
🔴Mon 22nd-Becconsall EC
🔴Sat 27th-Constables Vets EC
🔴Mon 29th-North Cheshire EC

11/11/2025

I am looking for a Lusitano to come and join my stables. This is due to the unforeseen early retirement of Epa my beloved dancing partner.

I haven’t got a big budget (in fact it’s quite small) but I have got heaps of experience with Iberian horse and adore the sharp ones.

Maybe you have a Lusitano’s that you are struggling with that needs someone that can understand him?

I love an under dog. I love proving that every horse has the ability to reach advanced level though good classically based education.
Ideally this horse would be between the age of 4 and 9. The smallest we can take is 15hh and the largest 16.3hh. Who cares what colour.

Talk to me if you have a horse who won’t pass a vetting if you are willing to be honest.

I am 100% honest and transparent.

Epa was given to me as deemed untrainable and lame. It took me 3 years of training and rehab before I took him to a competition but then we flew. He attended British Dressage Nationals, won the PSG champion 2023 at the MCI National show and reserve champion 2024. He proudly achieving 6th in 2024 at small tour level and 7th in 2023 at the MCI European Championships riding for team MCI GB. And the best bit was, his previous owners came to watch me compete Epa several times and we became good friends. They said it was an unplanned beautiful thing they did with a bad situation for them.

I put my heart and soul into training and caring for my horses.

Please share this post and help me find my next horse.

28/10/2025

All next week I will be checking every noseband in my coaching sessions using the official FEI noseband tool.

Helping horses comfort and welfare as well as saving your arse!

27/10/2025

16/09/2025

My next Crow Wood Clinic is on Friday 3rd October. This runs afternoon into the evening.

Lovely and dry in a super competition arena.

PM me to book.

03/08/2025

Just look at the new arena at White Rose Equestrian Centre, Denby Dale!! Massive and super level rebuilt by Jack Mayes. One of only 3 venues I visit more often than once per month. Clinics run here with me every 3 weeks. If you want to join in just drop me a message.

02/08/2025

Who would have thought it! Walnut qualified for the Pet Plan Finals!!

This is our first proper season at BD and I didn’t expect the great results that we are achieving to happen so soon.

This year is all about getting both my horse, JC and Walnut out and about so they can begin to gain their confidence in the whiteboards. I’m not a fan of the lower levels in BD with my Lusitanos, I would rather stay home, achieve a higher level and then go out. Walnut is gaining confidence at Advanced Medium and over the winter I’m hoping he’s ready for PSG.

Two strangers made my day by asking if that was me riding the grey horse just now, then told me how polished and elegant Walnut and I looked. This made my day way before I saw my scores.

I really don’t feel like we are doing a good test yet, it all feels a bit wobbly and lacking polish so I am thrilled to keep getting awarded good marks.

I decided not to do the arena walk as I thought he would learn more in his day out by having to just ride the test with the arena unseen. Thank god that gamble came off. I have big plans for this lovely horse and right now it’s all about gaining experience so you can imagine how thrilled I was to qualify.

It was really nice to see a new venue in Port Royal EEC. It’s immaculate and very well run. I have to say this venue is now on my radar to revisit and it’s so easy to get to for me, M62 straight in for 66 miles! That’s proper girl driving stuff.

Thank you to my one and only sponsor and niw a lovely friend Ema Baxter, The Horse Bit Shop.

I have no idea how riders get loads of sponsors (tell me if you know). I just really believe in Ema and can’t thank her enough for all her help with a lot more than just choosing the right bits for my horses. She is a massive game changer but remember, don’t call her a bit fitter like I did…..she singed my eyebrows off replying “I’M A BITTING SPECIALIST FIXING PROBLEMS NOT A PERSON THAT JUST GOES AROUND FITTING A BIT TO THE HORSES ANATOMY” My eyebrows have never grown back properly you know.

2 other thank you’s go to Goncalo Carvalho for his brilliant training and to Joanna Jackson for her mentoring and training. Joanna always makes me feel anything is possible.