Personal Profile

Hilary Vernon came up through the Pony Club competing her own ponies in various disciplines. She took exams and courses in Horsemanship and her BHSAI examination passing with distinction.

Hilary started her working career free lance teaching and then ran an Equestrian Training Establishment. Then she entered the retail trade by managing two busy Equestrian Retail outlets over a 20 year period, while competing her own Horses.

After much research she set up one of the first Bit Banks in the U.K and ran it very successfully for many years, gaining a tremendous enthusiasm and knowledge for Bitting, Bit related problems and Bit Design. Through all this experience Hilary has a well rounded and sound knowledge of Horse Equipment and Training.

Hilary is the author of "The Allen Illustrated Guide to Bits and Bitting", "The Allen Illustrated Guide to Training Aids" and "The Allen Illustrated Guide to Horse Clothing" and "The Allen Illustrated Guide to Saddlery" and the soon to be released "The Allen Illustrated Guide to Carriage Horse Harness".

After being invited out to America by Belstane Marketing [distributors of Myler Bits] to work with the Myler Brothers, and through working with them over here in the U.K Hilary was made the Myler Clinician for the U.K and Europe. This really complimented the work that Hilary had already established here in the U.K She has over the last 6 years worked as an independent Bitting Clinician travelling over the U.K and parts of Europe lecturing and demonstrating on the art of Bitting.

Hilary has launched a highly acclaimed DVD under her Informed Bitting banner "The First Steps to Bitting" and is in the process of completing a trilogy of ground breaking Bitting DVDs.

She has also appeared on Horse and Country TV on the Team Fredericks series as a Bitting and Saddle Fitting Consultant and in the British Equestrian Trade Show programme when her new Bit range was launched at the BETA trade Fair.