Jill MedingerThe app PROSPEQS, designed by equestrian CATHERINE BROCK, helps riders and trainers easily access their riding videos.
Passion Meets Progress
Evolving from her personal passion for equestrian performance improvement and goal setting, ambitious Catherine Brock pulled these two ideas together, developing a unique way to share her knowledge of the equestrian world. To push other riders to elevate their performance, she launched Prospeqs on the app store in 2019. Ms. Brock rode as a junior in California from age 8 to 17 but did not continue with lessons again until well into her adulthood at age 44. The hardships she experienced while getting back to riding at a competitive level after a long break and her love of horses inspired her development of Prospeqs.
The Business of Problem Solving
“Returning to riding after a long time off, I was pretty frustrated with my inconsistent progress as a rider. I read a lot about performance improvement and goal setting. Goal setting is the easy part; the hard part is moving closer to that goal every day. I felt like I needed a system to hold myself accountable for that,” says Brock. That system is now Prospeqs.
Her application helps riders and their trainers utilize videos for educational purposes at a moment’s notice. Instead of scrolling through your phone to find rounds or look through WhatsApp, they are all now efficiently and conveniently housed in Prospeqs. The app fosters greater personal productivity as the rider can classify each video, write notes, share notes, and more.
Ms. Brock’s app reflects her motivation to push herself to her full potential, finding a way for her and others to easily manage their rides’ photos and videos, removing all the mind-numbing scrolling through camera rolls.
“What was meaningful to me was re-watching my own ride videos. We all have those days when we’re in the zone and can’t miss. Watching those rides later, I could almost relive the high and remind myself of the great things my horse and I can do together. But finding those videos in my camera roll was almost as tedious as taking notes on paper.”
The Power of Application
Ms. Brock knows that allowing other riders to watch their highlights and proudest moments easily will encourage her and other riders to continue to be passionate about riding through their competitions and lessons. Not only does Prospeqs allow her to re-watch her best moments, but also her worst so she can progress from her mistake by watching her riding videos with or without her trainer. “If I want to find my first 1.2m round at Great Lakes Equestrian Festival (GLEF), for example, I can get to that video in seconds. If I want to re-watch that one time I laid it down in the hunter ring, I can,” Brock said.
Riders can download PROSPEQS the App in the Apple App Store or Google App Store.