About

1996 Time for a Change

In 1996 Sue left a 12 year public service career to try her hand at running her own business based on a passion: horse riding. So she set about training herself in the 3 disciplines required for achieving an industry coaching qualification.

1998 EA NCAS Level 1 (general) coaching qualification

In 1998 Sue became a fully accredited coach with Equestrian Australia and commenced building a freelance equestrian coaching business. With lessons and holiday camps well established it was time to expand her knowledge and skills.

2009 Bachelor of Equine Science

In 2004 Sue commenced a bachelor of Equine Science with Charles Sturt University studying part-time by distance education mode graduating in 2009.

The degree has not only achieved her initial goal of becoming a better coach through a deeper understanding of horses but has taught her how to:

  • keep up-to-date with current research, and therefore keep clients up-to-date;

  • decipher factual information from myth and common belief;

  • apply current research to the keeping and riding of pleasure and performance horses;

  • offer practical and sensible advice to clients about riding and horse care;

  • present information to clients in a very practical and efficient manner; and

  • thoroughly understand training principles in terms of equine behaviour and biomechanics.

Finally, with bachelor degree under the belt Sue realises this is simply the beginning of her quest to understand:

  • how horses work and think;

  • how we can improve their welfare while meeting our needs; and

  • how to extend all of this knowledge to horse owners.

2010 and new heights in coaching

Equestrian coaching with a difference. Specialising in equine behaviour and biomechanics offers clients a unique insight into the way they manage, handle and ride their horse. This leads to the ultimate human/equine partnership at the same time achieving excellence in any chosen discipline.

Short-cuts can simply not be taken. Aggressive and forceful equipment and training techniques simply do not work on these soft, gentle and forgiving creatures. That's not to say that training is not frustrating and difficult at times but these are issues for the rider and must never become the problem of the horse.

Every issue can be resolved and behaviours such as rearing, bolting, bucking, pigrooting, biting and kicking do not need to be part of your partnership, ever!!

THE PANDEMIC!!

With everything shutdown Sue decided to focus on building the artistic arm of the business. Something that had been a dream for a long time.

Sue had the time to make her ideas come to life, sculpting with a welder, using old horseshoes and other scrap steel she created many sculptures and so began a new line in the business.