Over a career spanning more then 25 years, Katie’s success in the show and dressage arenas has been nothing short of outstanding, with representing Australia in dressage being just one of her many achievements. Now in her 30’s, Katie focuses her energy and passion for horses on the educating and training of horses and riders of all levels and ages. She combines her kind and calm approach together with the techniques learnt from her training with the very best in the business including 10 years training with Australia’s World Equestrian Games team member and multi Australian Grand Prix Champion Maurice Bruce, Clemens Dierks, Rozzie and Heath Ryan, Carlos De Cleermaecker Roger Fitzhardinge, Caroline Lieutenant, Brett Parbery, Jane Bruce and Gill Rogers. 

 

Katie has had six trips to the UK attending show runs throughout England and Ireland including Ponies UK, Royal Windsor, Royal International (3 times), Kent County, New Forest County, London Riding Horse Show (in Hyde Park), just to name a few. Katie also represented Australia at the International Teams Challenge UK  Supreme Dressage Championships held at Addington Manor in 2012. Katie has also had four trips to Ireland attending many Dressage and Eventing Championships.

 

In her own right she holds countless Australian National and State titles in both dressage and the show ring including Grand Champion Rider Canberra Royal Show, Champion and Reserve Championships at Sydney, Canberra and Bathurst Royals, multi NSW EA Horse of the Year Winner, NSW Rider of the Year and NSW Horse of the Year – EA Awards Night, Australian Pony Dressage Team Leader, Winner of Dressage and Hacking in the UK, and perhaps most notably as trainer of pony Murrum Park Phantom from show pony to Multi-Champion Prix St George Dressage Pony, later making the British Dressage Squad. Katie’s students and the ponies she has trained have amassed thousands of championships at Royal Shows, Horse of the Year Shows, National Breed Shows, National and State Pony Dressage, Interschools, PC State Dressage, State Show Riding and gymkhanas, and Represented Australia in Dressage, with the dressage ponies she has trained having gone on to be selected on the NSW, Queensland and British Squads and the RDA National Team.

 

In both her teaching and training her focus is on confidence building, good sportsmanship, safety, ring craft and having fun!