In a world inundated with advice, but lacking in wisdom, Susie offers clarity amidst the confusion.

She understands that behind every behavioural challenge lies a reason, often stemming from confusion or unmet needs. Through expertise and efficient teaching skills, she empowers horse owners to resolve issues with logical tools and techniques of effective methods, prioritizing respect and understanding above all else.

Horses, sensitive and willing beings, thrive in an environment of cooperation and clarity from subtle signals. Yet, traditional methods often overshadow this truth, leading to unnecessary stress and disconnection. Susie advocates for a sustainable and holistic approach, where leadership is synonymous with partnership, and consent is earned through clear communication and dialogue.

Safety and control is necessary, however, the desire to dominate is destructive and can backfire in dangerous ways.

Horses need leadership, but they also need freedom to be as nature designed them. There is too much focus on submission. To seek harmony and cooperation is far more productive, and safe. We can give them freedom with conditions. It means giving a sense of control by helping them predict what to do with our cues. Teaching them how to make pressure go away, how to understand our language.

Embrace curiosity and open-mindedness for both art and science on your journey with horses. Susie encourages you to question, to seek logical answers rooted in facts and a genuine concern for horse welfare. Difficult problems can be resolved safely and progressively with knowledge. Horses are creatures of habit and thrive on clear rules. Success comes from attention to details in an organic manner. Good training minimises conflict and preserves the horse’s dignity. When it’s good, it’s fun.

Ease and lightness in riding are not out of reach. It is possible to achieve a partnership of harmony when you have tools to work with the horse’s nature – not against it. Susie will help you create a flow of effortless activity and seamless transitions where each movement smoothly blends into the next. When the aids are subtle and well understood, responses become expressive and graceful, synchronised in a fluid rhythmic balance like meditation in motion.

Qualifications: Susie graduated with a Degree in Sociology, worked 10 years in Corporate Management Training & Development. She has a Graduate Diploma in Adult Education, a Diploma of Applied Science in Horse Management, a Diploma of Equitation Science (Clinical Ethology), is a Licenced Level 1 Teacher in the School of Lightness (Ecole de Légèreté) and an Accredited Coach with Equestrian Australia (EA).

Teachers of Influence: In Australia, Susie has been influenced by Andrew McLean, Manolo Mendez, and Richard Weiss. She has trained in France, Switzerland, Belgium and Germany to study with Philippe Karl, Bea Borelle, Sylvia Stoessel, Melanie Bulmahn, and Bertrand Ravoux, and in residential courses in Denmark with Klaus Hempfling, and in Portugal at Morgado Lusitano.