Yarramba Trail Rides - training/teaching/horsemanship

Yarramba is situated in the Monaro-Snowy Mountains region,near Cooma NSW. Lessons Our aim at Yarramba is to produce happy, confident riders who can understand and enjoy horses. Both Mark and Rosemary have a lifetime of experience teaching pupils of all ages, nationalities and ability, specialising in advanced dressage and horsemanship skills as well as teaching children, nervous beginners and those returning to riding after a break. Lessons are tailored to suit the individual rider and their aims or interests, for example: •Basic riding skills, including developing balance and a good seat at the walk, sitting and rising trots, and the canter •Advanced riding skills, including working on rein control, lateral control, flying changes and rollbacks •Advanced dressage •Western riding and reining •Groundwork and ‘natural horsemanship’ exercises •‘Join Up’ •Lunging •Trail/bush riding skills and practice Lesson/Bush Riding Combos Many clients enjoy combining an hour or two of lesson time with two hours of riding out in the bush. This is a great way to: •Refresh or learn new riding skills in our arena with one-to-one tuition •Practice riding skills out in a bush setting •Continue receiving riding and horsemanship tuition out on the trail •Have some riding time to relax on horseback outside of formal lessons •Enjoy the stunning scenery and a break from the stress of daily life If you have attended a riding school in Canberra, Jindabyne or Sydney, this can be a great way to complement your regular lessons and enjoy a break from the city at the same time. Mark Layton After an initial university education in the arts, Mark became involved in working with horses. For thirty years training horses, teaching riders, shoeing and conducting trail rides has been his life’s work and fascination. He has worked as a wrangler for film and television productions, and for many years has shown horses in dressage, Western performance, hack and Australia Stock Horse classes. He established Yarramba twenty five years ago and since then has trained horses for many people in the Snowy Mountains region and beyond, and given visitors to the area the chance to experience the beauty of the landscape on horseback. Mark’s many years of careful study and experience have been distilled so even a novice rider can benefit from a few hours of instruction, and more experienced riders can gain a deeper level of insight. In the current era when riding has largely become a leisurely pursuit, there have been many breakthroughs in understanding the art of horsemanship. An increased focus on the intricacies of training and riding reveal the relationship between horse and rider to be extremely subtle. Those who can appreciate this synergy will discover the mystique of horsemanship and fully realise the rewards of this unique pursuit. Rosemary Beeton With her long and varied career teaching riding all over the world in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, England, Greece, the USA and the Channel Islands, Rosemary has a wealth of experience in working with a huge range of riders from children and beginners, to those working on advanced dressage, cross country and jumping. Her former pupils are of all ages and many nationalities, and include royals, dignitaries and leaders such as the ex-Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir and his new Mounted Police Unit. She has managed large stables of valuable competition horses in various countries, and has great expertise in feeding, building jumping and cross country courses, and training riding instructors. She has also been fortunate to work with some of the top European and American trainers both in dressage and jumping. From all this experience, Rosemary has developed a system to teach riders a balanced and secure seat, with an understanding of the horse’s movement and their own bodies. Her approach works, regardless of the equestrian sport the rider wishes to follow, and Rosemary uses it with great success, teaching advanced dressage to our most experienced clients, and building up the confidence and skills of people returning to riding later in life, young children or nervous riders.