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2022 EDUCATORS

Melinda Macaulay

Lifestyle

Mel was born a crazy horse girl, she lived and breathed horses and finally her non-horsey parents relented and purchased her first horse when she was 10yrs old. During her teenage years, she regularly rode the neighbourhood’s ‘naughty’ ponies, which started her journey of connecting and collecting often unwanted and misunderstood equines. Mel joined her sister in the show ring, together competing their team of horses and ponies.

Professionally, Mel became a health and fitness coach, working with athletes to improve their performance, rehabilitating injured workers in workplace wellness programs, and has assisted literally thousands of clients through lifestyle changes to improve their health and fitness goals. Within the health and fitness industry, Mel has been an aerobic instructor, weightloss consultant, personal trainer, gym owner, and coached and accredited other personal trainers. As an athlete, Mel understands what it takes to train, compete and perform at a high level, having won a National Championship and 4th in the World 24hr Solo Mountain Biking Championships.

Mel has Mitochondrial Disease, a degenerative condition that has left her with vision in only one eye amongst other issues. Exercise and staying healthy is an important part of her life, as is her passion for riding horses. Mel found her body changed along with her vision, so she began utilising her skills in exercise and program design to improve her own strength, stability and balance for riding. With almost 25 years experience of adapting exercise programming to individuals needs, Mel has a passion for equestrian bio-mechanics and now enjoys working with equestrians to improve their postural foundation to become stronger, stable and more confident riders. She believes that whilst most of us are not naturally talented riders, there is nothing stopping us from improving the body we do have! Mel’s biggest enjoyment comes from inspiring others to be the best rider the can be.

Visit Melinda Macaulay at the following sessions

Details

Thursday November 10th
10:00 am to 10:45 am
Off The Track Boulevard Arena

Exercises to improve your riding

For most of us who love horse riding, we are not genetically designed to have the perfect equitation seat, however that does not mean we can not improve what we do have!

During this interactive session, discover your personal posture and how your strengths, weaknesses, imbalances and asymmetries affects both your horse and you as a rider. Learn simple effective techniques you can do quickly from the comfort of your home to improve your balance, stability, strength, body awareness and coordination which are suitable for riders of all ages and abilities. Create a strong stable seat so you can improve your riding and transform your horse.

Details

Friday November 11th
1:00 pm to 1:45 pm
Godolphin Lifetime Care Theatrette

Mobility for mature riders

More and more adults are returning to the saddle after many years of not riding, or are fulfilling a childhood dream of learning to ride.

Let’s face it, we don’t bounce or bend like we used to – and we are more conscious of potential injuries. During this interactive session, learn simple, time efficient and practical stretches and exercises you can easily do from home with little to no equipment. Discover how you can improve your riding strength, stability, flexibility, body awareness, co-ordination and riding posture enabling you to enjoy riding for many years to come.

Training

Adam Sutton

TOPICS

  • Establishing body control & an understanding of your aids required from ground to saddle
  • Developing a cool, calm & relaxed mindset for horse & rider
  • Behavioural Feature with Adam Sutton
  • Dressage exercises and training
  • Dressage training exercises

Training

Adele Edwards

TOPICS

  • Barrel Racing Basics
  • Common Barrel Racing problems

Training

Allysse Smith

TOPICS

  • Show Horse prep & ring etiquette for led classes
  • Show Horse prep and ring etiquette for Led Classes

Horse health / Care

Amanda Edwards

TOPICS

  • Horse First Aid
  • Horse Wounds – Myths busted
  • Horse First Aid – a hands on workshop

Training

Amanda Lewer

TOPICS

  • Improving quality of pace and rider’s use of aids
  • Building the horses strength while improving suppleness

Training

Amie Power

TOPICS

  • Horses for courses
  • Introducing kids to horses

Lifestyle

Ann-Maree Lourey

TOPICS

  • Psyched for success: the winning way
  • Psyched for success: Believe you can

Horse health / Care

Anna Minogue

TOPICS

  • The role of anatomy and dentistry in bit fitting
  • Bridles & Bits: Anatomy for bit and bridle fitting

Training

Annette Willson

TOPICS

  • Managing back pain and the use of Redlight Physiotherapy
  • Building a Top-line in your horse using weights

Horse health / Care

Antoinette Foster

TOPICS

  • Feed Room & Pantry Detox
  • Natural Pain Relief

Training

Bruce O’Dell

TOPICS

  • Become a better horseman
  • Behavioural Feature with Bruce O’Dell

Horse health / Care

Camilla Whishaw

TOPICS

  • Gut health in the horse: the important roles of the gut & promoting good gut health
  • The role of supplements: are they necessary? What to choose?

Horse health / Care

Carol Layton

TOPICS

  • Feeding the performance horse
  • Feeding for preventing ‘Tying Up’

Horse health / Care

Carole Herder

TOPICS

  • 8 Most critical horse care concerns & how to alleviate them
  • 8 Most critical horse care concerns & how to alleviate them

Training

Dan Steers

TOPICS

  • The Pathway to Liberty
  • Body control under saddle
  • The Art of Horsemanship
  • Double Dan Horsemanship Show

Horse health / Care

David Leigh

TOPICS

  • The functional equine distal limb
  • Navicular Disease

Horse health / Care

David Nash

TOPICS

  • Should my horse quit sugar? Dymystifying the sugar and carb craze

Lifestyle

Despina Mitrakas

TOPICS

  • Increase your customers through digital marketing
  • Promote your equestrian business on social media

Training

Dr Angela McLeod

TOPICS

  • Equine Biomechanics

Horse health / Care

Dr Ian Bidstrup

TOPICS

  • Sacroiliac Trouble
  • Back, Shoulder & Hip strain in horses

Horse health / Care

Dr John Walker

TOPICS

  • Ask the Vet – Free consult opportunity

Horse health / Care

Dr Lizzie McCready

TOPICS

  • Equine Emergency Response Workshop
  • Equine Emergency Response Workshop

Horse health / Care

Dr Melanie Quick

TOPICS

  • Solving & preventing problems with your horse
  • Training difficult and young horses

Horse health / Care

Dr Michael Robinson

TOPICS

  • Management of joint problems in horses
  • Management of gastric ulcers in horses

Horse health / Care

Dr Peter Huntington

TOPICS

  • Digestive Health is the key to good health

Horse health / Care

Dr Raquel Butler

TOPICS

  • Injury rehabilitation: The Golden Path
  • Scars – A cute dimple of a deeper problem?
  • Scars – A cute dimple or a deeper problem

Training

Dr Shelley Appleton

TOPICS

  • Teaching people how to train horses
  • Strategies for building talent in Equestrian Sports

Horse health / Care

Dr. Ben Sykes

TOPICS

  • Gastric Ulcers in Horses – What’s new and what you need to know
  • Reducing Gastric Ulcer risk in Sport Horses

Training

Emma Maxwell (UK)

TOPICS

  • The versatile Arabian

Training

Georgia Kolovos

TOPICS

  • Obstacle training for partnership & competition
  • Obstacle training for partnership & competition

Training

Guy McLean

TOPICS

  • Inspire to Educate
  • Behavioural Feature with Guy McLean
  • Skills of the Australian Stockmen & how they may help your horsemanship goals
  • Advancing the young horse. Time to go to work
  • Lasting Impressions

Training

Hannah Pikkat

TOPICS

  • Hannah Pikkat and It’s Crunch Time

Training

Hayley Hinton

Lifestyle

Helen Fletcher

TOPICS

  • Connections: The resilient and adaptable rider

Training

Jane Hemingway-Mohr

TOPICS

  • What is Equine Assisted Learning? A look at how horses help humans become better people
  • What is Equine Assisted Learning? A look at how horses help humans become better people

Horse health / Care

Jeremy Ford

TOPICS

  • 6 Steps to successful hoof care
  • Hands on anatomy of the horse’s hoof

Lifestyle

Jess Morrison

TOPICS

  • Building body awareness in the saddle – optimising your position
  • Core stability training – building stronger partnerships

Horse health / Care

Jessica Blackwell

TOPICS

  • Understanding the equine back
  • Pony Pilates and Horse Yoga
  • Supporting the Equine back

Training

Kathleen Kindler

TOPICS

  • Pony Club Coaching Techniques

Training

Ken Faulkner

TOPICS

  • Building communication skills and understanding
  • Behavioural Feature with Ken Faulkner

Training

Kim Dyer

TOPICS

  • Liberty Connection
  • Bridless riding

Training

Lara Poynton

TOPICS

  • Cues into Aids
  • In hand, two-rein, bridle work
Horse educator Larissa Bilston talks about nutrition

Horse health / Care

Larissa Bilston

TOPICS

  • A happy hind gut equals a happy horse
  • Feeding for coat colour, shine and healthy skin and hooves

Training

Lauren Woodbridge

TOPICS

  • Preparing your child for horses
  • Preparing your horse for the human world

Training

Linda Shore

TOPICS

  • Training with the garrocha for horse and rider
  • Dressage exercises for Obstacle phase training

Training

Mark Langley

TOPICS

  • Reducing brace & anxiety
  • How to have a willing horse

Horse health / Care

Matt Rannstrom

TOPICS

  • Cushings, Founder, Laminitis and other metabolic disorders from a hoof care perspective
  • Hoof strength and awareness

Training

Michelle O’Neill

TOPICS

  • Finding the perfect equine partner
  • Taking it to the trail

Horse health / Care

Nathan Marshall

TOPICS

  • Seedy Toe – getting rid of it for good!

Lifestyle

Paul Davenport

TOPICS

  • Do you know what to do to protect your business?
  • Why you might be sued and what will help you if you are?

Horse health / Care

Paula Jeffrey

TOPICS

  • Saddlefitting the Asymmetric Horse
  • Saddlefitting the Performance Horse

Training

Peter Storr

TOPICS

  • Dressage exercises and training
  • Dressage training exercises

Training

Phil Webb

TOPICS

  • Intoducing your horse to the sport of Cutting
  • Cutting Horse education
  • Introducing your horse to Cutting -starting out

Lifestyle

Racing Victoria

TOPICS

  • Here for the Horses

Horse health / Care

Rebecca Ham

TOPICS

  • Feeding the Off The Track horse

Horse health / Care

Rhonda Petschel

TOPICS

  • Horse Rescue, Rehabilitation & Rehoming: how our members support the horses & owners in their community
  • Rescue, Rehabilitate, Rehome: how our members support the horses and owners in their community

Training

Sabine Schut-Kery

TOPICS

  • Dressage training – Suppleness exercises
  • Dressage training – Improvement of the horse’s gaits
  • Dressage training – Self carriage and balance

Training

Sandi Simons

TOPICS

  • My life as a nervous rider
  • I’m just a nervous Mum that rides & proud of it

Training

Scott Keach & James Paterson-Robinson

TOPICS

  • Jumping exercises to build confidence
  • Jumping Education

Training

Skye Liikanen

TOPICS

  • Long Reining – Where to begin
  • Is your horse ready to ride?

Training

Stacey Rusic

TOPICS

  • Side Saddle through the ages & into modern day
  • The Art of riding Side Saddle

Training

Steph Lancefield

TOPICS

  • Race Horse to Ranch Horse

Horse health / Care

Sue Martin

TOPICS

  • Treatment plans for illness & long term health
  • Herbal medicine & how it’s used

Training

Tanja Mitton

TOPICS

  • Overcoming nerves by learning how to relax
  • Rider Position

Lifestyle

Thoroughbred Breeders Australia – Fast Track Program

TOPICS

  • Turning your passion for horses into a career

Lifestyle

Todd Cunningham

TOPICS

  • Arena construction & restoration
  • Arena construction & restoration

Training

Tori Jeffress

TOPICS

  • Classical dressage and bridleless

Horse health / Care

Tracy Whiter

TOPICS

  • Hemp Hype and Horses

Training

Victoria Police Mounted Branch

TOPICS

  • Training Police horses

Training

Warren Backhouse

TOPICS

  • Reining manoeuvres

Training

Warwick Schiller

TOPICS

  • Relationship before horsemanship – the incredible benefits of connection in training
  • Methods or Principles?

Lifestyle

Yvette Frahn

TOPICS

  • Drawing horse to capture real form and movement – Stage 1
  • Drawing horses to capture real form & movement – Stage 2 Adding Colour

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