My Story

Rachelle’s interest in horses has developed from a very early age. Interested in riding as soon as she could walk, a passion for all sports Equestrian grew from an early age. During Rachelle’s childhood she was encouraged to experience a number of disciplines and tried her hand at eventing, showjumping and endurance riding before settling on her passion for working on the flat. Rachelle spent many years as a young rider educating and showing a variety of horses from Arabs to Thoroughbred Hacks. After experiencing and winning most things in the show ring from Royals, Barastoc and Nationals, Rachelle wanted to be challenged further hence her passion for the sport of Dressage.

“I have been a serious Dressage competitor for many years with experience and success competing in the lower levels of dressage, up to and including the FEI levels. I am a professional rider and trainer, coaching and conducting clinics around Victoria and when time permits, interstate. I also compete all over Victoria and interstate most weekends. I am a full time professional rider, trainer and coach however for many years was a classroom teacher. The skills I have acquired being a classroom teacher certainly enhance my ability to assist and understand rider’s individual learning styles, making it easy for me as a dressage coach to adapt my teaching, enabling riders to achieve the most out of lessons. As a coach my passion is being part of the planning of goals and then assisting riders along their path to achieving such goals. I am a Myofunctional Therapy practitioner and have also written Myofunctional Therapy courses being taught at institutions such as Melbourne University. Being a Myofunctional Therapist provides me with a thorough understanding of the development and well-being of the competition horse. Such knowledge assists me to develop individual training programs that allows each horse to build the strength and capacity to carry out the movements required of him, with ease.

I have had many years of experience not only competing but also training horses from Novice up to and including FEI levels of Dressage. Being an EA Level 2 coach, I train a variety of horse/rider combinations from green/inexperienced to FEI level dressage each week. Being a qualified Myofunctional Therapist allows me to take on a more holistic approach towards developing a competition horse.