Creekside Equestrian

Creekside Equestrian Equestrian Service offering coaching, bitfitting and other related equine services. Various agistment services available including full care and training.

Unfortunately, Creekside no longer offers agistment but casual arena hire is still available. Equestrian Service offering dressage coaching, agistment and other related equine services. Facilities available for hire include 60mx20m indoor sand arena, 30 acres of grazing pasture with individual paddocks, 4 stables with tack and feed rooms, wash and tacking-up bays. Regular dressage clinics hosted w

ith professional trainers. Indoor arena available for individual hire or to organisations for group events. Other equestrian disciplines are welcome.

29/10/2025

The great Reiner Klimke shows us the right and wrong way to ride deep!

While the audio is in German, you can still get the gist of this video by reading the text that they put above the little blue box. Dr Klimke first shows us what is so common nowadays, with the horse being incorrectly ridden from front to back, showing a short, curled up neck. Then he brings his horse up into a correct working frame. And then, around 1:22, he shows us what it looks like to ride your horse more correctly deep - with a long neck (with a true "falling down" neck, rather than being pulled down), and the horse reaching forward into the connection of the bit.

While he appears behind the vertical, notice that the angles at the poll and throatlatch have actually not changed as he drops his neck. Watch this video a few times, and you will notice the many differences between the correct and incorrect way to ride deep. What stands out to me is the open vs closed angle of the throatlatch.

What are your thoughts?

https://www.myvirtualeventingcoach.com/articles/eventing_vide_57_Reiner_Klimke_shows_right_and_wrong_way_to_ride_deep

25/08/2025

🐴DRESSAGE SOLUTIONS🐴 Improve Rein Connection

To improve your rein connection ...

Imagine your point of contact with the bit is in your elbows, triceps and back, and that your arms, wrists and hands are just extensions of the reins. This allows the connection to be held in your body rather than your hands and allows the hands and arms to be soft.
~ Jessica Miller

🎨 Sandy Rabinowitz

08/08/2025

HANDS DO NOT PULL BACK - HAVE "FEELING FINGERS"

Remember, you are holding a piece of metal that's inside your horse's mouth. If you pull back on the reins or jiggle your hands around, your horse will likely shorten his neck, stiffen through his back, hollow away from your seat, lift his head above the bit, and/or come against/behind the contact.

Pulling back on the reins can also encourage your horse to get stronger in the contact, as he, too, will pull against the pressure. This often leads to a tug-of-war scenario that sends many riders down the rabbit hole of using stronger rein aids and bits.

The rein length should be held by your thumb pressing on top of your index finger. The rest of your fingers should be light and supple so you can give subtle communication aids down the reins. If your fingers are gripping the reins tightly, then any light communication down the rein will be blocked. Therefore, if you want to give your horse an aid, you will need to grip even tighter or pull backward on the reins, which is not good.

Keep your elbows, wrists, hands, and fingers supple, and allow them to "breathe" with your horse's movement, rather than remaining fixed and rigid. The aim is to have "feeling fingers" which open and close to give your horse the required aids. It may only be a slight movement, but trust us, your horse can feel it.

25/07/2025

This image shows how even slight misalignment in your seat, hands, or legs can send your horse off balance! 🚲

On the left: the rider treats the horse like a bicycle, steering with their hands and turning their body, causing crookedness and uneven pressure. Look how the horse’s body twists out of alignment as a result.

On the right: the rider is centred, balanced, and riding with even contact. Their aids are aligned with the horse’s body, leading to straightness, relaxation, and connection through the back.

💡 Your horse mirrors your position.
Ride in harmony not control. The goal isn’t to steer like handlebars, but to guide from your core and seat.

( image found off pinterest )

20/07/2025

Never exercise🐎 or transport your equine on an empty stomach. Fiber creates a mat, which prevents acid from splashing💦 in the stomach. An empty stomach allows accumulated unbuffered gastric acid to slosh and bathe its lining😧.

🛻Transport is an extended isometric exercise - requiring your equine friend to constantly balance by engaging the abdominal muscles. Contraction of the abdominal muscles forces acidic gastric juices up into the non-glandular (upper) region of the equine stomach.

Learn more interesting facts about equine gastric acid👉 https://www.thehaypillow.com/blogs/news/equine-gastric-acid-12-facts-you-may-not-know

Address

50 Mann Road
Calliope, QLD
4680

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 5pm
Sunday 7am - 10am

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