Tottie’s Riding School

22/09/2024

Wishing our amazing Nikki a very happy birthday today! Thanks for everything you do for all of us. Love you girl, we’d be lost without you! Hope you had the best day! 🩵🩵

31/08/2024

So true

Working with young horses is tough.

And not just in the "hold on and hope you stay in the saddle" kind of way.

No one warns you how challenging it truly is. How often you'll doubt yourself, wondering: Am I doing this right? Am I moving too fast? Too slow? Is this too much? Not enough? You'll constantly be questioning your approach, trying to figure out the best way forward while tuning out the opinions of the trainer down the road or the livery next door, who throws judgmental glances every time you do groundwork.

No one tells you how, on some days, you'll feel like you're failing. You'll question if this horse would be better off with someone else, convincing yourself you're either wasting their potential or outright ruining them. After all, there are four-year-olds excelling in young horse classes while yours is still struggling to trot in a straight line.

No one tells you how attached you'll become. This horse is your baby, maybe one you helped bring into the world. Every setback feels personal, like a wound to your heart. You care so deeply about their well-being that it physically hurts when things go wrong. You’ll also become fiercely protective—God help anyone who dares to criticize your horse.

No one tells you how humbling, even brutal, these horses can be. They'll expose every weakness you have and practically shout it from the rooftops. While they are forgiving, they have a way of knocking you down a peg, reminding you there's always more work to be done.

No one tells you how these horses will change you. They'll force you to look inwards, to question everything you thought you knew. If you thought you had everything figured out, this horse will quickly show you that you don't. But they'll also ignite in you a fierce determination to prove everyone wrong and show them what you saw in this horse from the very beginning.

No one quite tells you how difficult young horses can be, but anyone who's been through it knows...

As tough as they are, they’re absolutely worth it.

27/08/2024

Can you believe it’s officially spring next week??
How good is this warmer weather!

With the days getting longer we finally have enough sunshine to open the 5pm lesson slot back up for the warmer months.

We’re starting the 5pm lessons from the 1st of September. At this stage we have Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday still available at that time.

We also have some other after school and weekend time slots still available, as well as spaces earlier in the day, which our tiny tots and adult clients seem to prefer.

If you’d like to book one of our available spots please send me a message, let me know what are your preferred days/times and we’ll find you a space. 😊

🧡 Katie

22/08/2024

I want to start this post by saying thankyou to the great majority of our lovely clients who have been and continue to be so wonderful to work with! I truly appreciate you all!!

That being said, unfortunately we find ourselves in a position where we have to implement a couple of new policies here.

The first one is, it has become necessary for us to implement a pay before you ride policy. Payment will now need to be made before you hop on the horse, we accept cash on arrival or if you need an invoice to pay online let me know when or before you arrive and I will be happy to send you one.

Secondly, we have had to implement a 24 hour cancellation policy. If you cancel less than 24 hours prior to your lesson you will still be responsible for paying the lesson fee and will receive an invoice.

Thankyou again to those of our clients who are absolutely wonderful to work with! We love what we do and we love & appreciate each of you! If you have any questions or concerns please message me, I’d be happy to answer them.

🧡 Katie

22/07/2024

These are 2 client horses that arrived last Thursday afternoon. The job was to bring them back into work after a year or so off ready for their kids to have lessons, and get them so the pony could be lead easily and calmly off the bigger horse. I’d say we’re on track, what do you think? 😁 We’ll have a couple of spaces for client horses opening soon, general work or training. Message to chat about how we can help with your horse.

30/06/2024

We still have some spaces available in our holiday clinics. Comment or message us for more info and to book your spot. Bookings for our first beginners clinic will close this Friday 05/07. Can’t wait to see you there and have a tonne of fun together!!

16/06/2024

🌸**Ladies Day; Horsemanship, Connection & Confidence Building**🌸

Treat yourself to a rejuvenating day of horsemanship and connection! Join us for a special Ladies Day filled with horses, meaningful conversations, and delightful refreshments.

💃 **Age** 16 years +
📅 **Date:** 21/07/24
⏰ **Time:** 9:15am - 1:30pm
📍 **Location:** Tottie’s Riding School, Cathcart, NSW
💲**Price.** $100 per person with a school horse or $80 with your own horse.
Or $45 if you just want to come for the food and hang out. ☺️

* Horse Riding, Training Tips & A Fun Supportive Environment
* Campfire Chats with Other Horse Lovers
* Morning Tea & Lunch Provided

Come along for a day of fun, bonding, confidence building and relaxation. Embrace the joy of horses and the company of other amazing women!🐴🌟

Bring; helmet, boots, long pants, jacket, a camp chair, a coffee mug, a smile & your horse if you can.😁

16/06/2024

🌟**Intermediate Horsemanship & Trust Building Clinic**🌟

Elevate your skills and deepen your bond with your horse at our Intermediate Horsemanship and Trust Building Clinic! Designed for riders with some experience, this clinic offers guidance and a supportive environment to take your partnership to the next level.

🏇** Age.** 10 years +
📅**Date:** 20/07/24
⏰**Time:** 10am - 3pm
📍**Location:** Tottie’s Riding School, Cathcart, NSW.
💲 **Price.** $145 per person with a school horse or $125 with your own horse.

* Trust Building Exercises
* Desensitisation & Team Building
* Lunch Provided

Come along for a day of growth and connection. Strengthen your partnership with your horse and take your riding to the next level!🐴✨

Bring; helmet, boots, long pants, jacket, a smile & your horse if you have one.🐴😁

16/06/2024

🌟Pony Play Day: School Holiday Horse Riding Clinic for Beginners!🌟

Join us for an exciting day of fun and learning at our Pony Play Day! Perfect for beginners, our holiday clinic offers a safe and friendly environment to discover the joy of horse riding. Must be able to at least walk, stop & turn off lead. We can fit you in for a couple of lessons beforehand if needed so you can join the fun!☺️

🏇**Age** 6 years +
📅**Date:** 07/07/24 & 18/07/24
⏰**Time:** 10am - 3pm
📍**Location:** Tottie’s Riding School, Cathcart, NSW.
💲**Price.** $155 per person per day with a school horse or $125 with your own horse.

* Hands-on Group Riding Lesson
* Pony Care & Grooming (& DECORATING🥳🤩🎨)
* Fun Games and Activities
* Lunch Provided

Bring; helmet, boots, long pants, jacket & a smile.😊 (& a pony if you have one!!🐴)

Saddle up for a day of adventure and new friendships & make your school holidays unforgettable!🐴✨

16/06/2024

School holidays are nearly here, you know what that means? Tottie’s school holiday clinics!! 😁 We have 4 awesome clinics planned for the July holidays! We’re excited & we hope you are too!👏🏼 Here’s a sneak peak of what’s coming up.

🦄 Beginners Pony Play Day.
A fun day for beginners (off lead), paint ponies and learn safe horse handling, mounted games, competitions & prizes. This was such a big hit last time that we’re running it twice this holidays!

🏇 Connection and Trust Building Day, intermediate level, focusing on strengthening the connection between horse & rider as a team. (Spoiler alert, there will be an obstacle course involved! 😁)

🐴 Ladies Day, because we can! Come n hang out with horses and other ladies, chat over a coffee & campfire, ride together, build connections with your horse AND other horse loving ladies, cause it’s not just the kids who get to have fun and make friends here!!🥰 Hey, they can’t have all the fun!😁

More details on each clinic in the following posts due to character limits.

Limited spaces available in each clinic.

💥EARLY-BIRD DISCOUNT!!💥
It’s my birthday tomorrow 🤫 so I’m offering 10% off, if you book in by midnight on 17/06/24.

11/05/2024

Happy Saturday!! How beautiful are these photos that captured for us?!!! I feel like they deserve a moment of their own. Thanks Kirby, we had a ball! More to come later.

20/04/2024

Our first school holiday clinic a Tottie’s. What a great day! We didn’t get a chance to take photos while the girls were riding, but here are a few of our fabulous morning painting & decorating the ponies. Everyone had a blast!! Who’s keen for next time?

14/04/2024

Who’s excited for this?? Comment or message to book your spot. 👏🏼🦄

10/04/2024

Happy Wednesday!

It has come to my attention that this needs to be said about bringing your own horse for lessons.

We are more than happy for you to bring your own horse for lessons, in fact having lessons on your own horse is a fantastic way for you to form a stronger bond with your horse and learn to communicate the best with them and we highly encourage it!!

However, your horse needs to meet our standard of safety for you to ride it here. What do I mean by this? If we see that you don’t have an adequate level of communication/control with your horse for where you are at with your riding, we have not only the right but a responsibility to require that you ride a school horse in order to maintain safety, and get your horse the education required to bring it up to where it needs to be for you to handle safely.

We are more than happy to educate your horse and get it ready for you, or recommend someone to do so. So feel free to chat with us about it. 😊

Thankyou for your understanding.
Happy Horsing!!!
🩵 The Tottie’s Team.

📸 Kirby Rae Photography

21/02/2024

Good morning! 😁

Just a friendly reminder there’s 1 week left to book with our special opening price before it expires. The lesson price will increase on the 1st of March.

This means you also have 1 week left to win your free lesson by sharing Tottie’s with a friend!! 🥳

Share away, and message me to book your spot.

🩵 Katie

Tottie’s Riding School Introductory Offer (with free riding lesson!)👇🏼

I’m so incredibly proud and excited to introduce Tottie’s Riding School. Opening February 25th & named in honour of my beautiful baby sister, who shared this dream and my love for horses & teaching kids to ride!!

We are running a special offer for our opening term. We will be running 45 minute individual lessons, we are offering the limited time introductory price of $50 per lesson when you book your weekly or fortnightly lessons for the rest of term 1 and/or term 2, by the end of February.

AND, I’m offering 1 free lesson when you share this post with a friend and they book in for a term. All your friends have to do is tell me who told them about Tottie’s when they book, and you’ll be eligible for your free lesson. So tag your friends and share this post! 😁

This limited offer ends on 29/02/2024.

We have a wonderful team of school ponies and can’t wait to facilitate your horsey adventures!! We supply school horses, saddles, bridles etc for your lesson.

All you need to bring is long pants, a long sleeve collared shirt for sun protection, a riding helmet that meets Australian standard, a pair of smooth soled boots & a smile 😃. If you need help with finding any of these I’m happy to help. 😊

Comment or message me to book in your spot. Looking forward to having a ton of fun with you at Tottie’s!

Ps. Lessons on your own horse are also available.

10/02/2024

Tottie’s Riding School Introductory Offer (with free riding lesson!)👇🏼

I’m so incredibly proud and excited to introduce Tottie’s Riding School. Opening February 25th & named in honour of my beautiful baby sister, who shared this dream and my love for horses & teaching kids to ride!!

We are running a special offer for our opening term. We will be running 45 minute individual lessons, we are offering the limited time introductory price of $50 per lesson when you book your weekly or fortnightly lessons for the rest of term 1 and/or term 2, by the end of February.

AND, I’m offering 1 free lesson when you share this post with a friend and they book in for a term. All your friends have to do is tell me who told them about Tottie’s when they book, and you’ll be eligible for your free lesson. So tag your friends and share this post! 😁

This limited offer ends on 29/02/2024.

We have a wonderful team of school ponies and can’t wait to facilitate your horsey adventures!! We supply school horses, saddles, bridles etc for your lesson.

All you need to bring is long pants, a long sleeve collared shirt for sun protection, a riding helmet that meets Australian standard, a pair of smooth soled boots & a smile 😃. If you need help with finding any of these I’m happy to help. 😊

Comment or message me to book in your spot. Looking forward to having a ton of fun with you at Tottie’s!

Ps. Lessons on your own horse are also available.