FTP Coaching

Gaby is passionate in helping people and horses to grow a harmonious partnership through a strong foundation.
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We are located in the Gold Coast Hinterland, 15 min from the M1. We breed, train, coach and compete for the last 40 years. Our place is near Tamborine Village and set up to cater for small training days, weekend clinics and is perfect for breeding strong, calm young horses that are keen to learn and grow. PRODUCT & SERVICES
• Horse & Rider Training
• Horse Training/Retraining
• Horse Leasing
• Hor

semanship & Horse-husbandry Training
• Clinics: Foundation - Transformation - Performance (On the Ground & In the Saddle)

It is our philosophy to continuously work towards a better outcome in us and our horses. Our school horses all have a strong foundation and are teachers in their own right.

18/08/2024

What do you see?

17/08/2024

Great video to watch.

15/08/2024

Happy Friday everyone...
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06/08/2024

Amazing what gadgets designers come up with.

I prefer to learn about the horse and teach myself to behave and ride correctly to achieve results.

However I am by trade an analyst so I do investigate and test some of these . 😉

04/08/2024

This little dog of ours just ❤️ her horses

29/07/2024

Going to miss this little girl. She is leaving us Sunday to take on her first real job. Working cows and doing some miles. Just what a young horse needs.

29/07/2024

So good. We just talked about this the other day... how timely...

28/07/2024

Hope you all had a great weekend. Between preparing horses for sale and getting some more educational videos outthere we were pretty busy but I did sneek in a trail ride as well and for a dinner a lovely Parmi with Proseco at our local pub.

Below is the link to the 'Basic Obstacle Course' for you if you keen to set one up this one doesn't need too many objects and perfect for the beginner trail horse and rider.

Welcome to FTP CoachingToday's video captures a basic 'Obstacle Course' with Porscha and some additional exercises for you basic exercises at the end as a cl...

25/07/2024

FOR SALE
Bates Dressage
Very Good Condition
Measures in photo
Reserve price set $1500
Genuine offers only
Pm me with genuine offers.
Location Tamborine QLD

23/07/2024

Everyone has their woolies on now...

22/07/2024

SUPER PACKAGE DEAL JUST IN TIME FOR BREEDING SEASON...

We offer our Rosie, TB mare by Snitzel, a proofen broodmare as a package deal (frozen semen) to our own stallion Re*****on Star HSH (Lindsay/Conman lines) for $1💰💰💰💰. Combine the fast with the cowy and calm and you got yourself a winner.

Option is to also to buy Rosie on her own as per below.

22/07/2024

SOLD - Yes, we are downsizing...

Our stunning young black mare Porscha (by One Direction) is for sale. By One Direction out of our QHx mare Shiloh. We kept her brother as a stallion for good reasons.

This mare has turned into a keen learner and has her foundations down pat. The hard work is done. Reap the rewards and take her to the next level as she has potential to burn.

22/07/2024

SOLD - We would like to offer our lovely black mare Shiloh QHx (Gold Monay Bar bloodlines) for sale.

Shiloh has been part of our family all her life. She is 13yrs old and 14.3hh. She has done plenty of events and would be suitable for a lady or young rider to take her out and about again. Currently in paddock condition, fully sound and no vices.

We have not ridden her for 2 yrs now and just placed a saddle on her for sales purposes (3rd ride since her foals). See below.

Video click below:
https://youtu.be/HgAIGFYzbvs

Shiloh is a proofen broodmare so can also negoatiate a package deal: mare and frozen semen by Re*****on Star HSH .

Contact us if you interested and find out if she is suitable.

15/07/2024

Darren and I had a great carnival at Tara with our horses. After a bit of confusion heading towards Warwick rather then Toowoomba. Oh well, it was a nice scenic drive and we got there at the end.

The super star of the weekend was Darren Barker as he rode in the A-grade team on Jewel, B-grade team on Rem and I was in D-grade with Music.

Our warhorse Jewel takes it on with the fastest and strongest and gave it a real go by giving everything she had. She is a fighter this one and tough as they come.

Miss Reliable and the dancer of the group did an amazing job carrying me across the field challening the ones from throwing goals. From a full gallop to a stop a trot around or some canter manovres she got it all to successfully defend the goal.

But then there was Rem...We are super proud of this chap stepping up into a real game after only a couple of umpire gigs. He was a bit confused but took it in his stride (watch his video in the comments).

Unfortunately for both Darren and I we got runner up but we had a great time.

08/07/2024

After a nice session with the girls. Everyone is super content.
Happy horses - Happy human

03/07/2024

Just some photos of the gorgous Music doing an amazing job for me at Toowoomba Carnival. Got me to the ball over and over again which was super fun.
Also thanks Brendon for lending us Mercedes while Jewel was out with an abscess. Darren had a great time on your amazing mare.

29/06/2024

Porscha had a fantastic time at the Anthony Desreaux clinic! 🐴🌟 She aced it, and I couldn't be happier! 😊 It was a weekend full of firsts and lots fun. 🎉

27/06/2024

I thought I post this one today...

It was taken a few weeks back now. Mira came back into work after a break since last December. We are doing some ''In hand" work to find our groove and unison.

The next clip will be the same concept ridden. Keep an eye out for it as it won't be long now.

Welcome to FTP Coaching. Welcome everyone to another Foundation Transformation Performance video. Today, I will cover Mira and I doing some work on the groun...

11/06/2024

Looking for a dog...look no further...

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06/06/2024

Looking for a stallion to breed your mare to this coming season? Look no further as this chap will not dissapoint.

Great blood lines of Lindsay on Dam side and Hazelwood Conman on Sire side. Youngstock also available to be viewed and for sale. Contact us if interested.

01/06/2024

My favourite swirl...

21/05/2024

Thank goodness it's not just me thinking this...
Start with follow the nose but fairly soon guide and direct the shoulders with your hip points. 😉

“Why adductions and not abductions?”

Because abduction (stepping out) must always be initiated by adduction (stepping in) or the horse will fall out of balance.

A horse cannot reach unless they have first stepped under.

For instance, in shoulder-in, neither outer pair can reach until the inner pair are doing their job of coming under the mass and providing vertical and horizontal thrust, and in halfpass, neither inner pair can reach until the outer pair are driving under.

Classically, this is why the engaging hind leg has always been prioritized, rather than the reaching hind leg, because that disengages.

An abduction in the front without adduction similarly disengages the thoracic sling, what we feel as ‘falling in,’ or ‘falling out.’

This is why your instructor says, less inside rein, more outside rein.

This is why counterbending steps work to correct horses who fall in or out.

This is why the masters invented all the lateral maneuvers. They are basic balance corrections that should be ridden stride to stride, not in isolation.

With colt-starting, I’m doing less ‘follow your nose’ abductions -connecting a rein to the inside foot and stepping it out - and more Kerbrech’s style of starting young horses with steering via the shoulders - connecting a rein to the outside foot and stepping it in - and the horses really appreciate it.

All the colts I’ve done this with so far have way less resistance, because I’m not taking them out of balance.

Of course, I still alternate and have them follow their nose and follow a feel to make sure we have that in place.

For those of you who work on the western turnaround or spin, if you focus on abduction, you will ruin your spin.
You need to ‘clear‘ the inside front to make room for your crossover.
Watch the pros. They’re really good at getting that inside front to step back under their stirrup, with the inside lateral pair closer, and the outside lateral pair wider.

Read the classics, watch the pros, and you’ll see the consilience.

Tami Elkayam has a fabulous writeup on this from an anatomy perspective:
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20/05/2024

Great weekend at polocrosse carnival held by the Gold Coast club at beautyful Killarney. Always fun to catch up with friends and have some great games.

Got home with a bale of hay and a lovely PS dressage saddle pad as prizes.

17/05/2024

Guess who I jumped on the other day.

Just WOW...after 2 foals and not ridden for 2 years she just goes and shows her stuff...

17/05/2024

Let's give Remi a hi five for his amazing youngsters.

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Heritage Australian Stock Horse Stallion

17/05/2024

📣Just putting a shoutout to see if anyone could help us out with lending horses to the pool for the AUST v NZ test this weekend at our carnival. 🟢🟡v⚫️⚪️

We’ve lost a few from the pool due to lameness.

Please contact Kent Wells 0414 742 112 or Chris Franklin 0408 876 164 if you can help.

Thank you 🙏🏻 🤞🏻

17/05/2024

Fourth carnival this weekend. If you keen to watch the livestrean.

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Videos

This little dog of ours just ❤️ her horses

Guess who I jumped on the other day. Just WOW...after 2 foals and not ridden for 2 years she just goes and shows her stuff...

Only real fingernails can get thus done...

1st ride back on Music on the trail through the back hence my video struggles. Then again pretty smooth considering.

Tried to get some footage but no chance...these two don't shy back in their communication on what they want. Confidence with a nice balance of respect. Too cute and both are characters and so different...

Reflecting on Golega 2023 and a great adventure through Portugal. We will be back.

Our Portugal - Golega holiday has come to an end. It was fantastic making new friends and catching up with old ones. We got to ride some amazing horses. Just one out of many little clips of horsey shenanigans....

Polox season done and dusted (literally) for 2023. We had a ball. Thanks to everyone who was a part of it. Huge line up of clubs with more the 70 teams at the Cunningham Champs. Gold Coast did great from the Juniors to the top level. Darren's team missed out by one goal and my team rocked in the beaten final H grade. Super weekend. To our horses: They did us proud all year. When we shine it's 80% there doing. Thank you Music and Jewel for getting us to the ball, stepping up when it counts and more importantly keeping us safe. Jewel, you are a rockstar coming back after injury stronger then ever. Keen to win. Late bloomer this one and now she certainly is out there. Music your stamina to play all year without any issus across all grades shows how amazing you are. Next year we will have the back up crew ready for you both to take some pressure off. Massive thank you to my friend Tanja Weinbrecht who looked after our place while we were away many weekends. You are amazing. It's a wrap.

A truck full of horses, great weather, amazing fields, friends and fridge full of food and drink. Fantastic weekend with great games. Some we won and some we lost.

Someone had fun yesterday...

One of my favourite mantras is: Less is More. It encourages me to continuously ask and challenge myself to practice 'How little I can do to achieve a positive outcome from my horses'.

Killarney ppolox weekend. Congrat to all the Gold Coast teams winners and runner ups. Super weekend of good games.

No he is not for sale!

Little Mighty Star getting the bucket of his granny by throwing himself into it full body attack.

It is that time of year again where I have to get into a more serious routine to get all things done that are planned. Here is someone that seriously distract me from my tasks. Even the mums find this too much at times...

Now she is pissed that she was not invited to play in the arena...Porscha letting it rip...

One has to go straight back to it to investigate just to make sure we got this...

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Our Story

FTP resides at Hillside Farm in the Gold Coast Hinterland, 15 min from the M1. The farm is located at Cedar Creek nestled between the beautiful ridges of Mount Tamborine. The lush big paddocks are safely fenced with top rail and posts and offer the horses a peaceful place to play and graze. Hillside is owned by the founder of FTP and established in 2000. The establishment was built over the years to make it suitable for horse and rider to learn and grow. PRODUCT & SERVICES • Horse & Rider Training • Horse Training/Retraining • Horse Leasing • Horsemanship & Horse-husbandry Training • Clinics: Foundation - Transformation - Performance (On the Ground & In the Saddle) It is our philosophy to continuously work towards a better outcome in us and our horses. We continue our own learnings and participate in different disciplines to expand our knowledge.

Our school horses all have a strong foundation and are trained naturally, teachers in their own right. Participated in dressage competitions, horse archery, polox, working equitation, jumping, cow work, skills at arms and tent pe***ng. Come and meet us or pm to find out more.

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