Thornhill Dressage

30/03/2024

I now have 1 spot currently available for a horse or pony in for dressage training.

Each clients horse is treated as one of our own; with an individual paddock, two hard feeds a day plus hay and stabling if required.

I am an FEI dressage rider and qualified judge, with extensive experience in training young horses through the dressage levels.

Please message for more information 😊

01/02/2024

The beautiful ‘Gemma’ has headed off to her new home this afternoon in NSW. I had an overwhelming amount interest in her, with over 40 enquiries in the first day of advertising!

Very pleased that she has found a fantastic new home where she will continue to shine ✨✨

06/01/2024

Presenting for sale: HEC Florett

‘Gemma’ is a lovely bay warmblood mare by Furst Grandios. She is 16hh, 10 years old (DOB 10/11/2023), and registered with the EA. Gemma possesses an overtracking walk, rhythmical trot and an uphill canter, however her real highlight is her excellent temperament. She can be ridden after several days off, does not require lunging and has zero vices. Gemma is a very safe and uncomplicated ride that would suit a range of riders including amateurs and juniors (not beginners).

She has been in training with me for the past three weeks and is established at novice level and training the elementary work, including all laterals. She is light in the hand, responsive to the aids and has a great work ethic. Gemma has also previously show jumped up to 1m and recently attended a freshmans showjump day where she was impeccably behaved. She would make an excellent interschool candidate or amateur owner rider horse.

Gemma is excellent to catch, shoe, plait, bath, rug etc and is also a very good doer!

POA
Video available to serious enquiries.
Located in Mount Pleasant, South Australia
Photo Credit: Alixandra Bell Designs

04/01/2024

This gorgeous girl will be on the market in a few days!

Keep an eye out for her ad to be posted soon 👀

Perfect interschool/junior/amateur horse

22/12/2023

With the year coming to a close, I would like to wish all my clients, friends, sponsors and supporters a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 🎄🎅🏻🎁🎊

And a huge thank you to everyone who helped make this year possible ♥️

Johnson's Natural Formula
Jarrod Cravens Equine Hoofcare Services
Equi-Therapy Performance Massage
On The Pulse - Equine PEMF
Horseland Mt Barker
HorsemedSA Hills Equine Veterinary Clinic
Lindsay Young Veterinary Services
Coopers Farm Supplies
Hills Contracting & Farm Management
James Gardiner (Angie Gardiner)
Penny Hill Park Stud
Brockhurst Stud

20/12/2023

My gorgeous Frankie and his very aesthetic yellow bucket 🤣 Growing like a w**d and so so cuddly 🤎🤎🤎

04/12/2023

A fantastic new product from my lovely sponsors Johnson's Natural Formula 🤩🥳💙💚

We are so excited 🎉 to launch our latest addition to our range of Ultimate Fibre Feeds 🌱

Introducing Johnson's Natural Formula Fibre Safe - the perfect safe solution designed to offer an additional source of fibre or replace traditional fibre sources in your Horses & Ponies diet.

To celebrate 🎉 the launch we are giving away a Johnson’s Natural Formula Prize pack 👏🏻including a Hat and Feed Scoop! 🐴 Simply like this post and re share it to your story!
🤞🏼 Entries close 11.12.23 at 8pm AEDT open to Australian Residents only.

29/10/2023

To all my lovely clients:
I will be in the UK 🇬🇧 from the 3rd-18th of November. The last day to book in lessons is this Thursday. Business will resume as normal on Monday the 20th 💙

08/10/2023

It was so lovely to take out my gorgeous baby horse Finest Light BHI this weekend at the Adelaide Hills Dressage Club Spring Championships 🌷🌿

Saturday saw us in the prelim, Hugh very much thought a pair of flags meant mortal danger however we still came home with a 5th and 3rd place.

Sunday a much more relaxed Hugh, we had our first crack at novice coming away with the win in both tests to take out the Novice Championship and the highest score of the whole competition- a lovely 73.9% in the 2.2 🥳

Thank you to the hard working committee for putting on a fantastic event, the weather was perfect and the wine at presentations topped off a lovely day! Thank you also to the sponsors of this event and my own support team at home 🩷
Equi-Therapy Performance Massage
Jarrod Cravens Equine Hoofcare Services
Horseland Mt Barker
Johnson's Natural Formula
On The Pulse - Equine PEMF

13/06/2023

☁️🌧️ Winter Training 🌧️☁️

1 space available for:
🔹 long or short term in house training
🔹 sales preparation
🔹 young horse dressage based education
🔹 competition preparation & exposure

🔷 Lessons are still continuing despite the cold and wet weather ⛈️ with weekly trips to the Adelaide Hills and Barossa Valley areas 🔷
👉🏻 PM for dates/prices and to book
👉🏻 Indoor hire can also be organised at Cromwell Park

13/06/2023

A lovely sunny day at the Adelaide Hills Dressage Club official competition ☀️

✨ Finest Light BHI ✨ put in two lovely prelim tests for a 70% and 71% ♥️ This earned Hugh his gold performance medal at prelim 🥇 Good boy Hugh! He felt calm and confident all day at a new venue.

Thank you to the committee for putting on a great event. The grounds rode super and Hugh skipped along the grass thanks to his fancy feet curtesy of Jarrod Cravens Equine Hoofcare Services!

On The Pulse - Equine PEMF
Johnson's Natural Formula
Horseland Mt Barker
Equi-Therapy Performance Massage

21/05/2023

A great day at the office with the young horses for the Mt Crawford Dressage Club May competition despite some cold and wet weather! 🌧️❄️🍂

✨ Finest Light BHI ✨ put in two great prelim tests for a 🥈place in both with scores of 68.5% and 74.1%. Hugh is starting to feel more confident in between the white boards now after ‘winning the warm up’ at his last few comps. So proud of this gorgeous 4yo 🤎

💎 Revelwood Opulence 💎 had his third start at novice, coming home with wins 🥇 in both tests and scores of 70.5% and 71.5%. We were the only combination to crack the 70% barrier in both tests and also his first scores of this calibre! Finally the time and effort that has gone into this horse is starting to pay off ♥️

As always, thank you to the team behind the scenes:
On The Pulse - Equine PEMF
Jarrod Cravens Equine Hoofcare Services
Horseland Mt Barker
Johnson's Natural Formula
Equi-Therapy Performance Massage

And thank you to my family and friends for standing out in the cold and wet, supporting me and my ponies ♥️

📸: SRS Imagery

23/04/2023

Thank you Emma Woolman for these lovely photos of the boys competing at the recent SA State Dressage Championships 💙

Feeling very lucky that I get to call these gorgeous boys mine 🤍

17/04/2023

🏆 2023 Dressage South Australia Championships 🏆

So pleased with how my 3 boys performed over the weekend 💗 Hopefully some professional photos to come soon but for now only video screenshots 🙈

Saturday:
Ellanbrae Jeniro 🖤 produced 2 good tests in the advanced classes to bring home reserve champion and a PB in the 5.3 of 68%.

Finest Light BHI ✨did a lovely first test to place second and just shy of 70%. We then ran out of gas ⛽️ for the second test which unfortunately dropped us out of the overall placings. We managed to still come away with prelim reserve champion in the open division.

Sunday:
Revelwood Opulence 💎 has been quietly ticking along at home, having not competed in a year and only his second novice start I was thrilled with how he performed. Just out of the overall placings in a huge field, still managing an overall 4th place in the open novice division.

A massive thank you to the event organisers, DSA committee, volunteers, sponsors and judges for putting on a fantastic event.

And thank you to my own team for your continued support
On The Pulse - Equine PEMF
Horseland Mt Barker
Jarrod Cravens Equine Hoofcare Services
Johnson's Natural Formula
Equi-Therapy Performance Massage

06/04/2023

I am very excited to welcome the latest sponsor to the team 💙💚 Johnson's Natural Formula 💚💙

I have been feeding Johnson’s to my horses for a couple of years now. It has been an essential component to the overall health and well-being of my horses- whom are particularly fond of the Alfalfa Plus!

If you are looking for a balanced, grain free, gut friendly and cost effective feed then please check out the range at Johnson’s

21/03/2023

Thank you Jenny Barnes Photography for this lovely photo of Hugh 🤎

We had another confident run in the prelim on the weekend at Dressage Club of South Australia (DCSA) scoring a pleasant 68% and 4th place behind some lovely horses.

Thank you to the team behind the scenes:
Jarrod Cravens Equine Hoofcare Services
On The Pulse - Equine PEMF
Dynavyte
Equi-Therapy Performance Massage
Horseland Mt Barker

06/03/2023

🌟 A space for in house dressage training is currently available. Limited to one horse only due to time constraints with my own team of horses.

Horse or pony, all levels welcome. Long or short term. Full care provided. PM for more details 🌟

13/02/2023

🌟🌟 A warm welcome to the newest sponsor of the team, Jarrod Cravens Equine Hoofcare Services 🌟🌟

Jarrod has been an invaluable part of Thornhill Dressage for the last few months. As my horses are all barefoot 👣 it’s important to have a good trimmer on side 🐴 Thank you Jarrod for making sure their toes are all in tip top shape!

11/02/2023

First Prix St George test with this one today 🖤🖤

Very happy with ‘Ellanbrae Jeniro’ bringing home a win and 67% in his first PSG. A special moment as I’ve had him since he was 2 years old and he is also the second horse I have trained to FEI from scratch 🥰

Thank you to everyone behind the scenes for your continued support and help to get to this point:
Dynavyte SA
On The Pulse - Equine PEMF
SA Equine Pure Stable Bedding
Horseland Mt Barker
Jarrod Cravens Equine Hoofcare Services
Equi-Therapy Performance Massage
Ruth Schneeberger
James Gardiner

24/01/2023

We had a great weekend at the Homes & Acreage Summer Championships in Boneo, with great weather ☀️ and lovely ponies 🐴

🖤Ellanbrae Jeniro🖤 contested the advanced classes, coming home with a 3rd and 5th place. He is starting to feel quite at home at this level now. Picking up several 8’s and 7.5’s for the harder movements is great to see.

✨Finest Light BHI✨ had his second competition and first crack at the prelim tests. A few wobbly baby horse moments in the first test left him out of the placings but a much more accurate test meant a 6th place ribbon despite his rider forgetting the test half way through!

A big thank you to Mum for being number 1 support person 💖

And thank you to my sponsors for your continued support
Dynavyte SA
On The Pulse - Equine PEMF
Horseland Mt Barker
SA Equine Pure Stable Bedding

07/01/2023

✨ ‘Finest Light BHI’ ✨
Champion 4YO at the SA Young Horse Finals
Bred by Brockhurst Stud

So proud of Hugh at his first competition, he was a complete professional all day and took everything in his stride. Very excited for the future with this lovely young horse 🍾🥂

A huge thank you to Equine Advancement for sponsoring the class, these competitions can’t run without your generous support

Thank you to my own personal sponsors for your continued support
Dynavyte SA
On The Pulse - Equine PEMF
Horseland Mt Barker
SA Equine Pure Stable Bedding

And thank you to Hilary Hann Photographer for the stunning photos

17/10/2022

It was a great week away at the Leader Equine Australian Dressage Championships. A big thank you to all the organisers, judges, pencillers and volunteers for putting on a fantastic competition.

Thank you to my own support team for helping get Nero and I prepped and ready for the week. My personal sponsors On The Pulse - Equine PEMF thank you for coming out to pulse Nero before we left. And thank you to my other sponsors for your continued support:
Horseland Mt Barker, SA Equine Pure Stable Bedding, Dynavyte SA.

Thank you to Ruth Schneeburger for your help with Nero leading up to the champs and while we were there. It has made a huge difference to our training and I am very grateful. And thank you of course to my number one supporter, driver, strapper Mum 💗

Nero performed to his absolute best all week and I couldn’t be prouder of him. We scored 67% in both medium tests to finish 9th in the championship against some very classy horses. A costly mistake in the 5C brought our score down but we managed a clean test in the 5B to score 67% and finish 10th 🌟

11/09/2022

SOLD

The gorgeous Shae has officially sold and we are thrilled he has found a wonderful home in SA. Wishing his new owner the best of luck and happiness 💗💗

24/07/2022

Presenting for sale: El Nino Effect

‘Shae’ as he is affectionately known at home, is a gorgeous Clydesdale x Warmblood gelding by Wimborne Remembrance Day. Shae has 4 white stockings and a big blaze, a large overtracking walk, a balanced and rhythmical trot and a smooth canter. He is 16hh, 11 years old and registered with EA, Show Horse Council, Clydesdale Horse Society and The ACE.

He has been in training with me for the past two weeks and is established at novice level and training the elementary work at home, including all laterals. Previously he has competed in official prelim tests with scores up to 71%.

Shae has the most divine temperament, with excellent ground manners and more whoa than go. He can be ridden after several days off, no lunging required. Shae has zero vices and is a safe and sensible horse suitable for amateurs, juniors and lady riders (not beginners). He has been ridden by his owner of 76 years of age and would therefore suit a wide range of riders. His owner would ideally like to see him in the competition ring again and showing off his potential.

Excellent to catch, trim, plait, bath, rug etc (basically everything!)

These types are very hard to find! Video available to serious enquiries.
Located in Mount Pleasant South Australia. POA.

Photo Credit: Alixandra Bell Designs

11/07/2022

Available soon:
Agistment for one horse (or two if paddocked together) in an individual paddock with wire free electric fencing. Stabling at night available if wanted. We are a private property, the spot is available to approved people only as we are not a public agistment centre so the care is very individualised. We run a professional dressage training business out of the property, so the spot would be suited to competition horses or someone who works full time.

Facilities include:
- All weather 60X20m Martin Collins fibre dressage arena
- Day yards for tacking up etc
- Wash bay
- Stables with lights
- Washing machine
- Close proximity to forest and quiet roads for hacking out
- Owner on site majority of time
- Dressage coaching on site
- Float parking
- Rugging and feeding available

Located on a quiet road in Mount Pleasant. References preferred.
Contact me on FB or 0401818462

04/07/2022

Who’s this handsome chap? 👀

Keep an eye out for more info to come in the next few weeks!

25/06/2022

Last weekend we took a team of two ponies to the Clare Valley and Southern Flinders Dressage Club HOTY competitions 🦄🐴

Both ponies were on best behaviour and produced good tests all weekend despite the classes being lightly contested. It was a very fun girls trip in the truck with Mum, Tory and Emily Fraser! Thank you guys for all your help and for a great time away ♥️

🦄 Mouse Detective
owned by Felicity Hartwell
🥇 place in all 4 pony novice tests

🐴 Bain Park Nebiolo
owned by Jacki Sparnon
🥇place in both pony elementary tests

Thank you to both owners of these lovely ponies- they are a joy to ride 🥰

Thank you Alixandra Bell Designs for the photos 📸

31/05/2022

Revelwood Opulence 💎 had his first novice start at the Dressage Club of South Australia (DCSA) May competition. Coming home with a 1st and 3rd overall, still plenty to work on but very happy with how he is progressing. Now time for a well earned break Larry! 💘 Photo Credit: Alixandra Bell Designs 📸

SA Equine Pure Stable Bedding
Dynavyte
On The Pulse - Equine PEMF
Equi-Sport Equine Health & Muscle Therapy - Equine Myofunctional Therapist

17/04/2022

Thank you to Emma Woolman Photography for these photos of the boys at the State Champs! 💖💖💖