Working with Kristen as her coach now for over 5 years, we have a good rapport and great respect for each other. Kristen works hard as a fellow trainer and coach, at the family's own equestrian centre in Park Ridge. Kristen trains her own 2 horses: Siriano - a 5 year old, 17.2 hand warmblood gelding by Sir Donnerhall, and BD Belissimo - an 11 year old, 17 hand gelding by Benito. 2011 was a year of ups and downs for Kristen. Her 'down' included a horrible smash where a driver ran into the front of Kristen's float while she was travelling home from the 2010 State Championships in April with her two precious boys on the float. Although traumatised and without horse transportation for many months, thankfully they were all ok. Her 'ups' included achieving her EA NCAS Level 1 Coaching accreditation, moving Siriano up to Elementary level, and her State Squad horse, BD Bellissimo, up to Intermediate 1 level with some excellent results. Being selected on the 2012 QLD Elite Dressage Squad made 2011 a great year!

Horse: BD Bellissimo

2010

• Nambour ** Championships - 1st in the 5B with 67.19% & 62% in the 5C, winning Advanced Reserve Champion
• Brenda Wittmann ** Competition - 4th in the 5C with 63.15%
• Caboolture ** Championships - 6th in the 5B & 4th in the 5C
• PRARG * Competition - 3rd in the 5B with 64.14%

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Switching her degree in Medical Science to Pharmacy in 2011, Danielle managed to balance her study committments with her commitment to her new horse, Waitano, a 10 year old 17 hand Hanoverian gelding by Wolkentanz II. Waitano arrived in March, and we made the decision to campaign him at medium level until Dani could get used to organising a much bigger horse than she had ever ridden. Together they won medium titles at the Sunshine Coast Championships and the QLD State Young Rider Championships, with reserve Medium titles at the Park Ridge ** and Toowoomba Championships. Qualifying for the National Championships, Danielle was thrilled with her win in the 4C where she was drawn to ride first up in the morning! She held the lead all day, taking the first step on the podium with me in 2nd place. A very proud coach I was! Danielle is thrilled with her State Young Rider Squad selection in 2012.

Horse: Leningrad

2010

• National Young Rider Dressage Championships - Medium Reserve Champion
• PRARG Official Competition - 6th in the 5B with 63.04%
• Toowoomba ** Championships - 5th in the 4C with 64%, 3rd in the 5B with 63.17% & 3rd in the 5C with 63.28%
• Noosa Eumundi Dressage Competiion - 1st in the 4B with 67.08% & 1st in the 5B

Horse: Remi Rockerfella

Amy made a big move in 2011, moving from her family home in Toowoomba down to the Gold Coast to concentrate on her developing her riding skills. Amy has 2 lovely horses that she works full time on: Denzel - an 8 year old gelding by Don Fredrico, and Sundance - a lovely 4 year old by Sunny Boy. At her few outings in 2011, Amy won 3 out of the 4 tests she entered on Denzel, and were a part of the "Awesome Foursome" Quadrille to Music at the Dressage QLD Festival of Dressage. Another highlight was Amy and Sundance's  selection to ride in the Hubertus Hufendiek Masterclass at the new State Equestrian Centre at Caboolture. With Amy's dedication, I'm sure we'll more of her in 2012.

Horse: Leadburn Rotstein

2008

• Toowoomba Dressage Championships - Reserve Champion Elementary
• Brenda Wittman Classic - Champion Elementary
• Australian Dressage Championships SIEC - 8th Overall at Elementary level
• 2008 Festival of Dressage - Presentation of the Elementary horse

2007

• Park Ridge Official One Star - 75.6% in the Novice finishing 1st and 66% in the Elementary finishing 2nd
• Toowoomba Championships - 2nd and 5th in the Novice and 2nd and 4th in the Elementary
• Nambour * - First Elementary start ending in 4th place on 64% and a win in the Novice on 69%!

2006

• Qld State Dressage Championships - 2nd place in Novice with a score of 69%
• Australian Dressage Championships - 9th place overall at Novice level

Horse: Leadburn Don Amour

2008

• Brenda WittmanClassic - Runner up Reserve Champion Preliminary

A talented photographer and a determined, driven person, Tammy is another student I'm very proud of. Setting up her own Training and Agistment business, with a talented youngster, Dicavalli Royal Dancer, by Royal Hit, to campaign, meant Tammy had very busy start to 2011. Together they won many a preliminary and novice test including the Sunshine Coast Championships Novice Futurity. Then disaster struck... a nasty accident left Tammy's poor mare needing a year off. Now in foal to Bellissimo, Tammy hopes for a future star to be born next year. This leaves Tammy on the lookout for a nice horse to campaign until her mare can come back into work. To her credit, Tammy has continued with her lessons, bringing a horse she has on training as she is always hungry to develop methods and improve her naturally good timing.

Horse: Dicavalli Royal Dancer

2011

• Toowoomba Young Horse Championships - 5th & 6th in the 4yo class with a score of 8.02%, scoring 9.6% for walk!
• Toowoomba * Competition - 4th in the 1B with 68% & 2nd in the 2B with 66%

2010

• PRARG August Competition - 1st in the 1A with 67% and 2nd in the 1B with 64.4%
• CGDRC August Competition - 1st in the 1B with 69% & 2nd in the 1D with 68.5%
• Nambour ** Championships - 1st in the 4yo Young Horse class with an overall score of 7.8

Horse: River Range Carolina

River Range Carolina was sold in 2010 to a lovely home in Sydney as a schoolmaster and is doing great with her new owner.

2009

• QLD State Dressage Championships - 6th in the 3C with 65% & 66.06% with the 3D
• Nambour ** Championships - 2nd in the 3C with 66.25% & 2nd in the 3D with 67.69%
• Toowoomba Championships - 6th in the 3C with 69.87%, 3rd in the 3D with 68.71% & 6th in the 4B
• Caboolture ** Champiosnhips - 5th in the 3.2 with 65.88%, 2nd in the 3.4 with 65.14% & 7th in the 4.4 with 64.60%
• Brenda Wittman Classic - 7th in the 4A with 61.38% & 6th in the 4B with 62.91%
• PRARG Official - 1st in the 4B with 64.30%
• NADEC *  - 3rd in the 3B with 65.88% & 4th in the 4B with 63.19%

2008

• Toowoomba Official 23rd March - 3rd in the Novice 2.1 with 67.6% (3rd to Nicole!) and 6th in the Elementary 3.2 with 62.5%
• Caboolture Official One Star - 1st in the Novice 2.4 with 69%
• Nambour Official - 2nd in the Novice 2.3 with 68% and 2nd in the Elementary 3.3 with 67.2%
• Toowoomba ** Championships - 1st in the Elementary 3.3 with 67.50% and 3rd in the Elementary 3.4 with 66.71%
• Redlands Official 15th June - 1st in the Elementary 3.4 with 65.71%
• Caboolture Regional Championships - 2nd in the Novice 2.2 with 69.8%, 2nd in the Novice 2.4 with 68.4%, Reserve Champion Novice, 2nd in the Elementary 3.4 with 66.71% and 5th in the Elementary 3.2 with 66.62%
• Brenda Wittman Classic - 4th in the Novice 2.3 with 70.2% (3 = 1st's)
• Sunshine Coast Championships - 1st in the Novice 2.3 with 70%, 6th in the Novice 2.4 with 67.6%, 3rd in the Elementary 3.4 with 64.71% and 4th in the Elementary 3.3 with 68.66%
• QLD State Championships - 5th in the Novice 2.2 with 67.20% (Unfortunately had to scratch from other classes due to wet weather) and 1st in the Elementary Freestyle with 71.5%
• Australian Dressage Championships SIEC - 11^th in the Novice 2.4 with 64.66% (Overall extremely happy with my results throughout)
• Dressage QLD Awards Night - Winner 2008 Pat Dale Memorial Award
• PRARG Dressage Awards Night - Runner up highest points for Official Dressage and Winner of the PRARG freestyle award 2008

Horse: Wilara Woomera

Working with Sally for the 5th year now, Sally continues to improve her riding skills on her beautiful horse, Willow, a 7 year old 16.3 hand Hanoverian mare by Wolkenstein II.

Training solidly at elementary level, Sally prepared for her first competition this year, before a month of rain cancelled the event. Sally loves the horses and is a joy to train, getting that overwhelming buzz that comes when everything comes together, to make those magic moments that make dressage an addiction!

Horse: Rubern Sportivo

Natalia started training with me 2 months out from the National Interschool Championships in Werribbee, which Natalia had qualified for on her lovely horse, Rubern Sportivo. This meant a steep learning curve. Luckily, she's not afraid of hard work and is genuinely interested in becoming a better rider - so that learning curve was embarked upon with every ounce in her body. A year 11 student, who agists her horse at Kristen McAuslan's beautiful By Design Equestrian Centre in Park Ridge, Natalia's horse is a lovely big warmblood by Cildara Conquest and is an established schoolmaster. Natalia was the first 'victim' of Boot Camp in the 2011 September school holidays, and she came along in leaps and bounds. A delight to work with, we have big goals for the 2012 season.

Horse: River Range Colombo

2011 saw Anna go full time (and extra hours) with the Department of Environment Agency, as well as starting her Masters degree in Law. Anna stuck to training at home on Waikato Ava, her lovely 16.2 hand mare, by Aachimedes; and gave the ride on her talented big (17.3 hands!) warmblood gelding, River Range Colombo, by Northern Classic, to Jayden Brown. Anna hopes to juggle her work, studeis and riding more in 2012 so she can start competing again.

2010

• Toowoomba Official Competition - 5th in the 2C with 64.21%
• Caboolture ** Championships - 4th in the 1C with 63.4%
• Toowoomba ** Championships - 6th in the 2C with 64.53%

A university student of nursing, Nicole finally purchased her new horse, Bosco, after a 6 month search. A 2 star eventing schoolmaster from Adelaide, Bosco is now helping Nicole learn all the elemetary movements. After just 2 months, Nicole's riding has improved out of recognition. Some early competitions have already been a great triumph for Nicole. Not afraid of hard work, and no stranger to discipline, this remarkable young lady manages to organise work, university and riding with full committment. Together, we have some goals for 2012.

2011

• QLD State Eventing Champs - 66.4% - Kooralbyn - 3rd
• Maryborough ODE - 67.73% - 3rd
• Warwick ODE - 67.05% - 6th

Karen has been committed during 2011 to giving her young 3 year old mare, Sevita, the best start to the basics. Karen's dedication cannot be questioned with the successful juggling of a full time job at Griffith University and training her youngster. Karen has shown Sevita wich great success and aims to start her official dressage career in 2012.

Horse: Princess Moloti

Sam is a breath of fresh air. A dedicated showjumper, Sam came to me for more 'formal' riding skills. A little concerned at first, thinking I was going to have to torture this little girl into a dressage position - Sam proved me wrong by just loving it! She has this huge grin on her face when she has to sit back in the canter and work on having 'no air between her gluteus maximus and the saddle!'. A keen pony clubber, Sam has been to a few dressage competitions now and is really enjoying her dressage. She has a lovely willing pony called Princess Moloti, who seems to be very proud of working 'on the bit!'.

2011

• TVEG Pink Dressage Competition - Prelim 1D 63.64%, Prelim 1A 67% winning Preliminary Reserve Champion
•  Currumbin Associate Dressage Day - Prelim 1A 72% 2nd, 1C 72.73% 1st

Leesa and Lachie are a committed pair always riding in the VERY early mornings before work. Currently training Medium with the flying changes consolidated, Leesa may compete again soon, when time permits. Until then, Leesa and Lachie continue to improve and enjoy their training.

• PCAQ State Preliminary Champion

Horse: Deltry Issabella

Chelsea started her degree in Property Management at Bond University in 2010, and competitive riding took a reluctant back seat. Taking her new young horse to some smaller shows, Chelsea and Bella have had some great results.

Horse: Johann Strauss [now sold]

2008

• QLD Young Rider Championships - equal 4th in the Novice 2.3 & 2.4 on 62.60% & 65.20%
• Great South East QLD Championships - 7th in the Novice 2.4 with 64.20% & 6th in the Elementary 3.2 with 62.50%
• PRARG ** Competition - equal 6th in the Elementary 3.2 with 64.41% & equal 8th in the Elementary 3.4 with 61%
• QISEA QLD State Championships - 1st in the Eelementary 3.3 with 64.7% & 2nd in the Elementary 3.4 with 64.1% - ELEMENTARY STATE CHAMPION
• Sunshine State Championships - 4th in the Novice 2.3 with 66.8%, 7th in the Elementary 3.3 with 64.3% & 4th in the Elementary 3.4 with 62.38%
• QISEA Australian National Championships - 3rd in the Elementary 3.3 with 64.33% & 1st in the Elementary 3.4 with 70.5% - ELEMENTARY NATIONAL RESERVE CHAMPION
• QLD State Dressage Chmpionships - equal 8th in the Novice 2.2 with 64.4% & 8th in the Elementary 3.4 with 64.8%

Going back to do a Masters degree and working full time has meant a back seat for Tanya and Botticelli’s competitions. However, Tanya has been hard at work with the training, and will commence at Medium level.

Tanya was thrilled to be part of the Awesome Foursome Quadrille to Music as well as the 'Show Horse Design Dressage Isn’t Just for Warmbloods' team at the 2010 QLD Festival of Dressage.

Horse: Botticelli

2009

• NADEC Associate - Elementary 3.1 59.3%
• RASDEG Official - Elementary 3.4 placed 4th on 62%
• NADEC Official - Elementary 3.3 placed 3rd on 64%
• NADEC Associate - Elementary 3A placed 6th

2008

• Caboolture Official * - Elementary 3.3 56.5% and Novice 2.4 61.4%
• Currumbin District Horse Club Associatel - Elementry 3.1 placed 1st on 66.6% and Elementry 3.3 placed 1st on 73.6%!
• NADEC Official - Elementary 3.3 placed 4th on 61.6% and Novice 2.3 50.6%
• RASDEG Official - Elementary 3.2 placed 3rd on 58.8% and 3.4 placed 2nd on 61.4%
• PRARG Official - Elementary 3.2 63.5% and 3.4 57.4%

2007

• NADEC Associate - Preliminary 1.2 placed 4th on 58% and Novice 2.2 placed 4th on 66%

Keran had a HUGE year in 2010 taking on a major marketing and public relations job with Equestrian QLD. I hope to see Keran back on her beautiful Capone gelding very soon!

Horse: Coprano

2008

• PRARG Ribbon Day - 2nd in the Preliminary 1.3 with 63.20% and 4th in the Preliminary 1.2 with 64.60%