Kimberley School of Horsemanship
Robyn Tredwell, Director of Birdwood Downs Pastoral Development Project, cofounded with horseman Bud Crockett, a new horsemanship school at Birdwood Downs Derby called the Kimberley School of Horsemanship. HORSE AND CATTLE RANCH PROGRAM A new round yard and rodeo arena has been built at Birdwood Downs Station to facilitate the Kimberley School of Horsemanship.
The School of Horsemanship has nine horses to suit riders of all proficiencies including one stallion for a breeding programme. The younger horses have been trained on Birdwood Downs and of course there are colts coming up for training. Riding School horses Bobbie, Bound 2, Victoria and Rudi are favourites of the kids. The Kimberley School of Horsemanship is fully equipped to match saddle, rider, and horse. Director Robyn Tredwell was awarded ABC's Australian Rural Woman of the Year in 1995 and is known for her work in land regeneration and sustainable pastoral development. "I have always wanted a horsemanship school at the Station and am so pleased to make available this wonderful experience to the community."
Cost $50 per hour per
student which includes GST.
Style is official Pony Club
style to prepare kids who might travel South, East, or overeas. It
prepares riders for dressage, gymkhana or pleasure riding. Students
can learn Bush style or Western if they request.
· Horse riding
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The school offers riding camps and individual
riding lessons. There are also day long or half-day trail rides
through the beautiful pastures and country of Birdwood Downs which
includes a section of an historic trail, ponds teaming with bird
life, striking grassland vistas, and timbered fossil dunes. 
Group lessons cater for minimum
of two and maximum of four students grouped according to expertise
and age. Ages six years to adult.For the beginner, lessons begin
on the ground with catching horse, leading, tethering, grooming, getting
to know the horse, saddling and bridling, safety, returning to paddock.
Lessons move on to mounting, balance, seat, stop, start, reining,
and feeding. Third stage is riding at walk, trot, canter, gallop.
Proper care of equipment is also part of the skills transmitted.
Students are allowed to progress
at their natural pace. Lesson frequency is normally once or twice a
week depending on the needs of the students, and are of 1 hour duration.
We offer five day long riding camps during school
holidays several times a year and take eight to twelve students at
a time from ages 6 – 16. Camps include riding lessons, horsemanship
skills around the barn, bush walks, barbeques, overnight fun and games,
and for the more advanced riders, medicals, nutrition, tac mending
and fabrication leatherwork.
