Kate Fenner
Kate has been around horses all of her life and has wide and varied experience in competing and training around the world. While competing in a Rolex International Dressage and Show Jumping Event in Asia, Kate realised that there must be a better way. She was in the winner's circle but she was sure that her horse's performance would improve if it were more willing, relaxed and really understood its job a little better.
Kate moved to USA and while the idea of Natural Horsemanship appealed to her, she had been disappointed by the lack of performance amongst its followers. It is wonderful to get your horse to do various things at liberty but not always useful in the dressage arena or riding safely around the farm. A good relationship with your equine partner is essential but Kate feels that it should start there not end there.
John Lyons was the solution to Kate's dilemma - there is a better way and you don't need to sacrifice performance to have a willing, well-educated equine partner. Kate attended the John Lyons Trainer Certification Programme in 2001. She spent 7 months in Colorado with John and Josh Lyons and returned back in 2003 when invited to attend a 'Select Trainer' Clinic with John.
Whilst the merit of the Certification Course was unsurpassable, it is the experience of the hundreds of horses that Kate has encountered since then (in USA, UK, Asia and Australia) that makes Kandoo Equine what it is today.
One of the most important considerations when choosing a trainer or instructor is finding someone who is a good teacher. It is all very well for the trainer to be able to get your horse to perform but they must also be able to teach you how to teach the horse (a concept that has been uppermost in Kate's mind as she has been producing her DVD series). Kate is a well-qualified teacher - Chief Instructor of the Singapore Branch of the Pony Club, Instructor Lions Share Farm, CT (children and adults), BHS level 1 and in more general terms - TEFL (British Council, Hong Kong) children and adults in addition to a Montessori qualification, UK.
Having founded Equine Perfection Ltd in England in 2002, Kate worked education horses and their owners there until relocation to her native Australia in 2005.
She now works out of her beautiful property between Marulan and Goulburn, NSW. Kate takes horses in-house for training and starting, conducts private and group lessons, gives clinics and demonstrations from her property, Kangadoo, around NSW, Australia and internationally.
Kangadoo Cottage, conveniently located at the Kandoo Equine Training Centre, is available for those attending training sessions with their horse and is fully self-catering.
