Our main campus is based at Yardah House we operate as a College of Horsemastership and Equestrian Art.  Students learn to operate under Australian Rural conditions on a working farm, so that they have a REAL and practical understanding of operating under all conditions.

We are in a unique position of having access to a wide variety of horses by special arrangement with our Founder Marji Armstrong.  This means that we have access to horses schooled to Haute Ecole both In Hand and Ridden, stallions used for breeding and riding, horses at every stage of development down to young foals. 

For more information about the Yardah horses – click here

Variety of courses ranging on-campus – these range from;

5 Day Dressage Clinic  - on a six montly basis offering at the same areas which gives student the continuity of training.

The Monthly Immersion Programme -  Come and spend a month or more and be totally immersed in the daily activities of an establishment which is dedicated to the training of horses and riders in horsemastership and the classical equestrian arts in a practical and logical way that is accessible to all horse enthusiasts.

The Accreditation Course. -  This course is for the dedicated student who wishes to who is looking to become a Master and who wishes to have a profession within the horse industry and prepare him/her for prompt advancement whether as a rider, trainer, teacher, manager or owner.

We are also happy to tailor special development programmes for individual requirements and skill levels.

The  accommodation capacity we currently have is for six private rooms on the premises with share bathroom and kitchen facilities.

Armadeus is one of the principal schoolmasters available for training opportunities which include monthly immersion training with our senior trainer Julianne Clim as well as clinics that are held at Yardah House. However we have a variety of other horses available to cater  most peoples abilities and experience during their stay at Yardah House.

Here are some of the experiences one of our pupils had whilst training at Yardah House.

For 6 years I attended a Marji Armstrong clinic and since that I know that these training program will be the right one for my horse and me. So, now I can say I am a long term student of Marji Armstrong. I am from Austria, but at least I visited Marji at Yardah in Australia in August 2005 and I want to write about my experience.

After my arrival a four-day-clinic was already planned. So I was taken immediately in a full training program. My first riding was not the best, because Midnight is a really sensitive horse and I was not relaxed enough. But Marji said Midnight will be my teacher for the next time, and he was the best teacher I ever had. My position improved incredible. During the time at Yardah I rode different horses, did practice in longing and inhand work. Marji spend on teaching me as much time as she could afford and I had some hard but successful lessons. Whenever Marji was busy, Julieann was helping me and than she explained how to do special exercises to organize my body and to help the horse for a better understanding. I practiced a lot of canter, changes, counter canter and half pass. Every day I wrote all the exercises in my diary. Diablo is a young stallion and I learned how to start a horse. Marji lunged me first and it was always important to be safe. It was a brilliant feeling to manage a young horse and Diablo is really a Beauty. It was also very good to look the video after riding, so I saw the mistakes I did. At least I have to say, that I have never managed stallions before – but the Yardah philosophy is to be always safe and clear in telling the horse what to do.

So I enjoyed my staying with all the lovely people and the wonderful horses, but I am sorry that the three weeks at Yardah passed by that fast.

Thanks Marji for passing on your knowledge to me!
Thanks Julieann, for all the hints and tips and your friendship!
Thanks Toni, for the pub visit and introduce in aussie-footy!

Armadeus Picture here with Jake

Ximenez with Rachel in UK

Urschi Pictured here on Stallion Diablo