visiting coaches and clinics
Visiting Coaches & Clinics
We hold lots of clinics which coincide with our competitions in Show Jumping and Arena XC. These clinic dates and times can be found on our Events & Forms page (link below). These are taken by our onsite coaches, Steph Buchanan, Paul Warwick or Holly Laurence.
Visiting Instructors
The RAC Saddle Club is proud to have many experienced visiting instructors.
Robert Pickles
Robert visits once a month (private 45-minute lesson, or semi private/2 people). He has had a long and successful career as a rider, trainer, coach, BHS examiner, NVQ Assessor, and judge. His current clientèle range from the ages of 7 to 70 and he coaches riders from Pony Club to Grand Prix. He is as happy to get a hairy cob moving forwards and freely as he is to get an advanced dressage horse to perfect its Freestyle Test and enjoys teaching riders to jump as much as he enjoys inspiring their flatwork.
Danny Anholt
- Fellow of the British Horse Society
- British Eventing Accredited Trainer
- British Horse Society Assessor
- Fellows’ rep on BHS Qualifications & Training Committee
- F&I Association Committee member
- Centre 10 Gold Standard Accredited Coach
Danny offers bespoke mentoring programmes for our coaches, grooms and apprentices.
Honing the good habits to ensure that your regular training is moving you in the right direction for successful and independent performance.
Sam Lewis
Sam coaches the RAC Saddle Pony Club. Sam is passionate about eventing. She teaches BHS Pony Stars, Leadership and Challenge awards and coaches for the SDHPC in her spare time.
Jo Rimmer
Former schoolteacher and 5* event rider and UKCCL3 BE coach PMP and Howden Way Academy Coach
Jo has produced a number of horses up to CCI5*-L level and competed at Pau CCI4* in 2018. She combines competing with producing young horses and training riders of all ages. She is based in Dorset with her teenage daughter Jess.
Joe Roome
Joe is an accomplished coach who is a master at getting the best out of every horse and rider. Joe uses poles to challenge and focus riders and help them ride accurate transitions and movements to help supple their horses.
Riders are impressed by the difference in their horses from start to finish with Joe giving tips on how to progress the exercises further.
Joe has ridden to advanced level eventing and has competed internationally in both eventing and show jumping. He has always had a passion for dressage and has recently focused more on this discipline, qualifying for the national championships in his first season.
Chris Wincer
Chris is full of positivity, patience and energy, it clearly showed that Chris produces his own homebred horses and has had to solve a few problems in his time! Chris has competed up to 1.30 British Show Jumping and evented to 4* with numerous top 10 placings at BE.