JANNIE SMIT

My journey with horses started when I was 7, at a riding school in the Netherlands. In 1997 I imigrated to Australia and not long after owned my own horses. I realised that the conventional training was not my thing and here my search started to a more horse friendly and holistic way of training and looking after horses.

I have had and still have guidance of many people when it comes to horses but the following have inspired me the most:

Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling (Compact Schooling 2011)
Carolyn Resnick (Waterhole Rituals + Beyond the Waterhole Rituals clinic + private clinic 2012 – 2015)
Jason Wauters (private coaching 2013 – 2014)
Marijke de Jong (Straightness Training Mastery 2015 – 2017)
Noora Ehnqvist (clinic and private coaching 2014 – 2015)
Belinda Bolsenbroek (clinics 2015 – 2016)
Jossy Reynvoet (Bitless Art of Riding, Academy and private coaching 2014 – ongoing)
Academic Art of Riding – Bent Branderup (videos, books, clinic 2018, on-line lessons – ongoing)
Hanna Engstrom (clinic, private lessons, on-line courses and lessons 2017 – ongoing)
Mary Debono (on-line lesson, on-line course 2021 – ongoing) 

There are many more people that inspire me and there is hardly a day go by that I don’t have my nose in a book that helps me on my journey with horses.