Training


Snainton Riding Centre can offer you all these services...

We aim to cater for each individual horse and rider focusing on personal goals and therefore creating a unique experience – offering coaching on horse and off horse sessions, private lessons, groups and individual clinics.

Training for Competition Riders

We have tremendous success training horse and rider combinations in all disciplines. We advise private lessons or joining our discipline specific Clinics in Dressage and Show-Jumping.

Private Lessons

Book a private lesson, each session lasts 45 minutes

Semi Private Lessons

Normally two or maximum three people, each session lasts 60 minutes.

Performance Profiling

An off-horse session where you can work out your goals and look at your strengths and weaknesses to achieving these goals, create a time-line to achieve. A powerful tool to enhance performance.

Test Riding

Charlotte is a List 1 (Grand Prix) judge and offers riders the opportunity to book a test riding session. Come and warm up as if you are competing, ride through your chosen test and be judged, followed by a reflective feedback session with pointers for improvement.

Mentoring

If you need support as a rider, coach or judge, Charlotte offers Mentoring to help and guide you to achieve your goals. This is based on a one to one basis either in person or via zoom. Please get in contact for more information. More information can be found here on the BD website.

Camps

One and two day camps for dressage and show-jumping, group and individual lessons, test riding, off horse sessions, demonstrations, pole work and lots of fun.

Clinics

We often run clinics for specific disciplines, pole work, jumping and dressage. Please check the calendar for any upcoming clinics or get in touch to enquire in person.

British Dressage Accredited Coach

Charlotte Nichols is a British Dressage Accredited coach, Youth Assessor and Para Coach creating an opportunity for clients to record their British Dressage Training through the Flexi coaching scheme. To record your training please book a session through the BD North-East Page and then contact us for a specific time for the session. Click here for Flexi training information and bookings.

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Retraining of Racehorses

We have successfully retrained racehorses for dressage, jumping and hunting. In 2011 Elverys ridden by Charlotte Nichols won two National Awards.

  • RoR Elementary Dressage Championships
  • SEIB & RoR Performance Dressage Award

Charlotte also trained the ROR display team for four years and is presently training Orwellian, a former flat horse trained by Brian Smart, currently working at Advanced level in Dressage, and a former winner of the British Dressage Associated Championships Retraining of Racehorses Advanced Medium and Medium 2021.