the team

KERRY FRENCH

Proprietor/Instructor

Kerry has owned and operated Sydney Equestrian Centre since 1997. Kerry started riding when she was 6 years old and progressed through local competitions to Advanced Level Eventing & is a qualified NCAS Level 1 coach.

As a young rider she was a NSW Young Rider Squad Member for Eventing and competed in Dressage and Showjumping also. With keen interest in teaching SEC (Sydney Equestrian Centre) was purchased as a way to teach children and adults of all levels.

She has started many very successful high level horses including WEG Representative 2010 "HP Leilani" and 4* horses "Oroton" (sold to Stuart Tinney) and "Makinground" (sold to Atlanta Oylmpic team member, Nicky Bishop). Other horses owned and sold by Kerry & SEC include horses for the Singapore Youth Olympics 2010- "Gatineau", "Buzzword" & "Flash Top Hat".

Kerry is currently competing two lovely horses, Monty Who - co-owned by Kerry and the Peulic family and Waitangi Longstocking, owned by Kerry. Both horses are currently competing in Eventing and Showjumping. Monty Who is being aimed at 2** events later in the year and Waitangi Longstocking (Pippi) is currently competing Preliminary and will move up the grades during the year.

BELINDA O'TOOLE

INSTRUCTOR

Belinda is loved by all! Bel has been a riding instructor for over 20 years. She has taught throughout the Hills and Hawkesbury region for many years. Belinda has also judged at lots of local shows and gymkhana and at Dressage events.

Belinda teaches private and group lessons at SEC throughout the week and weekends and is always at our School Holiday Programs.

Belinda has several horses of her own and is very interested in breeding having produced some beautiful foals over the past years bred for dressage.

Her favourite horse of her own is a lovely chestnut mare Belinda bred called Willow. Hopefully we will see Belinda out competing on Willow soon.

JESSE KELLY

INSTRUCTOR

Jess has been part of the SEC team for over 10 years. Jess originally started at SEC in regular lessons and progressed to owning her own horse and competing at Interschool, Eventing and Showjumping.

Jess worked as the Head Groom on the weekend for 3 years and also filled in as an Instructor for several years. She is now the permanent Thursday afternoon Instructor and a very popular instructor among all of the clients.

Jess works full time in the racehorse industry for a Sydney trainer as well as her teaching committments so she is a very well rounded horse person with skills across many fields.

Currently her competition horse is a lovely bay Thoroughbred gelding called Dress Circle.

Sydney Equestrian Centre
3 Paragon Road
Dural, NSW 2158
Phone: 0419 991 920
Email: kerryfrench@bigpond.comkerryfrench@bigpond.com