Welcome to Nicky Ellis Horse and Rider Trainer

Nicky Ellis

Nicky Ellis is a BHS qualified instructor and spent her first five years producing showjumpers and showhorses to BSJA regional and national level. Nicky has since worked and trained with international dressage rider Nicky Garratt, Ronnie Britton former chef d’equipe of the Irish junior dressage team and Olympic Gold medallist and international Dressage and Eventing coach Baron Hans von Blixen Finecke.

Nicky then went to Belgium and rode for World Champion showjumper Harry Theuwees and produced a national showjumping champion for four consequetive years.

She returned to the UK in 2000 and since then has specialised in re training difficult horses and teaching a wide variety of clients in showjumping, dressage and showing, and has produced winners at the top level Horse of the Year show.

Nicky’s unique style invoives teaching clients to progress their riding skills  whether it be just for pleasure, or for serious competition riding. She is also a Master Practitioner in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming)  and runs clinics for both rider and horse psychology which involves mental exercises to help both horse and rider overcome their fears. 
She teaches in Cheshire and Staffordshire. Lesson prices start from £20.

Competion News

It is nice to be back to winning ways after not competing for a month. We won the elementary and the following week the combined training at Beaver Hall.

Looking forward to

Client News

One of my clients,Geddy, recently entered her first one day event . She won the pre novice and then cleaned up with a win in the novice event. She also

TO CLIP OR NOT TO CLIP

We are well in to January now ,It has been sub zero for most of the new year, and horses are just begining to look a little rough round the

top tip

Now that the spring grass is starting to come through, remember that it will soon put weight on poorly covered horses and that those horses that are good "doers"! will

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