This article first appeared in the May 2020 digital edition of Equestrian Life. To see what’s in the current issue, click here.
Tallara and Dave Cameron are popular coaches, pictured here at their base Redleaf Lodge. Image: Roger Fitzhardinge.
Flatwork for Jumpers
By Roger Fitzhardinge
Who better to share their insights into flatwork training for jumpers than Dave and Tallara Cameron? The couple were both jointly named EA NSW 2020 Coach of the Year for jumping.
Dave and Tallara Cameron are one formidable pair, whether it be competing at World Cup showjumping level or helping their many students at the warm-up fences at competitions. They are equally comfortable in all aspects of the sport at home at Wilberforce, NSW, training and schooling young horses or passionately coaching showjumping students on their Redleaf Lodge arena.
Dave is now on the Equestrian Australia board and is putting back into equestrian sports with the same passion that engulfs his love of horses showjumping and seeing a way for Australians to have better pathways to international exposure and competition. Tallara is cool, calm and collected with a compassionate way about her that is endearing to all she coaches and befriends.
These two are certainly on a roll — and that’s from good management, not good luck. Through hard work and good decisions, passion, above all, steers their ways.
Read the full article in the May 2020 issue of Equestrian Life here.
