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Equestrian Profile of Georgia Bruce

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Georgia Bruce has represented Australia in Dressage on seven occasions, including the Paralympic Games in Athens 2004, as well as the Para Equestrian World Dressage Championships in 2003 and 2007.
At each of these international events Georgia has ridden borrowed horses, and sometimes had only a few days to train on them. Georgia has a skill for getting along with horses and getting the best out of them in a very short time frame.

She has also competed successfully in open competitions including FEI level dressage, western pleasure, horsemanship, trail, reining and cutting.

Georgia specializes in training dressage horses, trick horses, liberty horses, re-training problem horses and starting young horses. She has taught her horse "Rumba the Wonder Horse" to do tricks, paint pictures and perform grand prix dressage at liberty.

Georgia has trained, re-trained, started, ridden and competed thousands of horses.
She has also worked with some of the best horse trainers in the world including Hubertus Schmidt (Dressage Olympian, Germany) and Dr. Andrew McLean P.h.d. (Equine Behaviour, Australia).

She has also worked with Christine Doan (Dressage Olympian), Chris and Helen Chugg (A Grade Showjumpers and Diamond B Stud), Richard Weis (Posture and Seat Specialist), Natural Horsemen including Ken Faulkner and Dave Stewart.

Georgia has studied equine learning and behaviour. This knowledge of horse psychology combined with her experience training horses has led to her expertise in a science based method of training known as "Clicker Training".

Georgia has used Clicker Training for the past eleven years to train horses for:
dressage, western, tricks, liberty, problem solving, ground handling and starting young horses.

Georgia trains horses professionally and gives lessons and clinics around Australia
She is also a level 1 coach with the Equestrian Federation of Australia and a is a qualified dressage judge.

Georgia has written a book:

"How to Teach your Horse Tricks - With Clicker Training".

She is also currently completing another comprehensive horse training book called:

"How to Click with your Horse - Clicker Training for Ground Work, Riding and Problem Solving".

Georgia has appeared many times on TV, Radio, in Newspapers and Magazines.

She has performed trick shows, clicker training demonstrations and appeared as a guest speaker at events including Equitana Asia Pacific, 2002, 2003. Agricultural Shows, Rotary Field Days, Equine Shows, Fates, Fares, Schools and Charity Functions.

Georgia was asked to be an Educator at Equitana Asia Pacific 2007, however this event was postponed due to the Equine Influenza Outbreak. Georgia and her horse Rumba the Wonder Horse will now be appearing at Equitana in 2008, as clicker training educators.

Career Highlights:

















Georgia Works at the Cairns Wildlife Safari Reserve.

The reserve is located in Koah, Far North Qld and is home to many animals including:

Lions (Largest Pride in Australasia), Tigers, Syrian Brown Bears, Hippos, Rhinos, Monkeys and Cheetas







January 2008 - Georgia was one of twelve athletes to be selected on the long list for the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing.


July 2007 - Represented Australia at the World Para Dressage Championships. Riding a borrowed horse called Celtic Quest.









2006/2007 - Trained Rumba the Wonder Horse to Perform Grand Prix Dressage at Liberty!!
Including Piaffe, Passage and Canter Pirouettes!








September 2006-
Represented Australia -
First International Combined Festival of Dressage - Belgium
Horse: Mr Murphy, (Owned by Rene Hagermeir)
Team Test: 3rd - 68.95%
Individual Test: 6th - 66.71% (Top 10 through to Freestyle Final)
Freestyle to music Final: 5th - 71.363%






July 2006 -
Atherton Tablelands and District Dressage and Equestrian Group
Club Championships
Horse: Larundel Gameboy
(a.k.a Astro, Young Horse Owned and trained by Georgia)
Champion Preliminary Dressage Horse 2007



January 2006 - Founded www.horsetraining.org




April 2006 - Rumba and Georgia Appeared on The Pet Show
"ABC TV"


March 2006 - Appeared in Cairns Post, Courier Mail, Sunday Mail That's Life Magazine & on National Radio Stations for teaching Rumba the Wonder Horse to paint Pictures.

Feb 2006 - Rumba the Wonder Horse holds Trick Show Painting Demo & Art Exhibition.


Nov 2004 - Sept 2005
Worked at Christine Doan's Dressage Stables,
Atherton, Far North Qld
Starting Young Horses, Teaching Riders and Horses
Preparation of Young Horses for Sale.

September 2005 - Trick Horse Show, Kuranda Spring Fair,
Nth Qld, Horse - Rumba The Wonderhorse

August 2005 -
Attended "1st International Equitation Science Symposium"
held at the Australian Equine Behavior Center in Victoria, Australia

August 2005 - Far North Equestrian Group, Club Championships
Horse: Riverside Glori (Owned by Christine Doan)
Associate Novice Dressage Champion 2005

June/August 05 - Motivational Speaking for Unemployed and Disadvantaged.
Managed Corporate Outcomes, Cairns, Far Nth Qld

June 2005 - Clicker Training Demonstration and Trick Show
Rotary Feild Day FNQ
Horse: Little Coyote Rumba

January 2005 - Held Clicker Training Demonstrations and Clinics
at the Australian Equine Behavior Center, VIC

September 2004 -
Represented Australia in the 2004 Paralympic Games,
Athens, Greece Horse: Voodoo (Owned by Gill Rickard)
Individual Test: 15th
Freestyle: 12th
Member of Australian Team - Placed 6th in Teams Event

August 2004 - Attended Paralympic Preparation Program Squad training camp in Kurrajong, NSW

Prix St. George Futurity, Clarendon NSW
Horse: Voodoo (Owned by Gill Rickard)
Placed 8th - 62.5%

Attended Paralympic Preparation Program Squad
training camp in Kurrajong, NSW

July/August 2004 - Worked for Chris & Helen Chugg at Diamond B Showjumping Stud,
Glossodia, NSW

July 2004 - Open Prix St George, Ilkador Lodge NSW
Horse: Voodoo (Owned by Gill Rickard)
Placed 4th - 62.88%




Horses and Dreams Festival, Hagen, Germany
Demonstration Freestyle to music
Horse: APH Romicah


June/July 2004 - Trained and worked in Germany with Olympic Dressage Rider
Hubertus Schmidt, Padderborn Germany.





May 2004 - RDA Australian National Dressage Championships
Horse: Voodoo (Owned by Gill Rickard)
Canter 8 - 1st
Canter 10 - 1st
Freestyle - 1st
Overall Gade 4 National Champion 2004

Attended Paralympic Preparation Program Squad training camp. Kurrajong, NSW

March 2004 - Attended a Paralympic Preparation Program Squad
training camp in Kurrajong, NSW

February 2004 - Attended a Paralympic Preparation Program Squad training camp
in Kurrajong, NSW.

Received an award from the "Layne Beachley Aim for the Stars Foundation", which included a $1500 grant.

January 2004 - Georgia was one of four riders, named on the short list
to represent Australia in the Equestrian sport of Dressage at
the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens.

November 2003 - Equitana Asia Pacific, Melbourne
Georgia and "Click With Horses", presented clicker training
methods, ideas, products, and services to the horse industry.

October 2003 - Wrote and produced a book
"How to Teach your horse tricks - With Clicker Training"

September 2003 - Represented Australia at the RDA World Dressage Championships
Morsele, Belgium, Horse: Charmant (Owned by Warrendorf Equestrian School, Germany)

One of four riders selected to ride for the Australia in the
International Teams competition.

Georgia was competing on a borrowed horse against people
riding their own horses.

Team Test: 6th out of 42 riders.
Championship Test: 10th out of 42
(Qualified in the top twelve so went through to the Freestyle
to music final.)
Freestyle to music Final: 10th

August 2003 - One of six riders selected to represent Australia at the RDA World Dressage Championships.

August 2003 - Top End Western Horse Club, Mareeba
Horse: Little Coyotie Rumba
(Bred, Broken in and trained by Georgia)
Little Coyotie Rumba and Georgia Bruce were awarded
"High Point Junior Horse of the Year".

August 2003 - Far North Equestrian
Group Dressage Championships
Horse: Prince Rasheyd
(Arab Stallion, Owned by B and F Copland)
Official Medium: 2nd
Official Advanced: 1st
Official Medium (Day 2): 1st
Official Advanced (Day 2): 1st
Advanced Dressage Horse Club Champion 2003

July 2003 - Attended Paralympic Preparation Program Squad Training Camp,
Warrendorf, Germany
Horse: Charmant

July 2003 - Far North Queensland Arabian Horse Specatular
Horse: Prince Rasheyd
Champion Ridden Stallion
Champion Arabian Dressage Horse
Champion Hack 2003

June 2003 - PPP Squad training camp, Kurrajong, NSW
With visiting German Coach, Stephan Keisewetter.
Horse: Best of Luck

June 2003 - Far North Equestrian Group - Dressage Competition
Horse: Prince Rasheyd
Official Medium - 1st
Official Advanced - 1st

May 2003 - National Dressage Judges Accreditation Scheme
Accredited as an E level Dressage Judge.

May 2003 - Far North Equestrian Group - Dressage Competition
Horse: Prince Rasheyd
Official Medium - 1st
Official Advanced - 1st

April 2003 - Top End Western Horse Club Show
Horse: Little Coyotie Rumba
High Point Junior Horse of the Show

March 2003 - Started a business, "Click With Horses"
For teaching and training horses and humans and providing
educational products and
services to the horse training community.

November 2002- Clicker Training Educator and Demonstrator
Equitana, Brisbane
Horses: Little Coyotie Rumba & Kentucky National Piper

November 2002 - Top End Western Club show.
Horse: Little Coyotie Rumba
High Point Junior Horse of the show.

October 2002- Authored and Published a clicker training book -
"Beginning to click with your horse".

Produced a clicker training VHS video and DVD -
"Beginning to click with your horse"

September 2002 - RDA National Dressage Championships, Werribee VIC
Horse: Silvermunda (Owned by Joanna Clarke)
Warm Up Test - 2nd
Championship Test - 1st
Freestyle to music - 1st
Grade 4 National Dressage Champion

August 2002- RDA Dutch Open Championships,
Helvorit, Holland
Horse: Nador (Owned by an Equestrian School in Holland)
Warm Up test - =9th
Freestyle to music- 3rd

August 2002- Top End Western Horse Club- Western Show
Horse: Little Coyote Rumba
High Point Junior Horse


July 2002 - RDA State Dressage Championships, Nambour, QLD
Horse: Larundel Ragtime (Owned by Jackie Dwyer)
Grade 4 Section A
Warm Up test - 1st
Championship Test - 1st
Freestyle to music Test - 1st
Grade 4 Champion Qld State Champion

June 2002- Completed the Equestrian Federation of Australia
National Coaching Accreditation Scheme
level 1 non jumping coach accreditation.
Horse: UQG Winterlilly (Owned by Leah Beirman)

May 2002 - Paralympic Preparation Program Squad
Training Camp, Kurrajong Equestrian Center, NSW
Horse: Voodoo

September 2001 - RDA National Dressage Championships - Werribee VIC
Horse: Middleman (Owned by: Jo Brady)
Canter 8 - Placed 4th
Canter 10 - Placed 3rd
Grade 4 Freestyle to music placed - 2nd


Member of the Trans Tasman Challenge Australia Green Team
which placed 2nd in the teams event.
Member of Queensland Team which placed first in the state
teams challenge.

July 2001- EFA NSW Young Rider Championships
Horse: Bel Ange Double Rum (Owned by Camilla Mowbray)
Placed 2nd in the Medium/Advanced Freestyle to Music
Placed 4th in the Official Medium test.

June 2001- Mitavite Dressage Spectacular/Brisbane CDI-W
& Queensland Young Dressage Horse Championships
Horse: Larundel Galexy (Owned and Bred By Larundel Warmbloods)
Broken in and trained by Georgia.
Round 1 - Placed 3rd out of 54.
Round 2 - Placed 3rd out of the remaining 12
Round 3 - Placed 2nd out of the remaining 3

Overall Result - 3rd Place in the Mitavite 3&4 Year old
Queensland Young Dressage Horse Championships.

May 2001 - Attended "Paralympic Preparation Program Squad" Training Camp
Kurrajong - NSW
Horse: Biggles (Borrowed Horse)

Aril 2001 - Paralympic Preparation Program Squad "Off Horse" Training Camp.
Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra

October 2000 - Grade 4 Test Ride (Warm up test for judges.)
Paralympic Games 2000
Horses: Middleman (Owned by Jo Brady)and Nahdaan
(Arab Stallion, Owned byNell Marshman)

September 2000 - RDA National Dressage Championships
Werribee VIC Horse: Spirit (Borrowed Horse)
Warm up test: 3rd
Championship Test: 2nd
Freestyle to Music: 2nd

October 1999 - Georgia selected onto the Paralympic Preparation Program Squad.

April 1999 - RDA Trans Tasman Challenge - New Zealand
Horse: Lyrical Luke (Borrowed Horse)
Canter I - 1st
Canter II - 2nd
Freestyle 4 - 1st
Overall Grade 4 Champion
Part of Australian Team which placed 1st.

September 1999 - RDA National Dressage Championships - NSW
Horse: Bel Ange Double Rum (Owned By Camilla Mowbray)
Canter 10 - 2nd
Canter12 - 2nd
Freestyle - 2nd

December 1998 - Georgia selected onto the Young Rider Talent Identification
Squad (Dressage)

October 1998 - RDA National Dressage Championships - Doonan QLD
Horse: Crystal Brolga
Canter 10 - 1st
Canter 12 - 1st
Open Freestyle 4 - 2nd
Grade 4 National Dressage Champion
Australian Junior Freestyle Champion

September 1998 - Top End Western Horse Club
Horse: Danny
Awarded "High Point Youth Of the Year".

Education:
2005-2008 Degree in Animal Behaviour and Psychology
2005 Senior First Aid, Qld Ambulance
2003 National Dressage Judges Association - Official E level
2003 Cert IV. Small Business Management
2002 Equestrian Coaching EFA/NCAS Level 1
2001 Recreation Industry Assessors Course
2001 Senior First Aid
1999 Parelli Natural Horsemanship - Level 3
1998 Course In Horse Raising and Management
1998 Graduated Year 12 - Cairns State High School