Strong Performance Coaching

04/11/2026

💚🐴 Sanity restored and some fun riding 🙏

03/11/2026

💚🐴 Your Horse Your Goals🐴💚

✳️Finish the year with direction, start the year with a plan!✳️

Have things you wanted to achieve with your horse slipped further down the list this year?

Between wet weather, summer heat and the approaching festive season, finding a consistent rhythm can be difficult. Sometimes you need a fresh perspective and a plan that fits the life you actually have.

Introducing Your Horse, Your Goals — a private planning session with Naomi.

An hour to talk through where you are now, what you want for yourself and your horse, and how to move towards it.

You might be:
🌿 Bringing a horse back into work.
🌿 Wanting more consistency and direction.
🌿 Working towards a competition or training milestone.
🌿 Trying to fit riding around work, family and holiday commitments.
🌿 Ready to set some meaningful goals for 2027.

You don’t have to compete, and you don’t need a big ambition. Wanting to enjoy your horse and make steady progress is a worthwhile goal.

Together, we’ll identify your priorities, work through what’s getting in the way, and create a realistic plan—with room for weather, holidays and everyday life.

Your session includes:
• A short questionnaire beforehand.
• A 60-minute phone or Zoom consultation.
• A concise written plan covering your main goal, three priorities and practical next steps for the next six to eight weeks.

$150 per session.

Finish the year with direction. Start 2027 with a plan.

Message me PLAN to book your session.

31/10/2026

💚🐴First of the series of meet the team!

31/10/2026

💚🐴WDWD Weekend🐴💚
How to be accurate is today’s bit of fun :)

30/10/2026

🐴 THE ART OF DEVELOPING THE HORSE 💚

There’s something about the process of developing a horse that never stops fascinating me.

The challenge of improving balance, strength and movement. The small breakthroughs that change everything. The constant observation, questioning and refining.

And ultimately, taking that work into the competition arena to see how it stands up.

I’m Naomi Strong, the horsewoman behind Strong Performance Coaching.

Dressage has always been my first love, but my approach draws on classical principles, biomechanics and experience across Dressage, Western Dressage and Working Equitation.

I believe good horsemanship and competitive ambition belong together.

That developing a horse is about more than teaching movements. It’s about building the physical ability, understanding and confidence that allow a horse to perform at its best.

And I’m still learning, every single day.

These days, I’m putting more of my own horses and their development at the centre of what I do.

From young horses finding their balance and confidence to experienced horses working towards more advanced performance, I’ll be sharing the journey as it unfolds.

The training. The decisions. The progress. The setbacks. The competition days.

Not just the polished moments, but the process behind them.

I’ll still be coaching and running selected clinics, because helping other riders develop their horses remains something I genuinely enjoy.

But this space is also becoming a place to share my own journey as a rider, trainer and competitor.

If you’re fascinated by the art of developing horses, appreciate thoughtful horsemanship and believe there’s always something more to learn, I’d love you to follow along.

Welcome to Strong Performance Coaching.

The art, the science and the journey of developing the horse. 🐴💚

28/10/2026

💚🐴 Time for some sand dancing? 🐴💚

25/10/2026

💚🐴Drought has broken, dams full, tanks full, time to start washing the pile of dirty rugs! 🐴💚

23/10/2026

💚🐴 Each year I try to support this Club with their online dressage competition. I have so many wonderful memories of competing in Townsville when we lived in FNQ. I have entered my 2 young guns in the Prep and Prelim tests each month. I will keep you updated each month how we are training and our results. Going to be fun 🐴🤦‍♀️

🐴 NQEG ONLINE DRESSAGE FUNDRAISER SERIES 2026/27 🐴

North Queensland Equestrian Group is excited to announce our upcoming Online Dressage Fundraiser Series, running monthly from November 2026 to March 2027! 🎉

Whether you're just starting out or competing at higher levels, this is a great opportunity to get out and compete from the comfort of your own arena, with official dressage judges and feedback from accredited judges.

✨ Event highlights:

- Classes from Prep through to Advanced, plus PSG, Intermediate and Junior classes
- Just $10 per class
- Open to eligible EA members, EA-affiliated club members and Pony Club members
- All eligible riders welcome, no matter where you're located
- Ribbons to 6th place in all classes
- Series Champion and Reserve Champion Rosettes awarded at the end of the series
- Maximum of two consecutive-level tests per horse per round

📅 First round – November 2026

- Nominations close: 31 October 2026
- Video submissions close: 30 November 2026

Each monthly round gives you a full month to record and submit your test, allowing flexibility around the weather and your schedule.

💙 Come along, support NQEG and enjoy some dressage while helping us raise funds for our club!

🔗 ENTER HERE:
https://nominate.com.au/EquestDn/Event.aspx?e=80237CA61BF74AE2AA53B25640135A2F&eventlist=2

Please share with your dressage friends — we’d love to see riders from across Queensland and beyond get involved! 🐎

22/10/2026

💚🐴Note the date change for this clinic 🐴💚

21/10/2026

Only a few spots left! Get in quick, going to be a really fun weekend 💚

NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!

Join us at Dalby Showgrounds from Friday 30 October to Sunday 1 November for our final WDWD clinic weekend of 2026.

$300 per rider includes:

Friday evening rider Pilates session with Blair from Evergreen Pilates

Saturday group clinic with Naomi Strong, beginning with an on-the-ground session before moving into ridden group sessions focusing on circles, manoeuvres and the building blocks of our Western Dressage tests

Saturday evening mindset session with Tanja Mitton, and our WDWD break-up BBQ dinner and some very unofficial end-of-year awards

Sunday morning Practice Show, where riders can nominate up to two levels and ride two tests from each selected level. Tests will be unofficially judged by Naomi, followed by the opportunity to discuss your results and receive feedback on your tests.

This weekend is all about learning, practicing and building confidence in a relaxed and supportive environment — with plenty of time to enjoy our horses and each other’s company along the way.

$300 per rider

Nominations are OPEN NOW via Nominate.

Places are limited to 20 riders.

Please note: All nominations are non-refundable. If you are unable to attend, your place may be transferred to another suitable rider. It is the withdrawing rider’s responsibility to notify WDWD of this.