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Sanden Equestrian

Sanden Equestrian are a professional and talented duo based on the Sunshine Coast. You will not regret getting to know Sarah and Clinton Van Der Sanden.

Sarah and Clinton are both EA qualified coaches who specialise in a variety of disciplines but also educate and campaign client horses. Sanden Equestrian coach, train, campaign and compete all over the county focusing on numerous disciplines. From showing, eventing, dressage and show jumping both Sarah and clinton have a great understanding of horses and the equine industry. Sarah has grown up aro

und Agriculture, and chose to ride horses from a young age at the family farm in Walgett NSW. Her passion has remained strong through a great foundation of flatwork and horsemanship. Sarah trained, worked and rode for some of Australia's top riders and coaches in her younger years. She enjoys working with young horses, and this has proven a particularly strong area of Sarah's expertise. She has started a number of top level horses among a variety of diciplines but her professional focus is training and campaigning show horses. With a sound understanding of horses and the sport, Sarah is a great choice to take on your horse with a knowledgable, honest and high integrity approach to training. Clinton was formerly one of Australia’s top Event riders, having trained his very own horses up to 4 star level. He has competed internationally representing Australia and was highlighted as one of Australia’s young rising stars. He has ridden and broken for top names in the sport over the years, and focuses on training young horses, with some great jumping talent coming up the grades. Clinton is a very experienced coach being a qualified level 2 eventing specialist with 15 plus years of coaching under his belt. Clinton coaches across many disciplines with students from all ages and abilities. With an excellent understanding from his eventing background Clinton also has trained to Prix St George level in dressage making him a vibrant addition to the Sanden Equestrian team.

30/07/2025

29/07/2025

❤️🤍💙Barastoc Classic 25 💙🤍❤️
A big thank you to SHC QLD for hosting the Barastoc classic. The effort put in to running these shows is huge and it’s the same people working around the clock to bring these events to life. Thank you for your sponsorship of the show and to all the class sponsors. Especially the large Galloway class - thank you Sahara Park Wagyu 🙏

Dreamtime Flirtini and Filigree R owned by .dotta and .j.erken both worked flawlessly. Always feeling very privileged to ride such beautiful horses for beautiful people.

A special thank you to our sponsors and supporters and our exciting new saddle sponsor New town Saddles.

Photo credit 🙏

28/07/2025

Lessons this Saturday the 2nd of August at Dulong Park for anyone who is interrested 😊 Dressage and jumping available with Clinton or Sarah. Please PM with questions and bookings 🐎

26/07/2025

Clinton will be teaching Jump lessons at Buderim pony club this Tuesday the 29th of july. Please PM to secure a session 😃 shareds or privates welcome.

22/07/2025

4.45 afternoon lesson slot at Dulong today for anyone who would like it 🙌☺️ flat work
Or jump. Just PM to sn**ch it up.

21/07/2025

15/07/2025

🚨 INSTRUCTOR REALITY CHECK 🚨
Things They Don't Tell You About Teaching Riding:

🎓 "If you can ride, you can teach"
REALITY: Being a good rider ≠ being a good teacher. Pedagogy, psychology, and communication skills matter more than your last show ribbon.

📱 "Students will respect your time"
REALITY: You'll get calls at 10 PM asking about tomorrow's lesson and texts asking if "light rain" means lessons are cancelled.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 "Parents will appreciate your expertise"
REALITY: Dr. Google and YouTube make everyone an expert. You'll defend basic safety protocols to parents who "know better."

☀️ "Work outside in beautiful weather"
REALITY: You'll teach in 100°F heat, freezing rain, and hurricane-force winds.

💔 "Share your passion with others"
REALITY: You'll love seeing breakthroughs but watching students quit due to money, fear, or teenage drama will break your heart repeatedly.

🏠 "Great work-life balance"
REALITY: Weekends and holidays are your busiest times. Date nights happen on Mondays (if you're lucky).

BUT HERE'S THE TRUTH:
Despite all this, when a scared kid gets their first canter or an adult conquers their fear... when you see that spark in someone's eyes as they connect with their horse...

You remember why you chose this impossible, beautiful, crazy career.
The hard parts make the magic moments even more precious.

Been there? What reality check would you add? 👇

15/07/2025

🤍Filligree R🖤
.dotta

Tilly is prepped on 🙌

15/07/2025

“Again and again, you hear riders proclaim that we do all of this out of the love for the horses, but is it really out of the love for the horses, or is it for the love of success, ribbons and prize money?" Beat Mändli says to WoSJ. All photos © Jenny Abrahamsson for World of Showjumping.

14/07/2025

14/07/2025

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Clinton and his partner Sarah are the owners of Sanden Equestrian, a training facility based just outside of Canberra. This vibrant duo coach, train, campaign and compete all over the county focusing on numerous disciplines. With an excellent understanding from their equestrian background, Clinton has recently achieved his accreditation of an EA Level 2 specialist Eventing coach while Sarah is an EA level 1 General Coach. From showing, eventing, dressage and show jumping both Sarah and clinton have a great understanding of horses and the equine industry. Clinton was formerly one of Australia’s top Event riders, competing twice internationally as a young rider for Australia. Clinton has trained his very own horses up to 3 star level Eventing, Mini Prix showjumping and Advanced dressage. He was highlighted as one of Australia’s young rising stars, however has spent some time away from high level competition to get his property and coaching career on track. Sarah has grown up around agriculture and chose to ride horses from a young age at the family farm in Walgett NSW. Her passion for the sport remained very strong, and as a young rider Sarah spent years riding for some of Australia's top riders and coaches. Sarah has trained and qualified high level show horses, show jumpers, dressage horses, and has evented successfully up to 1*.

Sanden EQ have ridden and broken for top names in the sport over the years. They have a sound understanding of horses and the sport and with their high integrity approach to training, they are an excellent choice to take on your horse. The focus of Sanden Equestrian is not only the development of horses but also riders. Clinton and Sarah are committed to a busy coaching schedule between weekly lessons, pony club, clinics and camps. Both Clinton and Sarah’s experiences allows them to coach, teach and train across many disciplines, ages and abilities.