Hazelwood Lodge

Catherine Martindale is an experienced and qualified riding instructor. She has been riding since she was four years old. She has sixteen years experience in Pony Club, competing at the top end of Pony club since she was 14yrs old, and now actively and successfully competes in Equestrian Federation of Australia (EA) events. Catherine is a NCAS Level 2 eventing specialist coach and coach educator who have competed at 3 star levels.

Catherine teaches all levels of riding right from someone’s first ride thru to the serious competitor. Catherine teaches jumping and Dressage at different Pony Clubs and adult riding clubs in the Gippsland and Metropolitan areas. Starting with basic trot poles then progressing up to more advanced grid work. Safety and building confidence is the key to her teaching methods.

Catherine also has her racehorse trainer’s license, which required 2 years of TAFE training, which has enhanced her knowledge of horse husbandry and handling skills, to benefit her own competition and teaching skills.


Hazelwood Lodge is set on 31 ac in the Latrobe Valley. It has a fully enclosed 65 x 25 m sand arena, 800 m sand track, undercover brick round yard, numerous covered day yards and horse wash.
Hazelwood Lodges offers a variety of activities to enhance peoples riding skills in a safe supervised environment. This is achieved by matching each persons ability to our horses or ponies. Children are taught to care for and maintain their horse or pony in a fun environment. Different activities such as dressage, jumping, games and activities are designed to give people confidence on their mounts. These activities are all tailored to the individual ability of each person.
Catherine gives lessons in practical Horse mastership that is tailored to suit the age and experience of each individual person.