Tamar Bernstein
Tamar has had a love for horses her whole life. Spending her childhood years in a busy and competitive stable yard in taught her all she needed to know about running a yard of her own. After breaking into the competitive riding scene with a huge bang on her two new horses Pohland’s West End Girl and Little Big Time, Tamar quickly became a household name amongst show-jumping enthusiasts.
Receiving tuition from one of South Africa’s top ranking riders, Barry Taylor, Tamar wanted to encourage top quality tuition and opened Farnham Riding School & Livery Yard, followed a few short years later by Farnham Kyalami.
Tamar is a SANEF level 1 and 2 qualified instructor and received the highly recognised qualification of FEI level 1 coach in 2009. Tamar specialises in competitive riders and teaches with great enthusiam, with the focus being on horse and rider being a team to achieve their personal goals.
Tamar has a very successful show-jumping career with Time on My Side (Alfie) (1m30/1m40), Monitor Audio’s Chin Chin (1m50) and Monitor Audio’s Platinum Toko (Open – 1m50).
Tamar’s riding highlight to date is competing in the 2010 Avis South African Derby.
Dayle Mallinson
Dayle started her riding career at age nine at the same yard as Tamar. Dayle’s love for horses was obvious very early on and she started working weekends at the yard to pay for extra lessons at 12 years old. Due to finances, Dayle was only able to start competing as an adult, but discovered her love for teaching at age 19 when she started teaching at the yard where she began her riding career.
Dayle has had extensive experience teaching in many yards all over Johannesburg, but maintains that she has never seen quality tuition like that at Farnham.
Dayle qualified as a SANEF level 1 instructor in 2002, and completed her FEI Level 1 coaches’ course in 2010.
Dayle competes at 1m10 level on her Warmblood cross, Jemada Beau Jest.
Dayle’s love for the sport lies in sharing her knowledge with all levels of riders. From novice adults to competitive children and juniors, Dayle invests a lot in her pupils and is at her happiest when her riders are achieving their best.
Petrus Mashiri
Petrus discovered his love for horses when working as a groom at the yard where Dayle and Tamar started riding. Starting at a very young age amongst a much older groom staff, Petrus made sure he learned as much as he could about the sport and his favourite animal.
On arriving and working at Farnham, Tamar noticed Petrus’ obvious passion for his job and offered to teach him to ride and coach. Taking to the saddle like a duck to water, and taking to the arena with great enthusiam, Petrus proved very early on that he had chosen the right career. Not only has Petrus got a natural talent in the saddle, but his patience and love for his clients of all ages is obvious.
Petrus also coaches toddlers at Broadacres Farm School. Petrus’ equine dream is to one day compete at top level in show-jumping.
Tammy Ioakim
Tammy started riding very early and quickly moved into a competitive career.
Tammy has had extensive experience in several yards as a work rider and instructor.
Tammy is a SANEF level 1 qualified coach.
Meryl Rosenberg
Meryl started her riding career at age 6 at Bluehills, Johannesburg. She had a successful eventing career until a bad accident rendered her unable to ride for several years.
Her passion for horses was too great to not ride and Meryl resumed a riding career as an adult running Trail Rides for Tshwane University of Technology’s Adventure Tourism students. Meryl has been riding with Dayle for over 5 years and currently owns four of her own horses.
Meryl is the marketing manager for Farnham and specialises in teaching beginner adult and nervous riders, with many of her riders having started to ride in their late 50s and 60s.
Rosslyn Baker
Rosslyn Baker had a very successful career as a junior rider, competing in show-jumping and eventing.
In her early twenties, Ros attended college with Dayle and received her SANEF qualification in 2002.
Ros loves teaching riders of all ages. Ros is an ardent dressage and show-jumping rider and now assists Tamar with all exercising of clients’ horses.
She is currently competing at 1m level in show-jumping.