Meet the amazing team at Sunflower Stables equestrian facility

Lilli - Owner & the backbone of Sunflower Stables, Lilli is the smiling face you’ll see around the stables, with horses in her blood from childhood at Mintos Park Stud. Riding before she could walk, she’s taught everyone from beginners to top riders since age 12 & retrained hundreds of off-track thoroughbreds. A passionate showjumper, she’s developed A-Grade horses like Douro Valley. At home, she 

Nathan - Integral to Sunflower Stables, supporting daily operations with dedication and a strong work ethic. As Lilli's partner, he cares for the horses each morning and proudly owns Hardy, a 4yo Thoroughbred. Dubbed "the bucket man," Nathan feeds the horses multiple times daily. Although new to riding, Nathan and his son Conner are quickly gaining confidence in the saddle. Conner also assists wit

Alanna - With over 15 years of riding experience, is a dedicated horse owner since 2020. She specialises in natural horsemanship and groundwork, having successfully trained her own horses.  

Nadia - Our lovely Junior Manager, wonderful rider, student, coach, all round incredibly helpful human that Sunflower Stables would be lost without. Assisting in all aspects of care for the horses at the stables, while working with her own horse Jarrah, Nadia has a calming nature that really shines when she rides. 

Nadia is working towards competing in showjumping with Jarrah and helping a few of t

Emily - Most likely to be seen around the stables with a camera in her hand, starting out as a student, then photographer for Sunflower Stables to now coaching the occasional lesson too. 

Emily loves the challenge of capturing the horses and riders in all the beautiful moments they share, in fact we've quickly gotten used to having a camera pointed at us often.

Emily owns Eucy, and she looks forward

Gerard grew up on a stud farm where his family bred Thoroughbreds, Stock Horses, and Appaloosas. He developed strong skills in riding, pre-training racehorses, and retraining OTTs before focusing on fox hunting, earning champion hunter titles with his horse Key Symbol. Gerard gained further experience riding young horses at Flemington with John ‘Patto’ Patterson and various trainers. Today, he wor