Instructor recommendations in Surrey please

chaps89

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I have been having lessons on and off with a fantastic instructor however she is incredibly difficult to get regular lessons with :(
I would still like to have my occasional lessons with her but have a green 6 year old that I do need help with to bring her on further so am looking for an instructor I can use more frequently. Ideally I'd like someone who is also happy to have the occasional sit on for me as well but at 14.2hh appreciate that may not be possible.
Mostly after a classical/dressage focus but we do like to do the occasional bit of jumping too.
No transport to go to anyone but do have a school on-site with a good surface.
Can anyone recommend anyone please? We're Leatherhead/Guildford direction :)
 
Emily Taggart - pro eventer now based in East Horsley. She is a good all round instructor and does a lot with youngsters. She does have a strong dressage bent as well having got 2 of her eventers off to the Nationals. You can find her on FB..
 
Camilla James is brilliant - very experienced and sympathetic to the horse's needs. Also small enough to sit on a 14.2. She is based very ner Leatherhead, please PM me if you want more information.
 
Maria Windsor has a good dressage background. Or Tony Whipps (although he can be difficult to get hold of as he's busy!). You can google both or PM me for contact details. Tony took my daughter from not doing dressage at all (she was converting from BS to BE) to consistently placing at PC Novice & Intermediate - now working toward Open. And he has sat out our totally mad 14.2 Appie for her. Both Maria and Tony do jumping as well.
 
Thanks all, will look into all suggestions.
Tony whipps already comes to my yard for a fellow livery so may be an option but will look into all of them as finding the right one is most important.
It's been a long time since I've had to find a new instructor- what is the best etiquette in trying them? I found current amazing one at a local demo and loved her teaching style so asked about lessons and went from there. However have had lessons in the past and not enjoyed them/just not clicked with the instructors style and don't know how to say thanks but no thanks, ideally I'd like to watch them give a lesson first but know that's not really possible.
 
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