Riders in my world get more than just confidence.
Are you ready to unlock your limitless potential?
My work is built on one core belief: results follow connection.
Connection to yourself. To your horse. To the present moment.
I guide competitive riders to create lasting transformation by helping them reconnect fully with their true potential. Because when your inner world is aligned, performance flows naturally.
Grounded in my own journey as an international show jumper, I understand what it’s like to experience success, and then feel it all fall apart despite doing everything “right.” What changed everything for me was realizing it was never about talent or effort, it was about what was happening within me.
My work goes beyond tools and techniques. I coach at the level of identity, helping riders release fear, pressure, and perfectionism so they can show up as calm, focused, intuitive athletes. And as deeply connected partners to their horses.
For over a decade, I’ve helped riders around the world create consistent, high-level results — often in months, not years. My work unlocks a new state of alignment between competitiveness and connection, technical mastery and deep intuition. Where trust, in yourself and in your horse, becomes the catalyst for performance.
Hi, I'm Annette Paterakis
I began my career as an international showjumper. Early on, I found success almost effortlessly, until I didn’t. As I became more focused on results, tension took over. The joy disappeared. I rode well at home but fell apart at shows. Confidence faded. I questioned my talent. At one point, I nearly quit.
What I eventually discovered was that it wasn’t about talent, it was about mindset. Once I understood what was happening in my brain and body under pressure, everything started to change. That experience led me to study Applied Psychology and train in various mental coaching methods. Today, I combine that knowledge with real-world experience to help riders break out of performance loops and into powerful presence.
My journey started in the arena, struggling with the very things I help riders overcome today.
A Little About Me
Combining rational approach, experience, and knowledge of horses with intuition allows me to coach for transformation rather than surface-level change. I guide clients to connect with themselves to connect more deeply with their horses.
Grounded in Connection:
At the core of everything I do are concrete problems I've wanted answers to. Having evidence-based research guide my work is very important. This ensures the strategies I use are grounded in proven methods that create real, measurable results.
Backed by Science:
I've lived this sport and know what it's like to question everything, especially myself. Because of these challenges in the sport I still love, I deeply resonate with and speak the same language as the equestrian athletes who reach out to me.
Rooted in Experience:
My Methods
Annette helped me manage my mind, not just my riding. My finances improved, my results became consistent, and I finally felt in control of my destiny.
They align with their truest selves.
They earn 162,000EUR more in annual prize money.
They win 42% more than the year prior.
They go from #246 in the world to within the top #50.
They transform their riding, their business, and their lives.
They create results that once felt impossible.
They build deep connection with their horses.
They ride from lightness, trust, and power.
They create consistent success at an elite level.
They transform from the inside out.
In my world, riders don’t just “get more confident.”
The horse doesn’t owe us anything! But we owe it to ourselves and the horse to show up from our truest self. Because when we’re deeply aligned with our highest potential, we not only connect more deeply with the horse, but we give them the opportunity to do the same. From this place of joint connection, trust and alignment, results and performance flow naturally.
I Believe…