Silver Sprite – Arabian Mare

Silver Sprite - Arabian Mare

2002- present The ultimate experiment is my own horse. At 17, I purchased Sprite as an unbroken 3-year-old. I had very little understanding of what I was doing or how to effectively train a horse. I thank her every day for her patience and stubbornness and unwavering talent that help build the horsewoman that I am today. Through countless mistakes a ...

Cherie – Hanoverian Mare

Cherie - Hanoverian Mare

2018-2020 Cherie came to me at age 11. She had spent her life in the jumpers, having been in professional training nearly her whole life her owner was having a baby and looking for Cherie to find peace and balance in her generally hot and “spicy” nature. The first piece of Cherie’s puzzle was helping her learn to trust the contact. She had been “bit ...

Trick – OTTB

Trick - OTTB - off-track Thoroughbred

2008 – Present I got Trick right off the track in December of 2008, four days after his last race. I had a lengthy plan of how to rehab and retrain his body after he was race fit and tight and I needed to let him relax and stay soft and loose for his new job in dressage and maybe eventing. Three days into this plan I realized he was ready for m ...

Nox – Friesian

Nox - Friesian

2018 – Present Nox came to me as a freshly gelded 4-year-old right out of quarantine. His owner was new to horse ownership and just learned she was pregnant with twins! He was essentially green-broke, out of shape, and a little lazy. His owner needed a safe and well-broken horse and had an interest in dressage and trail riding. I spent the next ...

Leo – Arabian

2023 – present Leo’s family reached out to me because they were struggling to adjust to owning a new horse. They had had him for a year and had been working with a trainer with little success. His favorite pastimes were charging at his owner and trying to bite at her. After watching a little video of their interactions I could tell that his in ...