Dressage Training, Instruction

Sporthorse Sales, and Custom Hauling

 
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  • Summervale Farm
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    WELCOME!

    Welcome! Here you will find information about me, my training program and horses for sale.  My main focus is dressage training, but I also work with riders from other disciplines who are interested in achieving a more balanced seat, and using a system of training that produces happy and successful horse/human partnerships. Good training methods are built on classical ideas developed over thousands of years of horsemanship that keep the well being and health of the horse top priority. I have studied horsemanship for nearly forty years, and have been a teacher and trainer for thirty. We are located at Serenity Farm in Yelm, proudly owned and meticulously maintained by Lily and Jeff Fletcher.   Although I am no longer training at Summervale Farm in Roy, Wa, we remain close associates and friends.

     

    My goal is to classically and correctly prepare horses and riders for advanced work. I have ridden with internationally reknown instructors including: Charles DeKunffy, Maj. Jeremy Beale, Steve Kannikaberg, Christian Garweg, Gerd Reuter, and Liselotte Fore, Jennifer Williams and Gwen Blake.

    Clinics audited include Arthur Kottas-Heldenberg, Conrad Schumacher, Robert Dover, Debbie McDonald, George Morris, and Janet Foy.

    In 2006, I earned a bachelors degree in Health and Human Development and Contemporary Social Issues. As the office manager of Grobelny Chiropractic during 2007 and 8, I had the good fortune to observe a phenomenal healer, Dr Gordon Grobelny D.C. During this time I gained some experience in Applied Kinesiology, the use of nutritional supplements for healing and health, and massage techniques for alleviating pain and stress.

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    Classical Dressage and the Modern Sporthorse:
    Generations of breeding have produced horses of spectacular ahletic potential. But nature continues to dictate the rules of development. There is nothing new about this!

    "It's all basics!"
    "In training we must be encouraged to first establish the principles and only then to tackle the details."

    - Reiner Klimke

    News Flash: Custom and Emergency Hauling now available!
    Check the services and rates page for information and availablity of planned loads. 30 years of hauling experience. Trailer is 2010 Logan 3 horse, extra tall, extra wide. Can be fully opened to large box stall size for mares and foals or special need horses.


    Congratulations to Jennifer Williams and HS Wistar!!
    They will be training in Germany thanks to a scholarship from USDF for developing US riders and horses. Wistar may be the first American Bred Dressage Stallion to train and compete in Europe.