Dressage Training and Instruction

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  • Summervale Farm
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    WELCOME!

    Here you will find information about me and my horses.  We offer dressage horses for sale, and dressage training and instruction. I also work with riders from other disciplines who are interested in a system of training that is founded in classical principles and effective at producing happy and successful horse/human partnerships.  I am fortunate to work in three locations currently: my home farm in Yelm during the good weather months, Serenity Farm in Yelm, and Foxfire Farm in Rainier.  Although I am no longer training at Summervale Farm in Roy, Wa, we remain close associates and friends. My goal continues to be to classically and correctly prepare horses and riders for advanced work. I have nearly thirty years experience and have ridden with internationally reknown instructors including: Charles DeKunffy, Maj. Jeremy Beale, Steve Kannikaberg, Christian Garweg, and Liselotte Fore, Jennifer Williams and Gwen Blake.

    Clinics audited include Arthur Kottas-Heldenberg, Conrad Schumacher, Debbie McDonald, 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, 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: The Fredericksborgs are here!
    Check out our Fredericksborg page for more information about this rare and historic breed!


    Congratulations to Jennifer Williams and HS Wistar!!
    They will be training in Germany beginning in April 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.