With 35 years riding experience and 20 years as a professional, Sarah has truly made her passion for horses a lifetime commitment. She is Classically educated in Portugal, Great Britain and the States, and emphasizes a Classical Dressage Foundation for both horse and rider. She believes that with such a Foundation you and your horse can pursue any equestrian discipline. Her training abilities and techniques have been shaped also by such world-renowned trainers as Joao Olivieria, Jean-Claude Racinet, and Maestre Luis Valenca.

 Her forte is starting young horses to saddle and giving them a solid foundation. She is wonderful with problem solving and overcoming difficulties and gaps in training. She immensely enjoys working with owner/horse partnerships. She consistently produces confident, educated horses who are a pleasure to ride and can excel in just about any discipline. She welcomes horses of any breed to train, but has specialized in training the Andalusian and Lusitano horse since 1989. She currently holds 15 Regional Championships and 10 National Championships in four different disciplines including Dressage, Hunt Seat, Western Pleasure, and Halter. She is undefeated at the National level on horses she has trained.

 The accumulation of knowledge and experience never stops! Sarah is committed to refining and enlarging her training abilities; she reads everything she can get her hands on, she regularly attends seminars and clinics, she rides with a variety of local professionals, and she travels twice yearly to Portugal to ride with Maestre Luis Valenca. Her horses and students will appreciate her dedication to serving and helping them ever more thoroughly.

 

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