FAQs
- What types of customers have you worked with?
I recently left my job in San Diego where I rode several horses a day for a trainer. One of them was a bucker (it was like a rodeo in the dressage ring!), one of them was a Intermediare I mare, one of them was a tense and anxious 2nd-3rd level seal bay gelding, and one of them was a thoroughbred off the track. I get a wide variety of horses to ride, but since moving to Santa Cruz I have gotten a lot of calls for riding lessons for beginners and I currently reside at Silver Bay Farms in Felton.
- What questions should customers think through before talking to professionals about their project?
Dressage is a precise, subtle, brilliant, and explosive sport all at once. The ability for a horse to burst forward in extended trot and collect right back into a passage means they have to have a certain amount of boldness, athleticism, intelligence, and suppleness. It takes a long time to train a horse from a youngster to a schoolmaster. The one thing to know about this profession is to be patient and aware that this is a sport that never stops teaching and the rider and horse never stop growing. In this sense, it can be very rewarding but very frustrating. However, patience is a virtue, after all!