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Qualifications
 | At age 15, rode show
hacks and hunters at Bernard Selby’s in Sussex, England. |
| 1952 – member of the
Royal Air Force Jumping team in Germany. Studied under Heinrich Boehne
for 3 ˝ years and went before a panel of judges from Hanover, Germany and
was awarded the Deutsche Reiter Abzeichen in Bronze (the German Bronze
Medal) for dressage, cross-country, stadium jumping and theory. |
| 1975 Awarded the USDF
Bronze Medal |
| 1976 Participated in
Olympic try-outs |
| 1981 Became AHSA ‘r’
judge in Dressage Divison |
| 1982 Became a AHSA
Technical Delegate for Dressage Shows |
| Trained student to
Third Level who competed in Regional Finals and one student to I-1. |
| Have ridden and
trained horses to Grand Prix. I use part German and part French methods,
which I find produce a relaxed, willing horse. |
| I have shown horses
through Prix St. Georges, with scores up to 82.50% at Third Level. |
| Have attended
numerous clinics under world renowned riders, including participating at
the American Dressage Institute. |
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Experience
| 1965 – Resident
Manager and Instructor at Fort Orange Hunt Club, Albany, NY |
| 1966-1968 –
Instructing rom Foothills Ranch, Boulder, Colorado |
| 1967 – Returned to
England to study under Robert Hall at Fulmer, Bucks. |
| 1968 – Senior
Instructor at Centaur Farm Stables, Walled Lake, Michigan |
| 1970 – Trained horses
on the flat for Olympic rider Bill Robertson at his “winters Gone” ranch
in Tomball, Texas |
| 1971 – Accepted
position as resident trainer and instructor at Sun & Lake Turf & Beach
Club in Lake Placid, Florida |
| 1974-1987 – Co-owner
of Raintree Farms, Inc. breeding and training Hanoverian and Han/TB
horses, Fort Meade, Florida. As co-owner, I was involved with all phases
of farm management including breeding, training, instructing, showing,
transporting horses and all aspects of office procedures and management. |
| 1987 - Present:
Freelance instruction based out of Ocala. |
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