I am an amateur Dressage rider consistently taking weekly lessons and participating in clinics in the East Bay Area of Northern California.
I currently lease a 16.1hh Hanoverian mare at a barn with excellent facilities and top trainers.
I have owned horses in the "single" years of my childhood and college years, and now that my children are starting to leave the nest, I'm back to horses, full swing! Prior, I rode/showed 4-H, performed in rodeo drill teams, worked as a barn manager, and started colts at Cal Poly, SLO. I am also a puppy raiser for Guide Dogs for the Blind, training basic obedience and foundational skills through positive reinforcement training.
I am starting the search for my own future dressage partner and heart horse. Please let me know if you have a good match for me!
Thank you,
Janine
Dream List Priorities:
- PRE or Andalusian cross
- Modern dressage sport type, athletic, forward, excellent movement/elastic gaits/flashy, high rideability
- 100% Sound
- Balanced conformation
- 3 to 8 years old Filly/Mare
- Strong legs and healthy hooves; can go barefoot as needed
- Height: 15.3-16 hh + (ideal)
- Sweet and agreeable disposition and temperament
- Has been handled
- Regular health and hoof care
- Good mind. Calm, confident and curious. Not "hot."
- Versatile pure or crossbreed
- Besides dressage for overall fitness and some competition, I am interested in working equitation, drill team, volunteer mounted trail or event staff, short and long distance trail riding, horse camping, equine-assisted therapy work.
- Colors: not as important, but I like dark bay and black