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I have spent numerous years taking lunge lessons and dressage lessons with various instructors, and I like to combine the best of what I've learned and teach riders who are interested in dressage and dressage competition.  I have also spent many hours scribing for judges at dressage shows, and I have audited and scribed at the USDF L program. I am an Amateur, so I cannot accept anything in compensation for teaching or coaching. My First Coaching - Faith in 2016 My friend Faith had experience in riding western style. She developed an interest in dressage, and I schooled her in her outdoor ring almost 20x40 on her Draft cross gelding at Intro Level.  She scored in the 60s at Sorensen Equestrian Park www.sorensenpark.com schooling shows, with a personal best of 66%!  Then she won Reserve Champion at the Schooling Show Championships! Congratulations Faith and Bigfoot! My Protege Talena and Chip Talena was interested in dressage competition, already a good rider, and groomed for Izhe and me at the September 2017 SEP Schooling Show Championships to see what goes on at shows.  Then over the winter and spring, I schooled Talena and her pony Chip at Intro, Training and First Level tests and competition rules.  Her first show will be June 9, 2018 at SEP! Good luck Talena and Chip! Talena and Chip - June 2018 Talena and Chip were awesome on June 9! They earned 65.9% at Intro B, and 63.2% at Training 1 with a tough judge! The icing on the cake was their High Score Ribbon for Jr/YR! Congratulations Talena and Chip!

Talena and Chip - July 2018 Talena and her pony Chip outdid themselves in July with a 69.5 at Intro C, a 68 at Training 1, and 69.6 at Training 2. Talena and Chip put in many hours of schooling to get this far! On show day, thankfully we had some cloud cover so it wasn't brutally hot like the prior day! Now we look forward to the August show! Thank You to My Instructors! Thank you to Karin Manley for starting me in lessons on the lunge in 1997 and giving me riding opportunities on Aquarell, Leopard 590, and Harriet! Thank you to Jerry Schurink for coming out to GEC for clinics and your insight into a rider's skills and working on our challenges! Thank you to Jayne Ayers for many hours of lunge lessons in perfecting a seat and use of the aids. Thank you to Linda and Reid Sorensen for coaching me in my first seasons of competition! Thank you to Jenny Schmitt for putting up with me and Izhe, for your humour, for your expertise and high standards and no shortcuts, and for your care for the whole horse, not just lessons but also health and nutrition and tack fitting, braiding and help with trailering to shows! You are amazing! 2018 Year End Awards I am so proud of Talena and Chip! They won Region 2 schooling show awards at Intro (Champion) and Training Level (Reserve Champion)! Sorensen Park Awards - 3 championships and High Score! Way to go!