Trainer Details
Kate Hornbecker – Mountain Valley Equestrian Center
323 East Flat Hill Rd
Southbury, CT
(203) 509-9060 Kate.hornbecker@gmail.com
www.mountainvalleyequestriancenter.com
Specialty: Kate Hornbecker is an active competitor and coach in Area I. She believes in rider education and safety above all else, and creates a great learning environment for green horses and young riders. Kate has taken several OTTBs from the starting gate to the starting box and continues to support the breed with her OTTB fresh start program.This program focuses on consistent, patient training for the horses along with proper education of the owners. Kate operates and trains out of Mountain Valley Equestrian Center in Southbury, CT. The farm has access to acres of trails and fields, as well as several different schooling rings. Boarding is available with training board options.
Lessons are available to riders of all levels on our horses or yours and coaching is available for most shows.
Deb Moynihan -Irish Acres Farm
46 Clark Rd.
Bolton, CT
(860) 646-8841 djmoynihan@snet.net
USEA Certified Instructor, USDF Certified Instructor/Trainer, Level IV Centered Riding Instructor/Clinician. Offering lessons, training, clinics. Indoor/outdoor facilities, Borders 100 acres of trails. Conveniently located 12 miles east of Hartford. Small facility with care/training tailored to you and your horse.
Virginia Leary -Lost Run Farm
Litchfield, CT
(860) 567-0419 Lostrun@optonline.net
Virginia Leary is a former international level eventer who has coached riders at the advanced level. Virginia now shows and trains at the fei level in dressage and is liscenced to judge eventing dressage training level and below. She is in the small r dressage training program. Available for lessons clinics and judging.
Sarah Dalton-Morris – Great Vista Farm / Frazier Farm Training Centre
335 Middle Road Turnpike
Woodbury, CT
(203) 263-2627
www.greatvistafarm.com
Specialty: Pony Club “A” and BHSAI. 22 years at Frazier Farm Training Centre. Over 25 years experience developing young riders, green horses and adult riders. Cross country course open for schooling with your own trainer or group schools available with SD-M by appointment.
Marisa Melby – Five Star Farm
1 Bluff View Drive
Guilford, CT 06437
518.821.4482
www.marisamelbyeventing.com
Instruction Offered: Eventing: elementary-training, Dressage: intro-second level
Lessons: At farm/will travel. Clinics: At farm/will travel. Coaching: At events.
Horses Trained: All levels
Facilities: Indoor and outdoor arena with jump course. Large galloping field and trails.
Experience: Marisa is a US Eventing Association Certified Instructor through training level. This gives her the ability to teach dressage, stadium jumping and cross country riding at the training level in the sport of eventing. Test assessors included Robin Walker, Eric Horgan, Phyllis Dawson, Mark Phillips and Karen O’Connor. Marisa graduated with a bachelors degree in Animal Science at the University of Massachusetts in 2009. While at UMass Marisa taught lessons to beginner level college students at the Hadley Farm, and was the president of the Umass Polo Team at Stone Pony Farm. Some other accomplishments have been instructing at the annual GMHA Junior Horsemanship clinic in Woodstock VT, grooming for Stephen Bradley, advanced eventer and olympian, in Leesburg VA and competing through second level in dressage while working in New York.
Local Combined Training Associations:
Connecticut Dressage and CT Association (CDCTA)
We have an active volunteer-based club, and offer numerous clinics for both dressage and eventing, scholarships, schooling and recognized dressage shows, schooling CT and HT.
American Warmblood Society Combined Training
Connecticut Director: Cathy Leinert-Benoit
I hope to personally attend as many events as humanely possible to award prizes to AWS members who place at our events. I am working on this and stay tuned for more info. In order to qualify for our awards, you must be a current member in good standing, and have your horse qualify as an American Warmblood-which most will be. See our website at www.americanwarmblood.org for information. Your horse may qualify at one of our inspections, or through competition. Happy eventing!
Mid-Hudson Dressage & Combined Training Association (MHDCTA)
For information contact: carolynm@snet.net
Pony Clubs:
New York Upper Connecticut Region of the UNITED STATES PONY CLUBS
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