About Cascade Equestrian Center.

Cascade Equestrian Center is a new facility to the Whidbey Island area. However, the owners and staff of CEC have decades of experience in the horse business. CEC is a state-of-the-art facility that keeps with the old-world traditions of horsemanship, coming from the likes of Xenophon, Fran�ois Robichon de la Gu�rini�re, Fran�ois Baucher, Colonel Alois Podhajsky, Nuno Oliveira, Charles de Kunffy, Walter Zettl, and Dr. Reiner Klimke, and many others that have contributed to the art of classical riding.

Each equine that resides at CEC has a solid foundation of classical Dressage training. One of CEC's philosophies is that a strong foundation will lead to a better frame and finish, just like building a house. On this principle, CEC houses numerous champions in both Dressage and Show Jumping, from individual show champions to Grand Prix winners to Horses of the Season and Year. CEC prides itself on a truly rock-solid base.

CEC focuses on two disciplines: Classical Dressage and Show Jumping. Some horses are individual competitors in one discpline or the other, and some compete in both. Horses are selected on many different criteria, one of which is not their breed. While some breeds are better suited to certain disciplines, any horse can learn classical Dressage and also be taught to jump. It is up to the horse to decide what his or her future will be. CEC does boast, however, to have an outstanding string of Warmbloods, from more visible Hanoverians to the rare Rheinland-Pfalz-Saar, and breeds inbetween.

The facility also holds a strong training program in the mentioned disciplines, always taking the horse back to basics. Please continue the hike around CEC, visitors are always welcome!


"If you desire to handle a good war-horse so as to make his action the more magnificent and striking, you must refrain from pulling at his mouth with the bit as well as from spurring and whipping him. ... but if you teach your horse to go with a light hand on the bit, and yet to hold his head well up and to arch his neck, you will be making him do just what the animal himself glories and delights in." ~ Xenophon, The Art of Horsemanship