SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATTIONS
� Forty years experience as a professional horsewoman in the hunter/jumper industry in the US.
� Lifelong interest and background in the horse world in the US and Europe.
� Special talent and proven record of successful teaching and coaching skills.
� Exceptional record showing hunters and jumpers and training, coaching winners in all divisions.
PROFFESIONAL EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1993-2003 Co-manager/Coach/Teacher LEGACY HUNTERS & JUMPERS INC., Redmond, WA
� Current student champions:
Darcy Milne - Champion Equitation Indio 2001, 2002
Competed Medal Finals (Harrisburg) 2002
Won Spring National Grand Prix 2003
2nd Evergreen Classic Grand Prix 2003
Jessi Kempin � Champion Indio 2001
Winner in High Junior/Amateur Jumpers 2002, 2003
Competed in Pebble Beach Open Jumper Derby 2002, 2003
6th Evergreen Classic Grand Prix 2003
Qualified USET Finals 2003
Betsy Christianson � Qualified for Medal Finals
Best child Rider Evergreen Classic 2003
2nd Zone 9 US Equestrian Hunter Seat Finals
Liz Crowell � Qualified and competed indoors 1995
Won $10,000 Hunter Classic Menlo Circus Club 1995 (Rox Don)
Theodore Vaskevitch � Showed High Junior/Amateur Jumpers 2000, 2001
Won Bronze Medal North American Young Riders Championship 2001 (La Noche)
� Mentored and Coached:
Jim Dahlquist � Leading professional hunter rider with championships at Indio,
Pebble Beach, Del Mar, Show Park, Thunderbird and many year-end
championships.
Shelly Kerron � Northwest hunter jumper rider who runs the successful Legacy Stables. Qualified and showed at Capital Challenge 2000 (Excel). Selected and developed the horse currently 2nd in the country, junior hunter (Bellingham Bay).
� Judged:
2003 � Judged Anderson Ranch Summer show, Calgary, Alberta COHJA Year End Finals
2001 � CET Western Regional Finals
2001 � Thunderbird Fall Finals
� Clinics:
2002 � Conducted a clinic in Calgary with Claudia Cojocar and Barb Mitchell to clarify and promote attaining level III coaching credentials to professionals in western Canada.
1990-1993 Manager/Teacher/Coach/Site Development KIRKLAND HUNT CLUB, Kirkland, WA
� Consulted in design and construction of major equestrian facility.
� Developed successful riding program fir Kirkland Hunt Club.
� Conducted selection and prepared horses Goodwill Games, Seattle 1990.
� Coached and trained competitors for Spruce Meadows up to intermediate level 1991, 1992
1985-1990 Sport Horse Breeding: Developed major regional and sport horse breeding and competition programs.
� Managed breeding program for the stallion �Truck Driving Man�.
� Originated Northwestern Sport Breeders Association.
� Founded the Breeders Showcase
� Pioneered The International Hunter Futurity and was one of the four original founders.
� Served as IHF President 1988, 1989
� Developed and sold offspring of �Truck Driving Man� including �Mistral winner of the IHF Finals, Washington DC 1996.
Mentored and Coached: Laura Tibdall-Balisky, Bo Mearns, Shaina Masters-Humphrey, Jim Dahlquist
1979-1985 Co-owner/Manager/Trainer/Teacher RIDGECREST FARM, Tigard, OR
� Raised, developed and sold �Revlon�s Adam�, USET team member, Nation�s Cups Europe and US.
� Selected, developed and sold �Steer Clear�, the only junior jumper to win all his classes at Harrisburg including the �Prix De States�
� Selected and sold �One For Dad�, Green Hunter Champion, Harrisburg and New York.
� Selected, showed and sold �What�s up Doc�, nationally famous junior hunter.
� Raised, showed and stood at stud �Truck Driving Man� to championships on the Florida circuit, St. Louis and Trader�s Point.
� Trained then mentor: Brad Laird and Jeff Cook
� Coached Zone 9 Prix De States, Harrisburg, PA
� Coached Zone 9 Young Riders Competition, Maple Ridge, BC
1969-1979 Rider/Teacher/Coach SUNWOOD FARM, Beaverton, OR
� In addition to showing in the northwest, we showed both hunters and jumpers and won at The Cow Palace, The Forum (LA), Monterey National, Calgary Alberta, Vancouver BC, Cape Cod Mass., Oakbrook IL, and Chagrin OH.
� Won the first grand prix offered in the northwest �City of Roses� Grand Prix.
� Member of winning team �Time Zone Classic� Buffalo, WY.
� Four-time winner Hunter Classic, Pacific International (PI).
� Held the women�s indoor Puissance at 7� (Man Alive) set at the Seattle International.
� Developed and managed the Country Classic, Wilsonville, OR 1975-1978.
1964-1968 Rider/Teacher/Coach PORTLAND RIDING ACADEMY, Garden Home, OR
� Started in business with the help and support of Carolyn Atkinson, Tom Blackiston, and Jimmy Williams.
� Showed regionally then nationally with horses purchased and developed locally. Won at all major west coast horse shows
� Mentored by George Morris, Gene Cunningham and Arthur Hawkins.
CURREENT REFERENCES
Linda Hough, George Morris, Jeff Cook, Judy Richter, Jimmy Lee, Larry Langer, Jim Dahlquist and Shelly Kerron
