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Amy Becker has
also been riding since she was 4 years old. She has
been teaching lessons for 5 years and is currently
a Junior at Houghton College majoring in
business and minoring in equestrian studies.
Amy got her first horse, Mr. Wonderful, at age 15
and says, "He is well worth waiting for." Her dream is
that they will make it to the Olymics
together. Amy and Wonder have
jumped 4'3" and have a passion for eventing and
enjoy constant improvement in dressage work.
Amy has trained for 2 years with Carel
Eijkenar and has won many ribbons i ncluding a couple of
championships. They have competed at the Stuart Horse Trials
and the GVRDC, and the Genesee Valley Hunt
as well as others. The highlight of
last year (2005) was placing 3rd
of 31 riders in open novice division of the Stuart Horse
Trials. 2006 Stuart Horse trials were also great coming in 10th in
the much more difficult Championship division. Eventing
is her passion and Trinity is excited to have her as
part of their instruction team. Amy is also gifted with
children as well as adult riders.
Kim Strauss, ARI Certified Instructor- (Back up-Fill
In Instructor)
Kim is an ARI Certified Instructor (American Riding Institute
Instructor) and has been teaching for over 13 years. Kim is
incredibly encouraging and talented horse woman who comes down from
Rochester to fill in periodically when Amy is on the show
circuit. Kids and parents alike LOVE Kim and if you took one
lesson you'd see why! Also, Kim is pursuing her natural
horsemanship certification with Frank Bell's 7 step safety system,
therefore you can have a ground work lesson with Kim & your own
horse or with one of Trinity's lesson horses.
A bit about our founding instructor who is in Africa as
of 8/05. Also read Trinity's Hope for more information about
Sarah.
Sarah Haver A lifelong horse lover, Sarah Haver
has been riding and showing horses since the age of 8. A
graduate of the well known Houghton College equestrian program,
Sarah was CHA certified in 2000 and has taught over 300 riders, some
of which have become horse trainers themselves! A competitive
rider, she has won hundreds of ribbons in hunter/jumpers, dressage,
eventing, equitation, and western pleasure. Riding her gelding
Classy Jingo, she was named West Virginia State Champion at age
16. She has also won numerous championships on her beloved
Paint gelding Oklahoma Pine (Opie, shown
right), now a popular Trinity lesson horse! She has had the
privilege of riding with and learning from such top trainers as
Jo-Anne Young, Cathy Daggett, Molly Siverwright, and Walter
Zettl.
Click here http://www.kvhashow.com/Spotlights/Tara.htm
to read an article about one very dedicated student that Sarah
was lucky enough to work with!
Testimonial: "I've been taking
lessons from Sarah for over a year and half now, she's great!
She has such a positive attitude and is so encouraging, it makes my
lessons so fun. That and she really speaks in a way that I can
easily understand." Chrissy Gibson (current student)
Sarah riding, Classy Jingo, at the State
Championship
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