I started out as a horse crazy eleven year old.  My first horse was, Maplestreet, a four year old Thoroughbred directly off the track.  She was a challenging horse to ride and an even greater challenge to connect with.  I competed her in hunter/jumpers, 3 Day eventing, dressage and hack.  

I taught in the Pony Club. I learned to train horses from the ground up.  I craved a better relationship with my horses and I discovered liberty.  Liberty brought joy to my horses and they started leaving their pasture and friends to come into the arena to work and play with me.

I also had a passion for dressage, but wasn't a big fan of the dressage that is in the show scene.  Fast forward thirty years and I'm training Maplestreet's daughter and granddaughter.  I practice the Academic Art of Riding.  I travel to Europe three times a year to study this style of working horses. We approach horse training with the care one might put into building a cathedral.  Liberty is a passion of mine and it fits solidly into the Academic Art because we care about the relationship above all else.