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Sarah Lockman rode for the US Team at the 2019 Pan American Games, earning an individual Gold medal and team Silver on Summit Farm’s ‘First Apple’. Sarah debuted Apple in Grand Prix at the Adequan Dressage Festival in Florida in 2020, and has her eyes set on the Olympics. Sarah trains and competes on high performance dressage horses and pioneers the imported dressage sales program at Summit Farm in Murrieta, CA. She has 3 other horses she is bringing up through the levels, Balia, Dehavilland, and Lyamora, which all show promise for the higher FEI levels. Sarah has taught many riders and horses from Training level all the way to Grand Prix. In 2016 she had over 15 pairs of horse and rider combinations qualified for CDS/USDF Championships. She also has a very talented 4 year old that she is developing, Lyamora, and is very excited for her future! Sarah also has Balia and Dehavilland who she has trained to the Developing PSG.
Follow Sarah Lockman's Journey on IG: @sldressage
Jennifer Schrader-Williams is an International Grand Prix dressage rider and trainer developing the horse from youngster to Grand Prix. She has trained and ridden several horses to the Grand Prix level and is excited about her most recent up and coming mount. Jennifer’s current competition horse is Millione, a 16 year old Danish warmblood gelding bred by Jurgen Olson. Millione is currently competing at the Grand Prix level with scores to 73.6%. Millione has also successfully competed in the International arena at Grand Prix arena in 2018/2019 finishing 3rd in the Nationals Championships both years. Millione and Jennifer Williams were the recipient of the PNW High Performance Dressage training grant for 2019 and plan to train while in Florida with Debbie Mcdonald and Christophe Theallet in early 2020. It is Jennifer’s dream to one day represent the USA at the the Olympic games or at the World Equestrian Games.
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Rebecca Ridgon-Blake has been riding for the past 44 years and competing for 41, receiving her Bronze, Silver, and Gold medals on a horse she trained by the age of 22.
She has started over 100 horses, trained more than 60 through Third Level, over 40 through Prix St George, and 12 through Grand Prix, with 8 of the 12 Grand Prix horses personally trained from three and four-year-olds.
Rebecca has trained with her mentor, Christine Traurig, for over 20 years, as well as extensively with Guenter Seidel, Ulf Moller, Steffen Peters, Conrad Schumacher, her husband David Blake, and her mother, Arlene Rigdon.
To date, Rebecca has competed at the USEF Festival of Champions in the Intermediare I division twice, receiving Reserve Champion in 2019 and Third in 2021.
She has been invited to compete at the Young Horse Championships at the Festival of Champions in the four through six-year-old division, as well as the Developing Prix St George and Developing Grand Prix every year for the past seven years, receiving honors from fifth overall through
Reserve Champion, while competing two to three horses every year.
In 2023, she was ranked #1 in the US FEI 6 year old division with MSJ For VIP’s qualifying her to compete at the prestigious World Breeding Championships where she finished 23rd in the World and in 2024, Rebecca was again ranked #1 in the 7 year old division with MSJ For VIP’s in the US and invited to represent the US at World Breeding Championships where she placed 14th in the Big Final!
She is the first US rider to compete at WBC with the same horse two years in a row.
For the past several years, she has been on the Young Horse Emerging list with USEF as well as the Developing list, and she has received numerous invitations to train in the Young Horse, Developing, and High-Performance training program sessions.
She has coached numerous students who have gone on to receive their Bronze, Silver, and Gold medals.
Rebecca previously ran an extensive breeding program at Freedom Hill Stables training three of her foals to Grand Prix, and
she continues a small breeding program today.
She was also was a USEF ‘r’ judge (with her ‘R’ hours done) as well as completing the requirements to become a Sport Horse Judge, however her passion for training and coaching have prioritized her time, and she gave up those licenses.
Rebecca has always aspired to not only be the most patient, tenacious, correct rider and trainer possible, but also to further her career beyond National limits and push beyond International walls, earning recognition and respect in this sport globally.
Kim Kulesa trains out of Fox Canyon Farm in Somis, CA. She teaches horses and riders to reach their full potential. Her students have been top in Hawaii, California and USDF year end award winners through the FEI levels. Every year since 1985, her riders have competed and won USDF year-end awards at all levels. She and her students have earned more than thirty HCTA championships from Training to Grand Prix. She has trained 8 horses to the Grand Prix and over thirty through the various FEI levels.
Follow Kim Kulesa's Journey on IG: @kimkulesadressage
Elyse Hart is a dressage based rider out of Los Angeles, Ca. Elyse’s first memory is riding which she started doing at age 4. She quickly was swept off her feet by all things horses. This love stuck with her until her early teen years where her love of horses was overtaken by her social life in school, and eventually drugs and alcohol. Elyse has been now sober 6 years, and started riding again about 2 years ago. It was at this time that she found her heart horse “Bob”. They had a very successful season together and over 16 months took their partnership from intro level dressage to Prix Saint George. Elyse’s greatest joy in life is getting to be with Bob and a mommy to her son Jax who together have saved and reshaped her life. In November & December of 2021 both Bob and Elyse underwent different accidents leaving them with injuries keeping them both out of work for a period of time that they are still navigating. Elyse looks forward to getting back to work with Bob and seeing what is in store for them. She feels he already made her dream of developing into an FEI pair a reality, anything with hard work and love is possible.
Follow Elyse Hart's Journey on IG: @all_hart_equestrian
Laura DeCesari is the owner and head trainer at DeCesari Equestrian in Tucson, AZ. She started riding dressage at a young age and her Junior career was very successful, placing 5th individually at the NAJYRC in 2007 and she earned Team Gold for Young Riders in 2010. Now Laura competes in the upper levels and she trains and manages between 25-28 horses daily and 22 riders. Laura is currently developing 4 talented horses, Faire Well, Farentino, Flower Power, and Rossi. Laura frequently trains with Charlotte Bredahl, Niki Clarke, and was selected to ride in clinics with Laura Graves. From young and old, training level to FEI, novice to national champion, Laura and her team have a long track record of helping a diverse set of clients achieve their dressage goals.
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Molly Maloney is a USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold medalist. Molly has always had a love for the training process and strives to find harmony and balance while moving up the training scale. Never having the opportunity to ride a made horse, her success in the show ring has been based on training horse herself. Molly has a passion for young horses and loves working with them to progress them up the levels. The past two seasons she has had the opportunity to compete in multiple CDIs at small tour and medium tour. She has also been nationally ranked in the top ten on multiple horses at Third level, PSG, Int 1, and Int 2. Molly runs her own facility in Clinton Corners NY.
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