As a Seattle native, Elizabeth is an integral part of the horse community in the Pacific Northwest. With twenty-two years of experience in the hunter/jumper industry, Elizabeth has been successfully competing up and down the West Coast since 2003, most recently at the Regional Grand Prix and National Hunter Derby levels.
Her expertise spans all show rings - training and showing jumpers, hunters, ponies, and young horses to success.
Her career in the equestrian industry started at a very young age, competing in both the Children's Pony & Pony Jumper division on her own pony, and the passion persisted into adulthood! Elizabeth began her professional career as a student at Maplewood Stables’ Horse Industry Training Program, run by the renowned Julie Winkel, in Reno, Nevada. Because of her talent, enthusiasm, and horsemanship, she was then hired and continued on as a trainer at Maplewood Stables, working beside Julie for 5 years. Aside from working closely with Winkel, she has trained with many successful clinicians, including Lina Allen, Jose Alejos, Jos Kumps, Georgie Morris, Colleen Reed, and many others. She has had great success showing jumpers through the Regional Grand Prix Level, Performance Hunters, and has successfully trained ample juniors and amateurs to great results in the equitation rings with a positive, insightful, and inspiring attitude. Her attention to detail and technical riding skills are exponentially beneficial to our program as she runs the day-to-day business, both at home and at horse shows.
The goal of her training program is to educate both horse & rider, from the ground up, in a fun, safe, and educational way, with an emphasis on technical riding to create well-rounded horsemen & women.
She believes in providing riders with a deep understanding of the basics: The foundations of flat work, the mechanics of how each horse moves, and how to treat them as individuals, to promote the greatest progression, both in their physical & mental well-being. Aside from top sport horses, Elizabeth is also passionate about starting & maintaining a healthy, well-rounded young horse, having brought along many young hunters, jumpers, & ponies herself.
Elizabeth has trained riders through success in many upper-level jumper classes, national & international hunter
derbies, and big equitation classes.
