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Artisan Dressage is located in the foothills of the Cuyamaca Mountains in East San Diego County. Our dressage philosophy integrates harmonious understanding between the horse and rider while fostering the skills needed to excel in the competitive world.
We are a mother / daughter team offering lessons and training locally and will travel for clinics. Our small facility in El Cajon is usually full so we also train out of Hazy Meadow Sport Horse Center in Lakeside. Training influences are many but our close relationship with Debbie McDonald plays a prominent role in our philosophies and techniques. Obviously our big stories are Katie’s accomplishments at NAJYRC and also CDS S. Calif. Young Rider Championships held in August. She and Millenium “Milo” won the FEI Championships as well there too!! Elizabeth rides daily but has had to curtail competition for a while as we have focused on Katie’s quest to reach these goals.
January 29th, 2010
Its a new era for us. Katie is settled in in Germany, the barn at home is busy and we are looking forward to the upcoming season. We survived the tornado warnings (of all things) here in El Cajon. Only lost a tack shed but all of its contents were dry!!! I felt so sorry for the horses. The wind really scared them. The amount of rain was amazing but we are back at work which makes a lotof happy horses. The last 2 clinincs were cancelled due to weather and related damage. I hope we can get back to them next month. I am not sure how to handle the lack of travel after the hustle of the holidays and Katie being gone, but am enjoying the daily rhythem of the barn. I welcome a new working student, Raquel. She is replacing Jenna who needed to persue her education and work. Heather also joined us a couple months ago cleaning a couple days a week. Without the help of these two and Ellie I am not sure how I would do it all! I enjoyed sharing the training video of Pam’s mare Urbana who is learning her changes. Its so hard to coordinate the man power to get these videos done! We plan on showing her at the Dressage Affaire in March.
December 22nd, 2009
Merry Christmas to everyone. Cozy by the fire, wrapping presents leisurely, sipping cider………….Yeah right…..Every horse owner’s dream if they have them at home! More like, out in the rain, slogging through mud, making miniature nile rivers, checking blankets for dryness and waiting for the footing to dry! All for the love of our big friends that work so hard. So bring on the coffee to have the energy to do it all!!
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