Matt McLaughlin Dressage

04/08/2026

Matt McLaughlin Dressage in St Cloud, FL, is looking for a WORKING STUDENT!

The right candidate will:
-Lug and divvy out pre-processed hay and grain
-Muck out processed hay and grain
-Doctor, groom, bathe, turn out, dote on, cookie-fy, and snuggle the hay and grain processors
-Speak fluent sarcasm

Benefits include:
-Lessons with Grand Prix trainers who have turned countless hooligans into Grand Prix crossy prancy show offs and helped riders all over the US work their butts off to earn $0.50 ribbons and nickel-sized lapel pins
-Depending on your level/ability, which will develop while you’re here, the chance to ride our horses and learn upper-level movements
-A chance to earn medals - past working students have earned bronze and/or silver medals!
-A stipend

Extra benefits:
-Watch and learn and try your hand at it as Matt teaches piaffe and passage. Seriously, he’s the piaffe king!
-You’ll have no need for a gym membership. This is essentially paid cross fit!
-You get to learn cool, more unique things, like long lining and teaching tricks
-Be part of our amazing, super-supportive barn family, including the best clients
-We have 0 complete A-hole horses...(we all have our moments...).
-Get kisses from one real-life Breyer horse and hilarious looks from another: no joke - two of our horses have Breyers made for them!
-You get all the pupper snuggles you can handle.
-Popsicles. So. Many. Popsicles. It’s Florida.

Interested? Email your experience, goals, and contact info to [email protected] or text Lori at 407-908-3782.

Not interested? Please share, so we can find someone to share all our popsicles with!

01/24/2026

Charlie’s helping Dada teach again. “Everybody, listen up!” 💙🩷

12/21/2025

Why wouldn’t Charlie start with a double? 🩷🥰

11/02/2025

It was an adorable day at MMD: the littlest McLaughlin’s pony arrived!! Welcome, Kiska!! This darling Chincoteague pony is so well loved!

08/27/2025

*Rare opportunity!*
Matt McLaughlin Dressage has limited training spots available!
Do you have a lower level dressage horse you want brought up the levels? Do you need piaffe or passage put on your next Grand Prix partner? Or does your horse need a tune up? Or gaps in its training addressed?
Would you prefer guidance so you can do some of the training yourself with several lessons a week? Custom packages available! Don’t hesitate to reach out at [email protected]

08/08/2025

We’ve had a busy week of trying horses for a couple people. Eileen manged to sneak in a nap during yesterday’s flight delay! Comfy….

07/27/2025

Matt and Oda. Fun times, many years ago. 💓

Capriole!

06/24/2025

Matt McLaughlin Dressage in St Cloud, FL, is looking for a WORKING STUDENT. Position available after July 20th.

The right candidate will:
-Lug and divvy out pre-processed hay and grain
-Muck out processed hay and grain
-Doctor, groom, bathe, turn out, dote on, cookie-fy, and snuggle the hay and grain processors
-Mow and w**d eat what the ponies don’t (if you’re a farm worker)
-Speak fluent sarcasm

Benefits depend on whether you’re a farm worker or working student and may include:
-Pay - varies based on whether you’re a farm worker or working student
-Lessons with Grand Prix trainers who have turned countless hooligans into Grand Prix crossy prancy show offs and helped riders all over the US work their butts off to earn $0.50 ribbons and nickel-sized lapel pins

Extra benefits:
-Watch and learn and try your hand at it as Matt teaches piaffe and passage. Seriously, he’s the piaffe king!
-You’ll have no need for a gym membership. This is essentially paid cross fit!
-You get to learn cool, more unique things, like long lining and teaching tricks
-Be part of our amazing, super-supportive barn family, including the best clients
-We have 0 complete A-hole horses...(we all have our moments...).
-Get kisses from one real-life Breyer horse and hilarious looks from another: no joke - two of our horses have Breyers made for them!
-You get all the pupper snuggles you can handle.
-Popsicles. So. Many. Popsicles. It’s Florida.

Interested? Email your experience and contact info to [email protected] or text Lori at 407-908-3782.

Not interested? Please share, so we can find someone to share all our popsicles with!

05/29/2025

It’s time to say goodbye…

to Matt for the next 5 days! He’s off to judge and teach a couple clinics!

If you haven’t booked your clinic with him for this summer or fall, now’s the time! His 2025 calendar is filling up fast!

05/26/2025

We spent our afternoon doing a whole-family (3 households!) 20-meal prep! Prim and Lincoln (and Matt) were drooling over all the meat! 🤣