She is a USDF Silver medalist and has schooled all FEI level dressage movements. Heather has competed 15 (+) horses in recognized competition since 1997 in New England and Wellington, FL. She held an assistant training position with Jennifer and Beth Baumert and prior to that a working student position with Bill Warren. Through her years Heather has ridden in many clinics with Kathy Connelly, Conr
ad Schumacher, Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel, George Williams, and many others. She receives semi-regular help from Bill Warren. Heather finds enjoyment in working with a range of different types of horses, level of horse/rider combinations and training situations. She has retrained horses with training “issues”, been involved with injury rehabilitation, trained young horses through upper level movements, among other situations. Heather currently works with advanced dressage riders, but has students in nearly every discipline. Heather is keenly aware of the importance of fitness, groundwork, and “way of thinking” to the success of a horse and rider relationship. She works mainly out of Totman Farm in Topsham, but travels for weekly sessions to a number of different farms within a one hour radius of Yarmouth, Maine and further for clinics.
