Audrey is great! Very much about creating a well rounded equine. I especially love her mule Porter. It is so much fun to watch them go around a mountain trail course at one show and put up great dressage scores at the next show.
I have known Audrey forever and while she would be a great choice for an Old Skool, Knows Sh!t-From-Shineola “good amateur,” I don’t think she wants to be way into HunterWorld anymore.
That said, her horsemanship is outstanding, as is her standard of care for horses and her professionalism.
Another person who might be similar (but I don’t know as well) is Judy Brawley, near Salem. She will be a bit of a drive from Eugene or Portland. Her business is small, but she knows a lot and does a good job with the horses. I haven’t had a horse in training with her, but I have been around her farm.
I think her barn will be far less of a big machine/scene than will, say, Oz be.
I would second that- brand new facility in Wilsonville! Phillipa Fraser and Jim- Side by Side
Vickie Zacharias at Rain Creek. She is ah-mazing and is very eax y to get along with. Her facility is nice and her indoor is ginormous and well kept. Her horses al look happy and healthy and her students all do well at shows.
Plus she’s just this side of affordable.
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From your new information, you have plenty of choices! I show a mix of rated/local (and Portland has a thriving local show scene, lots of one day opportunities with great venues/jumps). If you do a mix of local and rated, then Oz (the Campfs) are not a good pick–they don’t do local–they are a big, A show barn with all the amenities. Great program, but probably heading in the “control freak” path you are trying to avoid in that they have a “program”.
Ditto Side by Side, Zona, Creekside, Triple Rise–never see them at local shows. Swan Training, Cornerstone, Libbi Peltz, and several other small and middle size programs do the local/rated scene.
There are 6-7 weeks of outdoor rated shows ( along with 3 built in one day local shows) in Wilsonville, OR from June to August each year. So centering oneself in the Portland/Wilsonville/Oregon City area is good. There is traffic in Portland, so picking a barn and a house on the same side of the city is good.
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Actually they do do local, as the Campfs are part owners of the summer circuit with Triple Rise, in Wilsonville…they do every show @ Hunter Creek. 
They do go down to Thermal, if you don’t go you are left at home with a top trainer assistant and sometimes Jeff’s Mom comes in to coach as well. You also don’t have to do the whole Thermal circuit, they have amateurs that come in for 2-3 weeks to fit their schedules.
You might check out Fruition Farm in Redmond if you’re scoping out bend. The dressage instructor there showed hunters for a long time and is still active in the H/J world. I ride with her for dressage (she comes through CA pretty regularly) and love her! The barn owner is an eventer but I think the atmosphere is very open. I’m not sure how much boarding is available but can’t hurt to give them a call.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fruition-Farm/644047639016351
Pony Alter-- by local, I and the OP meant schooling/C level shows, not “in Oregon” shows. This is a pretty old thread, too. Oz is a great program, but they usually don’t do one day schooling shows 
I second Vicki. Great woman and trainer
