Sonoma Horse Park / Petaluma Trainers

[mysterymachine]

Hello, I currently board my horse up in Petaluma and am looking for a Hunter/Jumper barn that will accept haul-ins on a regular basis. I am looking for a top notch Jumper trainer who will help bring me to the next level. I am an adult amateur who wants to work on her jumping a bit more.

I have shown at Sonoma Horse Park in the past, but have never boarded there or anywhere else than my current facility. I am not looking to move, rather to haul-in to continue to grow my jumping experience.

Essentially… if you are a Jumper and you could take a lesson with any trainer locally (near Petaluma), who would that person be and why?

[KnockedOut]

As far as the trainers who are at the horse park, I always liked Hugh White’s program from watching at shows. He’s very knowledgeable and his amateurs always seemed to be having a great time. I also have heard great things about Marian Nelson’s program. I tried a few horses from Dusty Blackwood’s barn when I was shopping and she was quite nice as well. She’s run a lot of jumpers in the past so that might be a good place as well.

[Horsegirl_s_Mom]

LesAnn Leclaire, Rubicon Farms at Opus Sporthorses. She is amazingly intuitive with horses and an excellent trainer of young horses. The only thing is, she does a lot of Hunters and I’m not sure how much jumpers.

[LuLuT]

Matias Fernandez, Buena Vista Farms, is at SHP. Very talented Grand Prix jumper and super nice person, great teacher with small barn, all lessons are private.