I am moving to Vandenberg in less than a month and am looking for recommendations for a dressage trainer near there. I know there are lots in the LA and Moorpark area, but that is a bit too far to go regularly. To make this harder, I will need a lesson horse as I just lost my mare. I am part leasing a horse in Goleta, but not sure if trailering out for lessons will be an option yet. I’m trying to keep the commute to an hour or less from Vandenberg. If the trainer doesn’t have a school horse I may be open to a partial lease if there are any available and in my budget.
I have shown through 3rd level, but I haven’t been in consistent lessons for the last year. I mostly just want to keep learning though, and since I am semi-horseless I don’t have a specific level I want to train for or anything like that. I mostly want to be better able to help my green lease horse learn and continue to try to be a better rider. I won’t have my own horse again for bit, but I also want to be preparing for when that happens. I likely will not have the budget for anything that isn’t green, so I want to be improving my skills for when that day comes.
