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A Deeper Look
Sarah Lawrence is an enthusiastic entrepreneur and professional equestrian rider and trainer who has extensive experience developing horses for dressage, eventing, and racing for private farms. She is European trained in classical dressage, and her foundation in the jumping derives from the theory of dressage over fences. She helps operate a high performance sales and training program with John Michael Durr. Sarah's main focus is in eventing and show jumping but also trains in hunters.
Training Philosophy
"Giving horses the confidence and skills to achieve anything imaginable. Keeping it simple and fun."
Emphasizing on quality and balance when developing a horse, Sarah provides a strong foundation of basics and dressage for each horse and individually structures the training programs to each horse's needs. She is known for producing confident, insightful horses with a wide range of experience with a solid foundation.
Sarah started learning the art of dressage and horsemanship by her trainer and mentor Christophe Theallet, and worked alongside him starting young horses and training together.
"I learned so much working with him. Christophe would tell me, 'Ask little, reward often. A great rider is someone who is willing to go back to basics and is not afraid to take a step back if it isn't working.' Christophe always reminds me 'The horse doesn't have to be perfect. They have to be rideable!' "~SL
For the love of horses
"I love the feeling that I can accomplish anything on my horses, anytime. We make it fun and simple for the horses. I've made it part of the program to do everything with them and have given them the skills and confidence prior to make this possible.
My goal is to compliment a horses strengths, enhance their weaknesses, and give them the best experience to be able to allow their riders to achieve what they want. Whether it is a trail ride or competition, the horse is equipped with the tools they need." ~ Sarah