Horse Connection Center

Get To Know The HCC Professionals

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  Silver Cup Training ~ Ariane Rezvani

  Silver Cup Training is a small, full time horse training operation focusing on dressage. I have 30 years of teaching and training experience that includes a lifetime of riding. I have operated my business for the last 18 years out of Golden Hills Farm located in Paso Robles, California. I am also the farm manager. Only a limited number of horses and students are taken to ensure that both horses and riders receive the help or training they need to succeed. Please check with me to see what the status is of current availability. Each client receives one on one time to determine needs and goals. A strategy is put in place that allows the client and trainer to quickly identify if goals are on track. Evaluations are done throughout the year to make any necessary adjustments. Goals can be simple or extensive, in the end the journey is yours....
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  Mountain View Sport Horses

  Mountain View Sport Horses is located in San Luis Obispo and is owned by Jackie Ahl-Eckhaus. The farm is dedicated to breeding and training quality dressage prospects for the professional and amateur rider. Over the course of 20 years the breeding program, which began as a dream has blossomed into a reality with success in the breeding ranks of the KWPN-NA, open Sport Horse breed shows and open dressage competitions through the FEI levels. The goal is simple, find the best bred and talented stallions to pair with the farms well bred and talented mares. As a breeder, it gives Jackie great pleasure to compete and win with the horses she has bred, raised and trained. The primary focus of MVSH is breeding Dutch Warmbloods. Selecting the best dressage bloodlines through the use of frozen semen, Jackie is able to continually improve the quality. Movement, conformation and disposition are bred...
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  Katrina Sanders Classical Equitation

  Do you desire to work towards seamless transitions, perfect rhythm and precise control over your horses tempo? The process of developing advanced levels of communication is highlighted in the new disciplines of Cowboy Dressage® and Western Dressage. Designed with the western horse in mind, both organizations honor the time tested philosophies of classical dressage, keeping the physical, mental and emotional balance of the horse in the forefront of training and competition. While partnership with the horse is the desire of all riding disciplines, for Cowboy Dressage® and Western Dressage this is the central idea behind training, coaching, showing and judging. Both organizations emphasize the utilization of classical dressage principles to enhance the western horse, regardless of breed or background. Many horses who compete are also active competitors in other western disciplines and riders find that using dressage training principles improves the overall balance and quality of all work. Here are...
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  Michael Johnston Photography

  Michael Johnston is a retired educator pursuing her dream of producing fine art photographs with emphasis on equines. Her love for photography began as a child inspired by her aunt who took stunning black and white photos and developing them in her darkroom. Horses at liberty are a special inspiration in Michael’s work. Michael developed her keen eye and aesthetic through years of independent study and honed her craft in digital photography at Light Photographic Workshops, Los Osos with instructors Hal and Victoria Schmitt, among others. She studied with equine fine art photographers Tony Stromberg, Scott Trees, Carien Schippers and Sherron Sheppard; and continues to explore new methodologies through online training. In May, 2016, Michael traveled to Portugal with Tony to photograph Lusitano horses at various stud farms around Lisbon. Michael notes, “Photographing horses at liberty and wranglers doing what they do are my focus. I want to capture the...