Horseback Riding/Expert Profile

Expertise

I can answer any questions that have to do with Saddle Seat, Saddlebreds, and Saddle Seat Equitation and any breed that has to do with Saddle Seat. I am by no means an expert but I will try to answer your question the best I can or I will help point you in the right direction.

Experience in the area

Saddle Seat.

Organizations

When I owned a horse I was a member to the USEF, UPHA, and ASHA.

Publications

I have written or co-written articles on a website that focuses on Saddle Seat Equitation: http://regaljada.tripod.com/saddleseatequitation/index.html

Education/Credentials

15 years of riding and showing American Saddlebreds on a national level training with one of the best Saddlebred barns in the country. I have experience with giving Equitation lessons and some Saddle Seat training experience.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

I continue to learn something new everyday. I hope to one day be able to successfully train my own Saddle Seat show horses and maybe if I'm lucky instruct sucessful equitation riders.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

It started in the American South.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject

Unfortunatly there are a few bad apples in this disipline and their actions become the tales that everyone hears about Saddle Seat. Since most people do not get exposure to Saddle Seat they believe that the stories they hear are everyday practices. All I am hoping to promote is education on the subject of Saddle Seat because it is a great disipline with an interesting history.