All photos courtesy of Bob Metzger

	How it started: As a child, our family spent time in Tobago; it just happened to be on the beach at a thoroughbred breeding facility. At four, I was smitten (and bitten by a yearling, which my father called the bite of love) and there was no turning back. At home in Trinidad, my father, who also loved horses, thought it was a good idea to stop by the track on the way to school. Why? To see his horse "Bluegrass" as she trained at the track, of course. Being a preteen and standing at the track watching the horses breeze, I was drunk with equine delirium. I started to ride when I was thirteen after years of pleading. Rosslyn Carr, a British Horse Society Instructor, and Patrice Stollmeyer taught a small handful of us sport horse enthusiasts through grade 4 of the BHS ranks with the very racehorses off the track. My life decisions have followed my passion ever since. At the University of Florida, I showed on the intercollegiate Florida Equestrian Team for three years and was secretary of the club for a year. After college, I moved to Maryland and worked with Kathy Harjess and Eric Herbermann at Equilibrium Horse Center. I also worked at Good News Farm in Boyds, Maryland under Caroline Jordan. Cello, my dressage horse, is by her Holsteiner stallion Cottage Boy. I moved to Los Angeles in the mid nineties with Cello and harvested a successful career in film production. There I had the fortune to successfully compete through training level Eventing in Area VI under Robyn Fisher and Jennifer Johnson and 1st level dressage with Cory Walkey. Upon moving back to Maryland in 2005, I once again got a leg up in the horse industry managing Caves Farm. I now train at Arrowhead Farm and at Wyndham Oaks in Boyds, Maryland, a beautiful dressage and eventing facility with exemplary horse care and training. Vision: I believe that goals are attainable; the challenge is to define them. Being committed to one of the most exciting sports in the world, eventing, and after riding with many prominent equestrians and established eventers, I can attest to the wealth of knowledge available to enhance daily routines. My main aim is to do a 1* with Told You So, my current project horse. My intention is to move up through the levels to international competition. At home, I work on the flat with Jaralyn Finn. I also train with Kim Severson and Boyd Martin over fences and cross country. It has unfolded into a wonderful journey.

	GOALS: Knowing full well that when working with horses, goals can be elusive with the many parameters involved. However, here is a list of goals to which I am working: 2010 To bring students along to achieve their goals To bring out the best in the horses I train Move Tex up to Preliminary Compete at USDF 3rd Level Earn USDF Bronze Medal status Attain ICP credentials at workshops Achieve ICP Certification Start my own barn and training program Work with international level competitors and trainers Create a niche for the Trinidad Equestrian Team Compete at least once a month in the Spring and Fall Season I am happy to say that several of these goals have been realized. There is so much power in writing things down! Links: 2010 Calendar Clinics The Horses: Horses

	EXPERIENCE: 1985-1989 Member of the Florida Equestrian Team/Hunt Seat Equitation 1986-1989 Participant Horse Teaching Unit University of Florida with focus on equine breeding and nutrition. 1990 Working Student under Sue Ellen Hunter Classical Dressage, Alachua, FL 1992 Working Student Equilibrium Horse Center, Crofton, MD  in Classical Dressage. 1997 Instructor Perry Mansfield, Steamboat Springs, CO beginner through advanced on the flat. 2000 - 2002 Assisted Chip Mandeville in Malibu, CA with emphasis on breaking and training young horses for the hunter/jumper disciplines. 2002-2004 Member of the Mill Creek Equestrian Center Event Team, Los Angeles, CA; instruction with Jennifer Johnson, Robyn Fisher and Cory Walkey 2005 Moved back East.... Groomed for Robyn Fisher at Chatsworth CCI*** and aided in the preparation for Rolex. Caves Farm Manager, Owings Mills, MD (45+ horses) and Event Trainer through Novice Level 2006-2008 Wyndham Oaks Management, Boyds, MD (65+ horses) Event trainer (2008); trained Dressage through 3rd Level and Eventing through Training Level 2008 US leg of Allison Springer's barn when she competed in Pau, France at the 2008 World Cup. Flatted and hacked 6 competition horses and rehabbed 1 contender recovering from injury. Kept the 10 horse operation running at competition level until her return. Groomed for Allison at events and kept barn running during competition time. Hosted the Boyd and Silva Martin Clinic at Morven Park to rave reviews. 2009 to the present Hosted Kim Severson Clinic at Wyndham Oaks, sharing an opportunity for local riders to Kim's incredible espertise. Freelance Trainer, Boyds, MD Rickman Horse Farm Training Experience: Trained young horses for pleasure riding, 3' jumpers, 3rd level dressage and up to training level eventing. Trained with Kim Severson, Boyd Martin, Allison Springer, Robyn Fisher Allison Springer - Working Student Fall 2008 Dressage: Jaralyn Finn. Click here for Jaralyn's Website Achievements: 2004 8th Place at Area 6 Championships at Novice and Training 2007 Qualified for AEC Championships 2008 Qualified for BLM Chamionships with Cello Currently showing 3rd Level Dressage with Cello toward earning a USDF bronze medal Currently showing Training Level Eventing with Told You So Member of USEF, USEA and USDF.