BIOGRAPHY

Samantha is an internationally trained & certified instructor/ rider who grew up in the Netherlands, where her love for horses began, she has been on & around horses ever since. Horses has been a 'Family' business as her great grandfather trained horses for the Queen & her mother competed at the highest eventing levels back in Holland. When her family moved to Saudi Arabia, her & her mother got the opportunity to train the horses of one of Saudi's Princes. Samantha has gone on to compete, train & ride at some of the highest levels in 3 Day Eventing  & Dressage both nationally & internationally. She has worked/ridden for some of the industries lead riders such as, Buck Davidson, Boyd Martin, Jenny Jarnstrom, Capt Mark Phillips, The O'Conners etc. 

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Now, owning her own facility, she offers boarding, training & lessons. As well as putting on shows & clinics at her facility for the riding community with some of the top riders out there. She likes to keep a smaller lesson program so she can give each student the true time & attention they deserve to conquer there. riding goals. Samantha very much has a European way of teaching her riders, focusing on building the riders seat, security & position. '98% of riding is with your seat & leg' is a motto you will hear her say a lot! Always working at the horses pace whether in her training program or with her students in riding lessons. Samantha makes sure to have a laidback fun atmosphere in a structured program. Riding should still be fun, once its not... it's time to go back to basics!