1st lesson free
Stephen
- Rate $89
- Response 1h
$89/hr
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1st lesson free
- Horseback riding
Experienced tutor in Horseback riding in Dayton, Stephen offers private lessons tailored to your needs.
- Horseback riding
Lesson location
- online
About Stephen
Stephen teaches dedicated dressage riding students at Training level up through FEI. His emphasis is teaching the classical dressage principles as taught by The Spanish Riding School, to develop the equine athlete.
Lessons are available at his private facility located in Dayton, or he travels to other stables within approximately a 25 mile radius.
Originally from England, Stephen began his career as a working student at Millfield's Riding School, in London; a grade 4 (out of 4) teaching establishment. While working towards the British Horse Society Instructor (BHSI) certification, he participated in a student exchange program with the United States, eventually earning a position as a rider with the Royal Lipizzan Stallion Show.
After traveling throughout the U.S. and Canada with the show for several years, Stephen settled in Oregon. There, he trained with, and has been strongly influenced by Karl Mikolka, former Chief Rider of The Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria. Karl's teachings form the foundation for Stephen's philosophies.
In 1978, Stephen earned the first USDF medal ever awarded in Oregon. His horse, prophetically named Bronze, also became one of the first horses inducted into the Oregon Dressage Society Hall of Fame (posthumously), in 2011.
In 1979, Stephen was honored to be one of ten instructors chosen from across the country by the USDF to participate in shaping the first National Instructor Training Program. Today this program (now called the USDF Instructor Certification Program) has grown to encompass four levels of proficiency standards for those wishing to teach the classical concepts of dressage.
Today, Stephen maintains his special fondness for the Lipizzan breed, though he is dedicated to developing all breeds, and their riders, to reach their greatest potential!
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- All Levels
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
Horseback riding lessons offered by Stephen are tailored to each student's needs and level. Lessons can also be held online. Lessons are also available in Dayton. The first lesson is free to define learning goals and methodology.
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Rates
Rate
- $89
Pack prices
- 5h: $445
- 10h: $890
free lessons
The first lesson with Stephen will allow you to get to know each other and discuss your needs for future lessons.
- 1hr
online
- $89/h
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