• Awarded a place on the USEF Long List
• Invited to the USEF team training sessions
• Invited to accompany the U.S. team to Germany
• Successful in the International Grand Prix ring and 2006 World Equestrian Games
• A guest judge and test rider at the Pavo Cup in Holland and for the Danish National Championship for 5 year olds

Heather continues to be a successful, professional rider and maintains a busy schedule of lessons, clinics and symposiums in Denmark, England and throughout the U.S. More information about Heather is available at her Web site.

A USDF Gold and Silver Medalist, Joan Bolton has also been short-listed for the Pan American Games and 2000 Olympics. She is a student of Sandy Howard, Olympic medalist Gunter Seidel, and Mary Wanless. Everyone at DHF wants to participate in Joan’s clinics. Her patience and approach to teaching creates success for all levels of riding competency.

She has competed with many horses throughout the years, such as: “Epernay” in The Pan Am Selection Trials; and, for three years with “Aristocrat” at the Grand Prix Level. Joan Bolton continues to work full-time in the equine business training both horses and riders at all levels. More information available at her Web site.

Dorothy Crowell came to DHF for the first time in May 2010. We fell in love with her! Dubbed the “hometown hero” of the tri-state are (Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana), she is a local favorite as well as a world renown competitor.

Dorothy Crowell is a Level IV USEA Certified Instructor with an impressive career:

• Member of the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Teams
• Winner of the Silver Medal at the World Championships at the Hague in 1994
• Winner of the first USET Four Star Championship at Rolex

For the past few years Crowell has focused on being a wife, mom, and teacher, with students at every level. She trains and teaches out of her Frankfort home at Sycamore Hill Farm. Recently, Crowell competed in her first CCI**** since her daughter was born, riding a Kentucky-bred Thoroughbred named Radio Flyer. The pair finished a respectable fifteenth at the Pau CCI**** in France and at this year’s Rolex, Dorothy’s first time back in 10 years, the pair finished 22 of 43 starters. Crowell currently competes three horses at the upper levels. One is a warmblood cross that is great on the flat (the dressage phase); the other two are Thoroughbreds. “If you asked me which one I would rather ride on cross-country, it would be the Thoroughbred hands down every time,” said Crowell, tapping into her family’s Thoroughbred roots. “An old-fashioned event rider is always going to feel more comfortable on a Thoroughbred. I am a card-carrying member of the club.” (Source: Jeannie Blancq Putney’s “Local Talent” article.

Look for Dorothy to visit DHF on a regular basis. Visit Dorothy’s Web site.

Ms. Howard’s clinics reveal how modern-day biomechanics research enables riders to improve communication with their horses in the centuries-old equestrian art of dressage. Click here for more information about Sandy.

Mary Wanless’ ‘Ride With Your Mind’ approach is a tremendous advance in teaching and learning. It shows any rider how to organize her mind and body in the same way as the riders we call ‘talented’. This enables each person to learn the same feels and to achieve the same results. The techniques used are very streamlined. By increasing the rider’s body awareness and using images which help her understand both what to do and how to do it, incredible improvements can be obtained in a very short time, defying traditional expectations.

Clinics are designed to include riders at all levels, from novices to upper level competitors. Visit her Web site to learn more about her biomechanics-based approach to teaching.