Information
2020 Services offered:
* Horse in training at Karver's Creek
* Board at Karver's Creek (plus lesson packages available)
* Coaching for haul-in guests
* Clinics
* Travel-to lessons in Summerfield area.
* Working student position is available!! This is not a live-in position. Experience is necessary to apply. Abilities determine compensation. (This position is currently filled. Please apply for next season)
We invite You!
Please call and inquire. We can work together to figure out what is best for you. Join me on the equestrian learning journey. I would love to work with you and your horse.
336-337-6894
Horse shows:
It is not necessary to be interested in showing to be welcome at Karver's Creek. All horses are conditioned and cared for as equine athletes. Happiness and joy are top priorities. However, Jeanne and many students have earned great success at competitions, enjoy the show environment, and welcome new friends.
Biography:
Raised on a farm that boarded horses and harvested hay in Indiana, dressage education was always my primary interest. However, dressage was not yet popular in the midwest, so opportunities were limited. We jumped, showed western games, drove pony carts and rode in parades. I was surrounded by many breeds and personalities of horses. After graduating from Purdue University, I finally enjoyed the advantage of mobility. I worked at professional barns in several locations throughout the U.S. and learned from many wise and generous people. I decidedly focused on dressage while gaining more skills in ground training and health management of the equine athlete.
Even though I still cross train all the horses in my charge, I focus my performance goals exclusively in dressage and enjoy competition. My personal horse, Wonder, is showing Grand Prix currently. I raised and trained Wonder her entire life. I love the privilege of showing other owner's horses too. Sanibelle, is also schooling Grand Prix as a horse-in-training. I am happy to begin at the earliest level and work to the highest ability of the horse. Recently I purchased Sublime SWS ("Murphy"). My working student, Morgan Hiller, and I have backed him. As a three year old he is not doing much dressage yet but tracks around cheerfully under saddle on trails, fields and arena, some. I love his elastic, flowing, movement and look forward to training him. I love trails, cavaletti, small jumps, performance tricks, breed shows, ground manners, trailer training, grid work and most of all, riding dressage!
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