About Us:

Jaime was born and raised in New Jersey and as a child showed a strong interest in horses.  She started riding at the age of 7 and shortly after she began dressage became her main focus.  At a young age Jaime had many opportunities to ride with Olympic competitors and USEF "S" judges and made the most of those opportunities.  She made her way up through the levels as a working student first working for Gail Carmona.  With Gail, she gained her experience with young horses, which included in-hand training, backing and dressage training, as well as giving these youngsters their first show experience.   She built on this experience when she moved on to work for Michael Barisone, where she trained and showed upper level horses to Intermediate I.

Jaime now has her own thriving business in New Jersey teaching and training.  In the short time she’s been in business, she has gained many happy clients.  She has taken beginners working on Training Level test 1 to successfully compete at First Level and she has taken First level students to showing Fourth and working on Prix St. Georges at home.   

Jaime is patient and hard working and her dedication to the happiness and health of both horse and rider is constant.  She has an innate ability to understand just what is needed to unlock the potential of both horse and rider, all the while making it a fun journey for all involved.  She comes to the barn with happy energy every day, and her love of horses and the sport itself is evident in everything she does.

Jaime's Students:

One of my passions is my students.  I have worked with most of them for the last 6 years and have been lucky enough to have them as devoted to me as I am to them.  Many are showing and doing very well, riding from Training Level up to Prix St. Georges with scores in the mid 60’s. I also have students that just ride for fun we set small goals and work on putting pieces together slowly, while having fun. I would like you to meet some of my students:

Melissa Reese

Melissa has been with me for the past 3 years. When Melissa came to me she was working on going to the year end championships for first Level. Melissa has a strong desire to work on riding the upper levels and trying out for the young riders team. Melissa and i have worked together on bring her and her horse up the levels. Melissa finished up 2007 by going to the BLM's and placing 3^rd with a score of 62%. We started 2008 with Melissa coming to Florida with me for part of the season. Showing her first Prix St. Georges at the Wellington Classic Dressage Challenge I, Melissa scored a 64% and came in second. This summer Melissa is looking forward to working on her Prix St. Georges and having fun!  

Melissa & Wister

Kathryn Reese

Kathryn started riding with me in 2001 before I went away for more training. At that point Kathryn was about 6 years old and came with goal – to turn LEFT!  Kathryn shortly learned how to turn left and even started showing intro, and winning! When I started my own business Kathryn and I started working together again. Kathryn and I have been back together for 3 years now. She is now 16 and just finished up the 2007 show season riding First Level at recognized shows with scores in the 60’s and she came in 5^th at the BLM’s. In 2008 we are thinking about second level.

Donna Payton

Donna is an adult amateur who came to me in 2005 with her Dutch warmblood, Marston.  Marston and Donna had ridden First level and done well. Donna was looking to move on to Second level. Donna and I worked out a plan, and worked through the show season of 2006. In 2007 Donna came out showing second level and held her own receiving scores of 59% and 60%. In 2008 we plan on coming back out at second level and working on feeling confident in the show ring!  

Grace DiNicola

Grace was the first person who came to me when I started my new business. Grace and Flash were working on Intro level at some of the local schooling shows. They received scores in the  70's so Grace and I thought it would be a good idea to move on to training level. We took the plunge and Grace started out at some schooling shows. With scores of 55%  we decided to go home for the winter and school at home. The next show season Grace was receiving scores in the high 50's and low 60's. This year Grace decided to come with me to Florida for the season and we are going to give training level a shot at some of the recognized shows. 

I also have quite a few students who prefer to stay at home and are not interested in showing. I enjoy teaching them as well. Mostly, it is about having fun while being safe.