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 since 2005. When she came to me, she was working on going to the year-end championships for First Level. Melissa had a strong desire to ride the upper levels and to compete on the Young Rider team. Melissa and I have worked together to bring her and her horse up the levels. In August 2009 she competed in the Young Rider classes at the Centerline Events at HITS CDI, finishing 4^th. Melissa also competed in Prix St. Georges at Dressage at Stone Tavern in September 2009, finishing 3^rd with a score of 65%. Melissa was the ESDCTA year end champion for Jr/YR Prix St. Georges in 2008, and she has her USDF Bronze and Silver Medals.

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.

Bonnie Halka

Bonnie came to me in 2005, brand new to dressage. In 2008 she was the Region I Training Level AA Champion and is currently showing at First Level. Bonnie recently won the First Level Adult Amateur Challenge at Centerline HITS on the Hudson in Saugerties, NY, placed 2nd in First Level with scores in the 70's at the ESDCTA Schooling Show Championships and qualified to ride at First Level at the BLM Championships.

 Sam Pinto

Sam started riding dressage in 2008, and in the past year she has been concentrating on the theory of dressage. Her dedication has paid off and in her first recognized show she scored a 69% in training level and placed 2nd in her class.

 Chandel Spargo

Chandel started riding dressage in 2006. She is currently working on bring together her skills at Fourth Level, making her show debut earlier this year. She has been scoring in the 60's and is trying to qualify for the BLM Championships.