Avoid and save your horse from injury.
I hired this person to help school my mare. She did okay for awhile then got stuck in an escalating loop of backing her up. Not the tactful 3-4 steps with immediate release forward that I've been taught for 40 years from many quality trainers. This was rough hands, bad temper, 10-20 steps, yanking her back after one canter step forward. This went on for approximately 20 minutes. Then she made a remark about "not winning ". I told her she was lucky the mare hadn't fallen on her. When she got off, she said she "was surprised the mare's mouth wasn't bleeding ". Then she checked her back because she was sure she had injured her back too. I called her the next day and said she could not ride my mare like that, completely unacceptable to ride rough. We agreed to start fresh the next day. I was trying to start on a positive note so I said my expectatio was a more tactful ride. She immediately lost her temper and said I was not allowed to speak to her. No apology or admission that she was out of control and abused my mare. She was only angry that she'd been called out for abusive riding. The place is poorly maintained, manure heaped high right by the ring. Hard pass. read more