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Featured Facility
Fox Valley Farm
East Bay of San Francisco
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Located in the East Bay of San Francisco, California, Fox Valley Farm is dedicated to training student and horse bringing out the best of their abilities in the disciplines of Hunter / Jumpers and Equitation.
Fox Valley Farm is owned and operated by Kathy Robertson. Seeing a need to help students develop the skills to enjoy riding for both pleasure and competition, Kathy has developed exercises for each level of rider of all ages, tailoring programs to suit each riders individual needs.
For those students that have had discouraging encounters and experiences in the past, Kathy is a horsewoman who helps her students gain back the enjoyment in riding while building their skills as riders. Many of her students have been with her for several years. Some have even gone on to become equestrian professional themselves. All have gained valuable skills they still ride with today from a horseperson with a wealth of experience and knowledge to share.
Kathy is equally enthusiastic about her school horses, saying simply, "I have the best!"
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Featured Business
Lionheart Ranch
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Bethany has been training and showing horses for over 30 years, specializing in an intuitive yet systematic approach to opening the harmonious communication between horse and rider. She has competed in Dressage through Intermediare, ridden and trained through all the Grand Prix movements and participated in many exhibitions internationally, demonstrating all of the High School movements.
As a Junior/Young Rider Champion, Bethany was personally chosen and mentored by Ukranian classical riding master and Olympian Dressage rider, Mykola Pawlenko. She was also invited to live and train for three years with German Reitlehrer, Wolfgang May, a student of Willi Schultheis. After training and showing upper level Dressage for many years as well as managing many stables across the country, Bethany became an Assistant Head Trainer and Principal Rider for the Royal Lipizzan Stallion Show under Gerhard Ablinger (who would ask her to take over training of his horses when he went overseas). And, although she did not take the position, Bethany was the first woman to ever be hired as a trainer/coach for Tempel Farms in 2002...... Read More
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An informative column presented by Lisa Lerch Esq. of Legal Equestrian
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We encourage you to submit questions for Lisa, as she will be happy to address the answers here on SoCalEquine.com for all to read.
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Q: I relied on my trainer to help me sell my mare. I told her I would like to get $45,000.00 for her and she agreed that in her opinion that was a fair price. She ultimately was able to sell the mare to one of her other clients and I received $40,000.00 for the sale of the horse. I was happy with the transaction until the new owner contacted me on Facebook and I found out she purchased the horse for $60,000.00. Apparently, my trainer pocketed a $20,000.00 commission. I thought my trainer was doing me a favor by helping me sell my horse. I had no idea the horse sold for that amount and I never would have paid her a $20,000.00 commission.
What can I do now?
Full Answer Here
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