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There are a number of people "out there" who do that sort of thing.  But before you select someone, do a LOT of asking around.  Get references, talk to riders and see how the person is thought of among their peers (other riders who have been in the sport for a number of years).  Talk to ride vets who have vetted that person's horses over the years...ask if they think the person would someone good to learn from.  Just make sure you do your homework ahead of time...I'll stop with that.

 

Dawn in East Texas

 

On 3/27/07, Linda Mirams <lbm@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Asking a question like this is a lot like asking "Has Endurance Eaten
from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil?" but I figure the time has
come...

Who out there is an *Professional* endurance trainer?

That is, who out there *teaches* endurance (or ECTRA or NATRCA) to
students and their horses for pay?

Whose barn takes paying students and their horses that they train
to do competitive trail and/or endurance riding?

Whose barn takes clients and their horses to competitive trail/endurance
rides and shepherds them through the event for a fee?

Whose barn finds competitive trail horses/endurance horses or prospects
for clients, for which they collect an agent's fee?

Whose barn trains and conditions competitive trail horses/endurance horses
for clients using professional staff, which the client then rides
themself in an actual event?

Whose barn trains and conditions competitive trail horses/endurance
horses for clients using professional staff, which the *professional*
(or their staff/son/daughter) then rides in the actual event (for pay),
while the client then enjoys the public prizes/accolades?

Where and how do these people advertise their services?

In short, if I want to have the same kind of "deal" with a professional
trainer to learn to do ECTRA/NACTRA/AERC--and become "successful" at it--
that I would make with a hunt/jump, or dressage, or QH show trail, or
(lord help us) saddleseat trainer (any breed), who is out there (with
a record of success) that I could hire to teach me and my horse?

Linda Mirams












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