Where is a good dressage barn in the Seattle area?

Question

I recently moved to the Seattle area and I'm trying to find a good place to take some dressage lessons. I have no horse and not a lot of money, so I'm hoping to take a lesson or two a week on a school horse. I'm very classically trained so I hope to find a trainer with the same outlook on riding. Thanks!

Answer 1

Well, first of all, congrats on the new horse! I wish you many happy hours of training together.

Ok I have found a couple of places that look very good.

1) Tower Lane farm, 45 minutes outside seattle. Specializes in classical training ( i think they may teach airs above the ground)

their web site is: www.towerlanefarm.net

2) San Sebastian Equestrian Center. They seem like a big showy barn if you are more into that than the actual technical side of dressage.

web sire: sansebastianec.net

3)Donida Farm: Not really focusing too much on the dressage, but it is present.

web site: www.donidafarm.com

Well, I hope that was helpful.

Good luck in your riding!

Answer 2

Donida is great, but they are more of a 3 day eventer or jumper barn.

- Debbi Martin at Havilah Equestrian Center in Enumclaw. I havent heard much about her, but she seems to have a significant amount of experience. and the facility she is at is VERY nice. My barn used to be there, before it sold.

http://www.martindressage.com/about.htm

- Equi-Librium Equestrian, they seem like a nice facility.very showy.

http://www.equilibriumequestrian.com/

- San Sebastian, havent heard anything bad about them.

http://www.sansebastianec.net/

- Bear Creek, they seem like a nice dressage facility too

http://www.bearcreekdressage.com/contact...

I dont much of any dressage barns because I'm a 3 day eventer and i used to ride the hunter/jumper circuit, so if you want to go with an eventing trainer, you could still learn lots from them because they are almost all arounds and need to know tons of dressage. I ride, train, and board my horse in Enumclaw, and event all over WA!!

You might need to go through a deep search to find the perfect barn, it took me 4 months, because there arent too many barns in western WA, well good ones. But just keep looking, maybe pick up so local equestrian magazines too.

good luck!