Training
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Rachel West
ARS Trainer / Instructor
Rachel and Trip
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Rachel has been riding for 16 years, and has been showing, training, and training under top trainers for many of those. She fell in love with horses at the age of 5 watching an episode of Sesame Street, but did not start riding until the tender age of 7. She has successfully shown in Western, Hunt Seat, and Saddleseat, as well as in Driving and Halter classes and brings with her the skills to develop young riders. Rachel graduated from Front Range Community College Equine Program in 2009. She has trained under many of the top Instructors in Colorado, and spent 2 summers working under a well-known trainer in North Carolina. Multiple and diverse instructors have taught her to formulate a variety of ways to help students learn better, while incorporating a fun atmosphere and safe experience while riding. Recently, she apprenticed at a riding club in Evergreen, Colorado, using her skills to teach horseback riding lessons and to train horses. Prior to that, she worked in a daycare for 2 years during college, which provided an excellent base to combine young students and horses with everything horses have to offer. Her primary goal as a Riding Instructor is to provide a safe, fun, and exciting experience while her students learn about horses and enjoy the company of horses and other students. We at A Rising Star welcome Rachel to the Rising Star family and proudly recommend her as and instructor and a promising new member of our training staff! Contact atrippuptown@hotmail.com
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Lauren hasbeen riding for 19 years, and has been training, instructing, and developing her skills for the last 7 of those in both Western and Hunt Seat disciplines as well as spending a number of years as a trail guide. Lauren has shown in countless gymkhanas and is currently showing her mare, Bonnie, in the NBHA (National Barrel Horse Association) and in the MHBHA (Mile High Barrel Horse Association) having done extremely well and landing in the money with both organizations. She worked under Kris Pratt for 5 years starting young horses and working with students, and most recently under Mark Boyle. She is qualified to train for lower level Western Pleasure and Hunt Seat Pleasure, and specializes in starting the young horse, fixing any problem you may encounter with your horse regardless of age, and working with and conditioning your horse for you when business or a busy lifestyle prevent you from riding as much as you would like. We at A Rising Star welcome Lauren to the Rising Star family and proudly recommend her as a promising new member of our training staff! Contact at the barn, 303-431-4675, or lauren7whit@yahoo.com
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Lauren Whitmarsh
ARS Trainer
Lauren and Bonnie
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Kelly Bell
All-breed Trainer / Instructor
Kelly and Rhett
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As the primary trainer for Sierra Vista Arabians, Kelly Bell has trained some of the finest horses and riders at all levels. Kelly began showing at the age of two and was a distinguished Junior exhibitor. She showed her horses in all disciplines and was honored by the State of Colorado as the first rider in the eighty year history of 4-H to achieve Master Horseman in all five seats: Western, Saddle Seat, Hunt Seat, Dressage, and Showmanship. Kelly trains and instructs riders in English, Western, Hunter, Equitation, and Showmanship. Her accomplished amateur riders, Junior and Adult, have also won Championships at the local, Regional, Scottsdale and National levels in Hunter, Western Pleasure, Horsemanship, Showmanship, Trail and Equitation. Kelly’s primary goal is to create an enjoyable experience for our horses and owners. She also offers riding and handling lessons, conditioning horses for sale, and horse/owner evaluations to determine the best discipline for horse and owner. Contact Kelly to discuss your goals and how she can design a program for you and your horse to achieve those goals. We at A Rising Star welcome Kelly to the Rising Star family and proudly recommend her as an instructor! Contact KellyColorado3@aol.com, or 720-629-2822
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USEF "S" Judge USDF "L" Faculty Member for Judges Training
Debbie has been teaching, training and judging Dressage since 1973. A graduate of Meredith Manor School of Horsemanship, Debbie lives in Golden, Colorado but travels extensively around the United States and Canada judging and teaching clinics. Debbie is a USEF "S" judge, Sport Horse Breeding judge and a member of the USDF "L" faculty for judges training. Still an active competitor, she has won numerous Horse of the Year awards both nationally and locally from Training Level through Grand Prix. Debbie enjoys teaching all levels and working with all breeds. As well as various Warmbloods, she has trained and shown Thoroughbreds, Quarter Horses, Appaloosas, Andalusians, Morgans, Friesians, and even Saddlebreds. She has trained several horses through Grand Prix and has earned her USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold medals. We at A Rising Star welcome Debbie to the Rising Star family and proudly recommend her as an instructor! Debbie can be reached at home at 303-642-7708, or by cell at 303-263-0768. |
Debbie Riehl-Rodriguez
Dressage Trainer / Instructor
Debbie and Generoso
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Cindy LeFevre
Dressage Trainer / Instructor
Cindy and McKinley (Mickey)
Cindy and Kashmir
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Cindy enjoys working with riders who are interested in exploring how they can use basic dressage training methods to make their horse more athletic, obedient, and fun to ride --regardless of riding style. Services:
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Contact (303)981-8996 or cinride@aol.com. For more information please visit www.cindylefevre.com |
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We have lost a dear friend, great trainer, and valued ARS family member. |
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MARK BOYLE November 16, 1950 - September 20, 2009
Mark died peacefully in his sleep after showing successfully Saturday evening, September 19, 2009 at the CO Fall Charity Horse Show (photo to the left) doing what he loved. He will be greatly missed. |
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Happy Trails, dear friend. You will be sorely missed. It is difficult to quickly summarize all that Mark Boyle has contributed over the years to the Colorado and National horse industry, and we at Rising Star have been proud to include him as a resident barn trainer. Mark had been training since 1968 while working for Golden Animal Hospital, and also taught 4H for 15 years at Table Mountain Ranch. His first World Championship was on a Saddlebred mare named Frosty Melody, who was world champion in 1974, 1975, and 1976. On Royal Panda Prince +++// Mark campaigned nationally and brought home multiple National Championships in the United States and Canada in show hack. Mark also bred, trained, and owned FrostByte, a great grandson of Khemosabi, who was shown by Mark and currrently by his wife Suzi and has won multiple World and Regional Championships. He had also won Regional and National Championships in Arab, Half Arab, and Pinto Horse, as well as multiple additional Championships in Pinto Horse. Mark had served on the Rocky Mountain Horse Show Association Board and the CAHC Dressage Committee, and most currently as President of Colorado Pinto Association and Sector Director of the Pinto Horse Association. Mark had a background in AQHA, showmanship, equitation, hunt seat, stock seat, western and hunter pleasure. His fortes in instruction included hunt seat equation, hunt seat pleasure, stock seat equitation, western pleasure, and basic balance riding. Mark enjoyed teaching, and offered students over the age of 12 the unique opportunity to train and prepare to show in a variety of disciplines involving many diverse breeds. We at A Rising Star have proudly included Mark as a part of our Rising Star family as an instructor, trainer, and friend. He will be greatly missed. |
Mark Boyle November 16, 1950 - September 20, 2009
All-breed Trainer / Instructor specializing in Arabian / Pinto / AQHA
Mark and Frostbyte
Click here for CO Pinto Horse Assn. Mark and Royal Panda Prince +++/
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