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Gateway Riding Center offers customized
training, lesson and exercise packages based on your needs.
Jonelle Reuland,
head trainer and instructor, will meet with you to discuss a training or lesson package that
meets your specific needs.
Many equestrians come to Gateway Riding
Center because they are committed to becoming the best rider
they can be,
with the horse they already own. Although lessons and training are not
required, most boarders
do take regular weekly lessons and many have their
horses in a regular training program. This gives them
the opportunity to
learn while their horses are learning, too.
Whatever your passion
—
dressage, leadership
and behavior, hunt seat, western pleasure or gaited
horses
—
our goal is to
help your horse develop balance and flexibility while you develop timing,
feel
and a secure seat.
For
more information please email
Jonelle@gatewayriding.com
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MEET OUR TRAINERS |
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Jonelle Reuland,
Head Trainer
Jonelle Reuland has
more than 20 years of experience.
Her passion is classical dressage but she
uses an eclectic approach to training, seeking the best from a variety of
disciplines that range from behavior and leadership to western pleasure. She
has studied equine behavior for many years and is an expert resource and has
been a guest clinician on riding for equine behavior students at the Etologisk Institute in Denmark. Her goal when opening GRC was to “make this
a learning environment”. She works with a fitness expert to better
understand how she can help students improve their equitation based on
riders’ differing body styles and fitness levels. She regularly participates
— and hosts
— clinics with international level riding experts and regularly
attends riding and training instructor workshops at Vitor Silva’s Sons of
the Wind School of Equestrian Arts in Merrimac, Mass.
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She has experience
with a wide range of horses but specializes in the unique training and
development needs of Baroque and Iberian horses. She owns, trains and rides
her own Iberian horses, Tolerante, a Lusitano stallion and Lucero, an
Andalusian gelding, in addition to schooling these breeds of horses for
clients.
Her speciality is
helping riders learn to ride with contact but in the same self-carriage they
expect of their horses so they do not use contact to balance themselves off
the horse’s mouth.
Jonelle is a frequent
contributor to The Sentinel, an equine newspaper. Her articles
have included selecting a horse, tips on getting the most out of your lesson
http://www.saddleshop.com/sentinel/articles/tentips.htm and training
dollars, and improving your leadership and riding skills.
To contact Jonelle:
Jonelle@gatewayriding.com
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Katie Boeke,
Assistant Trainer
and Lesson Instructor
Katie is a horsewoman
with more than 10 years of
experience, who has worked at GRC since it
opened.
She specializes in leadership skills, both on the ground
and under
saddle. These skills serve her well since
her specialty is giving young and
green horses the
confidence they need to take on new challenges that
include
learning to be ridden outside on trails, dealing
with “arena monsters” and
learning how to jump.
An intuitive and self confident rider, she is studying
classical riding to improve her skills. She is a valued
member of the barn
staff, where she pays careful
attention to the care and handling of every horse
on the property.
To contact Katie:
Katie@gatewayriding.com |
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Kara
Hegenbaumer, Assistant Trainer
and Lesson Instructor
Kara has
been at Gateway since 2002. She has more than 15 years experience and is an accomplished horsewoman and instructor who is now studying classical riding.
She had ridden and competed in Western riding and hunt seat. She enjoys
challenging her students to improve themselves but never at the risk of
compromising safety or their leadership skills. Kara is a valued member of
the barn staff and pays careful attention to the care and handling of every
horse on the property.
To
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Kara@gatewayriding.com |
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Jen Rakas, Assistant
Trainer
and Lesson Instructor
Jen Rakas
has been an instructor at Gateway Riding Center since it opened. She has
loved horses since she was a child and has been a horse owner for more than
20 years. Not only an experienced horsewoman, Jen is also a kindergarten
teacher. She specializes in helping beginning students, both children and
adults, have safe, positive experiences by carefully teaching all aspects of
horse handling and behavior to develop a strong foundation for horsemanship
and riding.
To
contact Jen:
Jen@gatewayriding.com
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