The Dressage Instructor

I’ve had my core Dressage instruction with one trainer, who took me up through the levels and gave me the golden opportunity to be a grand prix dressage rider. Her name is Cyndi Jackson, of To The Max dressage in Scottsdale, AZ.

In the beginning, I was just a student who did what I was told.  As I developed the technical and feeling skills from horse to horse, she gave me the freedom to train horses on my own.  Sometimes it worked well and sometimes she had to save me. Ironically, this is still true many years later.

What I respect most about Cyndi is that it doesn’t matter if I’m a full-time client or if she’s an on-call instructor. She has so much knowledge and is willing to help me in any way needed.

We both understand that it takes more than a lifetime to learn dressage and that each horse presents unique training challenges. I’m grateful to have someone like her in my life!

I hope every dressage rider finds their happy instruction home with someone who can be a guide, a teacher and a savior as we all work to develop and evolve our own training programs.