Katie's Bio
Katie, Owner, trainer & Instructor at Footloose Farm, has ridden since she was a young child, learning to ride on many different horses and riding many miles of trails in the mountains of northern Vermont. She moved to WI when she was in 8th grade, with her family. In high school she showed hunt seat, continued to ride many miles of trails and did much schooling over fences. She schooled and lessoned in the eventing circle during her teens.
Katie has been riding dressage for about 14 years and earned her USDF Bronze Medal and has ridden and trained thru 4th level. Katie competed and currently has ridden all self trained horses. She has ridden for over 6 years regularly with USDF Gold Medalist, Orrie DeCaster and continues to ride with Orrie to keep her instruction fresh and current as she continues to learn and train. Katie has ridden in clinics with USDF Gold Medalist, Erinn Chelstrom, Grand Prix rider, Maryal Barnett, International rider and trainer from Wellington, FL, Lars Petersen, world known rider, instructor and author, Susanne Von Dietze from Israel, Gold Medalist and FEI judge, Janet Foy and Dutch rider and trainer, Peter Spahn.
Although Katie loves dressage and feels that it is her main focus, she enjoys helping clients in any discipline to enable them to enjoy having an all-around, fun, safe, sane & trained horse to show or trail ride. Katie's passion is dressage; however, she loves to help people become better riders as she uses dressage basics to help riders become more balanced, help their horses with relaxation & teach a rider how to use their complete body to better communicate with their equine partner. Katie is also an avid trail rider & incorporates dressage principles to help those who enjoy trail riding, be safer riders and have a better seat.
