Meet Your Trainer
Grace Ambrose Eventing
Grace Ambrose is a dedicated three-day eventer with a strong background in eventing, show jumping, and dressage. She has competed successfully through Training Level eventing, the 1.10m jumpers, and First Level dressage. Grace has also had the invaluable experience of training on Grand Prix dressage horses under a Grand Prix dressage trainer, giving her a deep understanding of correct flatwork and biomechanics. Grace has worked and trains under two-time Olympic eventer Julie Richards, further refining her riding and teaching skills. She has produced several adult amateur horses through the lower levels of eventing and placed them into successful long-term homes.
Training/Lessons Offered
Three-Day Eventing
Eventing is an equestrian event where the same horse and rider combination compete against other competitors across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. This event has its roots in a comprehensive cavalry test that required mastery of several types of riding.
Dressage
Dressage is an Olympic equestrian sport where a horse and rider perform a series of prescribed movements in a specific arena to demonstrate their harmony, obedience, and athleticism. It progresses through multiple levels of increasing difficulty, with tests scored by judges.
Jumping
Show jumping is an equestrian sport where a horse and rider navigate a course of obstacles, or jumps, in a specific order, aiming to complete the course with the fewest faults and fastest time. It tests the partnership between horse and rider, requiring the horse's power and athleticism and the rider's precision and skill.
Cross Country
Cross-country horse riding is an equestrian sport, most commonly known as a phase of eventing, where horse and rider teams navigate a long, outdoor course with fixed, solid obstacles like ditches, banks, logs, and water, in a race against the clock and each other. This demanding discipline tests a horse's speed, endurance, and jumping ability, and a rider's skill, bravery, and decision making.
Riding Lessons
Horseback riding lessons are instructional sessions for learning how to ride and care for horses, starting with fundamental skills like leading, grooming, and tacking up, then progressing to riding basics in a controlled arena. Riders learn to communicate with the horse through reins and legs, develop balance, and master gaits like the walk, trot, and canter.