Come Ride with Us
We provide the full equi-sphere of opportunities!
The 4 Pillars
Eventing
Eventing
Eventing
Our cross-country courses are designed to the highest safety standard whilst providing level-appropriate questions that will develop skills for both horse & rider. We offer Starter to Prelim levels and the courses are available outside show days for practice. Three dressage arenas plus an indoor & outdoor jumping stadium complete the facility trifecta.
Training
Eventing
Eventing
With over 100 years of combined training expertise, we offer turnkey training packages for your horse at all levels of experience from breaking to Grand Prix. In-Hand, or Under-Saddle Young & Future Event Horse experts, we can help you develop your equine prospect to their fullest potential. We also host a wide range of clinic opportunities with some of the best clinicians across the US & Europe. Whether it's Dressage, Jumping or Cross-Country you are looking to develop - we have the solution.
Breeding
Education
Education
Decades of combined experience in producing and developing every level of horse to help you find the perfect partner for realizing your goals. Focusing on Sporthorses, including popular breeds of Dutch, German, Swedish, Holstein Warmbloods plus AES, we welcome inspections for various registries providing facilities & handling for In-Hand, Under Saddle and Jump Chute observation. Come meet our mares & studs!
Education
Education
Education
The fundamentals of horsemanship start on the ground and develop to the saddle, including the cornerstones of equine management; health, fitness & nutrition. We are developing a Certification schemes spanning all disciplines that are geared towards professional Instructors but that are open to the amateur riders who want to improve their skills. In addition to certification, we will be hosting a series of seminars encompassing all things equine. Guest speakers tackle key topics to improve your understanding & keep you up-to-date with the moving science. Join us!
Meet Us!
Jayne
Ernest Dillon
Ernest Dillon
Jayne is a BHSII qualified instructor with over 40 years industry experience instructing training level through Prix St. George and all levels of Eventing up to 2 Star. She is passionate about all things equestrian and especially around developing Future Event Horses (FEH) and Young Event Horses (YEH) under the US Eventing Association (USEA). Jayne is organizer of the USEA FEH Championships and is working towards establishing the YEH Championships along with other development programs for the Young Horse series. Presently, Jayne is working towards her 'r' Eventing Judge license to bring further expertise to this region making multiple disciplines & fields accessible to every equine enthusiast in our area.
Ernest Dillon
Ernest Dillon
Ernest Dillon
Ernest is one of the countries most respected coaches. He conducts clinics worldwide and throughout the UK. Ernest is highly qualified being one of the few Show Jumping Specialist Fellows of the British Horse Society. He is a UKCC Level Three Showjumping Coach and an Accredited BS Coach. He is also a British Eventing Master Coach and a UKCC Coach Educater.
Ernest has trained with some of the most respected riders and coaches in the world encompassing all three disciplines. He is a lucid coach with quick observation and attention to individual needs both for the horse and rider. He is direct and to the point but applies logic and simplicity to his easy to understand system of work. His success rate with his riders is impressive having coached riders from the very Novice level through Pony Club Championships, Amateur and Professional, Intermediate and Advanced all the way up to International Grande Prix and Four Star Event Riders.
His care for the well-being of the horse and the importance of correct and progressive work guarantees the building of confidence and physical fitness of both the combined horse/rider athlete. One of his attributes is a good sense of humour and understands that a happy rider is a relaxed rider. e.
Lucas
Ernest Dillon
Lucas
Lucas was enthralled by horses as a young child, watching his Mother jumper-training under the Grand Prix winner Don Rosendo. Determined to follow in his footsteps, Lucas leant the art of holistic equine husbandry and communication before following more formal training programs with Clinton Anderson, Brent Looseke, Pat Parelli & Chris Cox. Lucas has worked for Gregorio Aranda and Joaquin Canaveral where he trained magnificent Andalusians to Prix St Georges level . At his South Texas ranch, Lucas has bred AQHA registered Quarter Horses since 2000 and has grown a cadre of talented pupils through his young rider program.
Lucas joins SSHC as Jumper Trainer & Coach.