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Abby White Woodson Hill offers riding lessons and horse training with Abby White. Abby White has more than 15 years experience riding, showing, and training horses. At Woodson Hill, she gives both Western and English riding lessons and trains horses for a variety of disciplines. Her expertise is in both Western and English All-Around events, but she enjoys all types of riding. During the show season, Abby spends her weekends coaching students and doing a little bit of showing herself. Abby has degrees in Animal Science and Ag Communications from Kansas State. She placed in the Top 5 at the AQHA World Show in horse judging. She has trained numerous AQHA-point earners and local circuit winners. Besides lessons and training, Abby is available for coaching, consulting, judging and clinics. For a list of all clinics please visit our Upcoming Events page. For more information, to schedule a lesson, or to put your horse in training, please contact Abby White, abbyjowhite@gmail.com, 785-822-4855 |
Woodson Hill is proud to offer riding instruction and horse training from Abby White, Rachel Sherck and Kaitlin Short. Also available at Woodson Hill is natural horsemanship ground training from Elizabeth Gall. Scroll down to view more information on the instructors. |
Rachel Sherck Rachel Sherck has been instructing beginning to advanced riders for almost ten years. Her students have competed in 4-H, open and breed shows. Rachel has trained and shown numerous paint horses to APHA titles in Western Pleasure, was the 2005 winner of the Kansas 4-H Two-Year-Old Snaffle bit Futurity, and continues to compete at the breed show level. However, Rachel enjoys broadening her horsemanship horizons, and has attended clinics and taken lessons herself in dressage, reining, working cowhorse and hunter jumper. Despite her varied interests, her expertise remains stock-type All-Around. Rachel was a member of the Division I Kansas State University Equestrian Team and the 2007 Kansas State World Champion Collegiate Horse Judging Team. At Woodson Hill, Rachel offers Western and English riding lessons for students with competitive goals as well as those interested in establishing a strong foundation in general equitation. Rachel is also available to judge open and 4-H shows. To schedule a lesson or to make any other inquiry, you may email Rachel at rsherck@gmail.com, or contact her by phone at 785-280-1671. |
Elizabeth Gall From a very early age I discovered the natural gift for understanding horses, when to push, when to hang back, but was always looking for more knowledge. I began my eighteen year riding career at Northridge Farm riding in dressage and classical riding styles, continued to show in dressage shows around the Kansas City area, and participated in local show circuits showing Quarter Horses and Arabians. Last year I moved to Lees Summit where I was the Volunteer Coordinator, instructor, and trainer for Helping Hands in Greenwood, MO for where I received my certification with the NARHA. It was then the realization that my passion lay in teaching horses and people how to achieve lifelong partnerships. I specialize in Natural Horsemanship, transforming pushy, disrespectful, lazy and reactive horses into willing, safe and respectful equine partners. All horses are different, and I recognize these differences and tailor each training program to meet the individual needs of the horse and its handler. I have been involved as the feature and guest clinician for several groundwork clinics and also have had my training horses used in professional demonstrations by the nation's top clinicians. I also specialize in making the handler just as much a part of the training process using miniature "clinics" to demonstrate and relay the information used during training so that when our time is over you can continue building an everlasting relationship with your NEW equine! "If a horse becomes more beautiful in the course of his work, it is a sign that the training principles are correct."~Colonel Podhajsky Contact Liz Gall with Woodson Hill Equestrain Center for information about training and clinics at 816-679-1915 or lgtraining@live.com |
Kaitlin Short Kaitlin Short graduated from William Woods University in May 2009, double majoring in Equine Science and Psychology. Since she began riding as an 8-year-old, she has worked with several hightly-esteemed instructors and trainers, and has been teaching lessons for over 15 years. Though specializing in saddle seat, she has conducted several clinics and camps involving riders of all disciplines and has been teaching young kids the basics of riding her entire teaching career. |
In addition to saddle seat, she has ridden and taught both western and hunt seat, and enjoys teaching on all breeds of horses. She has ridden in several acclaimed shows with top-5 finishes, including the American Royal. While horses have always been her biggest passion, she strives to understand the inner-workings of personality and motivation, and feels that her additional background in psychology has made her a better teacher of kids and horses alike. Kaitlin enjoys all aspects of teaching, from beginning level to advanced, and can't wait to get to know all the faces at Woodson Hill. She will be specializing in beginner and intermediate level lessons in both English and Western. For more information or to schedule a lesson, you can contact Kaitlin at short.kaitlin@gmail.com or at 816-809-2311. |