My name is Kim Nobel. I’ve owned horses since I was 13. I have a husband and four grown children. I started showing in 2008 open shows. I have been showing English dressage for about eight years and western dressage for four years. I own five horses and a pony. I live on a farm […]
Bonni Hazen Joins WDAMI Board!
On Thursday, October 19, 2017, the WDAMI Board unanimously voted to accept new Board member, Bonni Hazen. Here is a bit about Bonni – be sure to welcome her to the Board! “Metamora, Michigan is where my husband Brian, our Pitbull Blue and our 4 horses live on our small private farm. I also train […]
Meet new WDAMI Board member Joanne Coy
I am a long term member of USEF, USDF, AQHA, GLDRA, UMECRA (distance riding groups, endurance and competitive trail), am the Secretary for Glass-Ed (a GMO of USDF), and belong to two local riding clubs, Yankee Springs Trail Riders and Allegan County Pleasure Riders. I have owned horses all of my adult life, and my […]
Meet new WDAMI Board member Kristal Homoki
I am the owner/breeder and trainer of MtnTop Morgans in Brooklyn MI. I am blessed to be a third-generation Morgan owner/breeder and trainer as well. My Great Aunt and my mother have been some of my greatest mentors and they have instilled a strong sense in me that the Morgan Horse should be a versatile […]
Meet our Members-Mary Lynne Zylstra
After a 27-year hiatus from the horse world, I met a sporty little black Quarter Horse named Poco Blu Bar, 10 years ago, when I turned 50. I fell in love with his personality, size and looks and leased him for a year, then bought him. Blu is a jack-of-all-trade, master-of-none so to speak. He […]
Meet our Members – Elise Rich
Elise Rich and Jazz Jazz is an amazing example of how dressage can truly transform a horse and cultivate potential in any discipline. He is a very sweet and quiet 9-year-old American Paint gelding who came to me as a trail horse for additional training in the spring of 2014. Two trainers had previously told […]
Team Rachel Ory and Pistol Pete
By Rachel Leigh Ory Pete has excelled at western dressage, and it has made him a more balanced horse. He was started as a two-year-old by reining horse trainer, Tom Pierson. I was Tom’s assistant for six years. Tom is a true horseman. He is first and foremost a young horse trainer; never does […]
Meet Our Members – Glenda Warner
by Glenda Warner, WDAMI member and award winner. Lectric Boomer, “Boomer” loves dressage. His top line muscling and form have changed as his movement has become uphill with elevated forearms and knee expression. People do not recognize the movement as being “stock horse” but it is the result of changes to his bio-mechanics due to the gymnastic […]