Jane has been at the Paddock Riding Club for over 35 years, training horses and teaching riders ranging from beginners to FEI show riders.

Every horse and rider have a different personality and traits which are addressed individually. Jane does not believe you can put everyone and every horse into one mold and treat them all the same. She has horses which range in age and experience from green to mature (a 23 year old thoroughbred still showing).  Jane works with Warmbloods, Arabians, Paints, Quater Horses and crosses or any other breed that a rider may bring. Jane's own horses, both mares, are a Quarter horse/Trakener cross doing Prix St. George and Intermediare work, and an Fjord that impresses everyone with her ability to perfom.

Starting her showing experience with a thoroughbred mare in the Green Hunter Division, and showing in the hunt seat classes, Jane quickly realized that her mount needed more schooling to be easy to ride. She would jump anything, and won - but was not easy. To better her hunter performance, Jane knew she needed to improve her horse's balance.  Serendipitously, Jane began her dressage background with this mare and a long association with Elizabeth Searle. Very well known as a dressage judge and on various dressage committees, Ms. Searle still continues to give a monthly clinic for Jane and instructs Jane and her students.

“Classical riding is the art of riding with, rather than against the horse, in harmony. ”