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Annette Garcia, Owner/Trainer

Annette has been riding her entire life and has been a trainer for the past 20 years teaching general horsemanship with a focus on performance.  She is a carded California Gymkhana Association Judge, has served on the Board of several local riding clubs and is currently a board member of Sebastopol Wranglers & CGA Dist 45.

It has always been her dream to create a business doing what she loves.  Her favorite thing is reconditioning and fitting up a horse enabling it to reach it's full potential.

Her true joy is watching her riders start out as novice students and develope into proficent horsemen, as well as seeing them achieve their goals in competition.

Claire Gardner-Garcia, Trainer

Claire has been in the saddle from the age of two.  At three she competed in her first Playday and from then on has shared the same passion as her mother, Annette.  Her riding experience covers many disciplines; English & Western Pleasure, Jumping, & Reining, but her hearts desire has always been Speed Events [gymkhana and barrel racing]. 

She has competed in gymkhana at the State level of which she has placed in the top of her division at the State Championships.  On her APHA gelding, Skips Easy Dinero, she currently holds the California State Record for Poles I [polebending] which has not yet been broken.

Claire is also a carded judge for the California Gymkhana Association as well as a board member for their local district.  She is currently working with her mother giving lessons and starting young performance horses.

Tony Allen, Owner/Top Hand

Tony's 9-5 is at AT&T but his "free time" is spent managing various projects and chores that make the ranch run smoothly.  While he supports his family in the craziness of the horse world his main passion is fishing.  However, his motto is "if momma ain't happy .... no one is happy".

If we can teach just one rider to be a better horseperson, then the quality of a horse's life will be improved.