Trainers

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby,

to be picked up and laid down

like a game of Solitaire.

It is a grand passion.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Barbara Messinger

- Hunters - Jumpers - Equitation - Dressage -

Barbara Messinger is Cygnet's schoolhorse instructor. Barbara began riding when she was nine, and by the late 1980's, had met Leslie Zock and began lessons with her. Barbara progressed into jumping lessons, and was soon managing the schoolhorse lesson program at the former Heather Hill Farm. With the retirement of Heather Hill Farm, Barbara brought the schoolhorse program and her expertise to Cygnet Farm.

Phone: (541) 261-0820

Michelle Wollard

Michelle began riding at the age of eight, when she was allowed up onto the back of a family friend's dressage horse. Though she pursued eventing throughout her adolescence, the seed was planted for a love of dressage, and she has focused solely on it for the last ten years. She has three of her own horses, currently training and competing at First Level through Prix St. Georges. Her primary interests lie in the development of both horse and rider through classical principles. She offers lessons from basic seat skills to mid-level dressage work.

Phone: (541) 535-5492

Mari Austad