Career Highlights

• Certified Horse Appraiser for over thirty years.
• Equine Consultant and Expert Witness for over twenty years.
• USEF Judge for over twenty five years.
• Owner/Trainer of “Syrah” the 2007 American Holsteiner Reserve Site Champion Premium Mare in Santa Ynez, California.
•  Seller/Trainer of over Twenty Five horses in 2007 and 2008 including several Champion Combined Driving horses and Hunter/Jumpers.
• Trainer/Owner of 2004-Present West Coast Pony Hunter and Jumper Champions “Goldhill’s Marquis” and “Victorian’s High Fashion.”
•  Trainer of 2004-Present Equitation Champion Geena Younger.
•  Competed successfully in numerous Combined Driving Events in California.
•  Seller of over 3/4 million dollars worth of horses for the family owned Banner Farms from 1980-present.
•  Implemented an Equestrian Camp program with English, Western, and Carriage Driving Instruction at Banner Farms 2002-present.
•  Began the first ever Carriage Driving Camp Program for children “West of the Mississippi” in 2002 worthy of the American Driving Society, graduating over 400 students from 2002-present.
• Managed a Combined Driving Clinic in 2003 at Banner Farms in 2003 in Bakersfield, California with world renowned ADS Judge and Clinician Linda Fairbanks.
•  Bought, Trained, and Sold “Julian, the 2002 Tri- Valley Champion Children’s Hunter of the year.
•  First Woman accepted to the American Society of Appraisers as a Candidate Member with Equine Appraisal Experience
•  Breeder/ Trainer/ Handler of “Baywatch”, Best Young Horse Hunter Breeding Kern County Classic Horse Show 2001.
• Successfully competed in eight CDE Combined Driving American Driving Society competitions from 2000-present.
•  Host / Manager of the American Warmblood Society Inspection at Banner Farms Bakersfield, California, April 1999 and April 2000.
•  Organized the first ever “Mighty-Mini” ADS Driving Event for miniature horses in October 2000 at Banner Farms.
•  Breeder/Handler of the 2000 American Warmblood Inspection Gold Medal Winner “Fleet’s Diamond.”
• Breeder/Handler of the Silver Medal Winner “Fleeting Dove” at the 1999 American Warmblood Inspection, Bakersfield, California.
•  Developed a Competitive Combined Driving program at the family owned Banner Farms 1998-present with horses ranging in size from miniature to draft.
•  Breeder of the 1996 Gold Medal Winner and American Warmblood Society 'Show Jumping Horse of the Year Title' "Pacific Fleet".
• Breeder of the 1996 Silver Medal Winner and the Reserve Champion American Warmblood Society 'Show Jumping Horse of the Year Title ' "Fleet's Queen."
•  Trainer of Katie Dumler, Winner of the Kern County Medal Finals 1995 aboard “Cattrick”, owned by CeCe Younger.
• Represented the United States individually over four- dozen times aboard "Henley," "French Clover,” "Santiago” "Young Fleet," and "Olympia" from 1981-1993.
•  World Recognized Breeder of 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996 International Jumper Futurity Western Finals Winners.
•  Top Ten Finalist West Coast Grand Prix Circuit 1987-1992 aboard " Young Fleet" and "Olympia"
•  Competed in the 1992 World Cup Finals Del Mar, California on "Olympia"
•  Won the "Reserve World Grand Champion Jumping Horse” Title in 1992 aboard sixteen- year old "Young Fleet" at the World Quarter Horse Show in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
•  Selected by the United States Equestrian Team to compete on three U.S. Teams (1981 Spruce Meadows Masters aboard “Henley” and “French Clover”, 1990 Spruce Meadows Masters, and the 1990 CSIO Mexico aboard “Young Fleet” and “Olympia.”)
•  Long listed for the 1990 Pan Am Games aboard "Young Fleet."
•  Featured on ESPN and Prime Ticket over Two-Dozen times between the 1980-1990’s.
• Long listed for the 1990 World Championships aboard "Young Fleet"
• 4th place finisher 1990, in the $100,000 “Queen Elizabeth Cup", at The Spruce Meadows National Calgary, Canada, in front of the Queen herself.
•  Long listed for the 1988 Olympics on her Quarter Horse Stallion "Young Fleet."
•  Winner of 1987 Mercedes Show Jumping Championships at Madison Square Garden, New York, taking home a new Mercedes Benz aboard her quarter horse stallion “Young Fleet”.
•  Coached by Olympic Veteran George H. Morris 1984-1987.
•  Coached by Olympic Veteran Katie Monahan Prudant 1983-1984.
•  Competed in the 1982 World Cup Finals Gotenborg, Sweden aboard "Henley.”
•  Leading Amateur Jumper Rider 1982 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania National aboard "Young Fleet."
•  Youngest woman ever to compete on the United States Equestrian Team in 1981 at the age of nineteen. (still the youngest woman.
•  Winner of 1/4 million on the American Show Jumping Circuit 1981-1992.
•  Winner Leading Foreign Horse / Rider Award 1981 at the Spruce Meadows Masters CSIO International in Calgary, Canada aboard "Henley"
•  Third Place Finisher in the 1980 Puissance High Jump Class. Jumped 6’9” in Phoenix, Arizona aboard "French Clover."
• Top Ten Finalist West Coast Grand Prix Circuit 1979-1982 aboard "Henley" and "French Clover."
•   Leading Rider 1977, “The Toronto Junior International” aboard "Lady Bird."