Download - 2014 Trainer's Directory
Trainer’s Directory
Contents
Ralph Ament 4Amanda Antifaev 6Bonnie Becker 8JP Forget 10Lyle Jackson 12Gabriele Klotz 14Cheryl Mitchell 16Wendy Nelson 18Amanda Nystrom 20Sapergia Performance Horses 22Sheehan Stables 24Christa Turel 26Natalie Weichel 28Quick Lookup 30
This Directory was created to give our members more information on the trainers and coaches that are members of Reining Alberta.
The information in this directory is provided as a service to our members. Reining Alberta is not responsible for the accuracy of individual’s information and neither sponsors nor endorses the services listed in this directory. For more information, please contact the individuals directly.
This directory is in alphabetical order by last name or training facility, initials at the bottom of the page indicate which Branch they most frequently service.
Biography:
Ralph has been training and coaching for many years, offering clinics and training and lessons to all levels of reining. Whether it is your dream to get started in an entry level class, all the way to the Non Pro level. He will set goals that you can meet. Train your horse for all the manouvers and structure your lessons for success. Feel more comfortable in a group situation, we also accommodate group lessons, mixed with a bit of humour and fun.
Clinics for 1 or 2 days, or more are available and Ralph will travel to you.
Ralph 780.288.6841
Ralph Ament Reining Horses
Julie 780.706.5542
Training and Coaching for :
Ranch Reiners, Green Reiners, Rookie, Ltd. Non Pro Reinings, Non Pro Reiners.
Training out of: Whitecourt, Alberta
Accomplishments:
NRHA Earnings: $13,000ARCHA Earnings: $18,000
Amanda Antifaev
Highlights
2013 Moose Jaw Stakes and Futurity open 3 year old Champion2013 Moose Jaw Stakes and Futurity open 3 year old Reserve Champion 2013 Silver Slate Fall Futurity 4 year old Open Saddle winner 2013 Silver Slate Fall Futurity Reserve Champion 2013 Canadian Supreme CS Open Futurity Champion 2013 Canadian Supreme Open Champion 2013 Reining Alberta Fall Classic Open Champion 2013 Reining Alberta Fall Classic Open Futurity and Sire incentive Champion 2013 Big Sky Reining Classic Open Futurity 3rd place2013 Big Sky Reining Classic Stallion Stakes Champion2013 Big Sky Reining Classic Open and Maturity Champion 2013 Wild Rose Reining Classic 3rd place Open Futurity 2013 Wild Rose Reining Classic Open Derby Co-Champion 2013 Wild Rose Reining Classic Open and Maturity Champion 2013 Reining Alberta Summer Classic Open and Maturity Champion 2013 Silver Slate 4 year Old Champion
Training, and Coaching for:
Rookie, Non-Pro, Youth, Aged Horses, Futurity Horses, Derby Horses, Sales Prep, and Colt Starting
Accomplishments:
NRHA Earnings: $134,000Equi-Stat Earnings: $165,000
Contact Us:
Phone: 403.390.7259403.553.2174
Website:www.latimertrainingstables.com
E-mail:[email protected]
Located at:Latimer Training StablesFt. MacLeod, AB
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Bonnie Becker Reining Horses
Biography
Bonnie provides expert coaching, clinics, training and lessons for clients out of her beautiful facility Sunny Side Stables in Lethbridge. She has over 30 years experience training, showing and coaching with reining earnings of over $200,000. She understands the financial and emotional value of your horse, and strives to achieve each horse’s potential, while keeping your horse happy and healthy.
Training and Coaching for:
Rookie, Non-Pro, Youth, Aged Horses, Futurity and Derby Horses, and Sales Prep.
Training out of:
Sunny Side StablesLethbridge, AB
Contact:
(403) 381-4183bonnie@becker-reininghorses.comwww.becker-reininghorses.com
Bonnie Becker Reining Horses
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JP Forget Equine Performance Solutions Corp.
www.jpforget.com 403-636-0121
JP Forget Equine Performance Solutions Corp.
Training out of: Sundre, Alberta
JP is an accomplished trainer and showman, piloting horses to many national and international successes. In addition to his training program, JP also offers a succesful Non-Pro coaching program which specializes in personalized attention, specifically addressing each person’s individual reining goals. JP’s program focuses on setting goals with the client and helping develop a plan to achieve those goals. JP is a certified High Performance Reining Coach as per the Equine Canada coaching program. Many of his non-pro students have won provincial, national, and international titles, placing high in NRHA Year End Standings, as well as winning major non-pro futurities and derbies.
Recent Accomplishments:4th – Novice Horse Open Level 1, 2013 NRHA Adequan North American Championship9th - Novice Horse Open Level 2, 2013 NRHA Adequan North American Championship5th - Cowboy Capital Classic Derby, Stephenville, TX Reserve Champion - Jacspin Derby, Graham, TXNumerous derby and Novice Horse wins
Training and Coaching for:Rookie, Non-Pro, Youth, Aged Horses, Futurity and Derby Horses, Sales Prep, and Colt Starting.
Photo credit: HD 2 Photography
Lyle Jackson Quarter Horseswww.lylejackson.com 403.542.6913
Biography
Lyle Jackson lives in Cochrane, Alberta where he works as a horse trainer, coach and judge.
He is an official carded judge for Equine Canada, FEI, American Quarter Horse Associaition (AQHA), National Reining Horse Association (NRHA), National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA), and American Paint Horse Association (APHA). He has judged shows throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, Austrailia, and Israel, as well as NRHA Futurity, NRHA Derby and the APHA World Show.
Lyle has trained horses for almost every western discipline and has won international Championships and National Championships in Reining, Working Cow Horse, Cutting, Western Pleasure, Western Riding and Halter Competition.
Accomplishments:
NRHA Earnings: $6,527AQHA Points: 972.5NRCHA Earnings: $800
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Training and Coaching for:Rookie, Non-Pro, Youth, Aged Horses, Derby Horses, and Futurity Horses
Training Out of:Prairie Mountain RanchMadden, Alberta
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Training and coaching for:
Futurity Horses, Derby Horses, Aged HorsesRookie, Youth, Non-ProEquine Canada Western Rider Levels
Training out of:
Silverado Horse Center – Mike RossSituated 20 minutes north of Cochrane, Highway 22.
Specializing in Reining. Also teaching and testing the Equine Canada Learn to Ride Program.
Contact:
P.O. Box 663Cochrane, AlbertaT4C 1A8Cell: (403) 771-5780
www.gabrieleklotz.com
Gabriele KlotzBelieve in you every step of the way!
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Wendy Nelson Reining and Performance Horses
“Building a positive team and for all my riders to enjoy themselves is a priority here at Wendy Nelson Reining and Performance
Horses.”
Biography:
Wendy is a certified High Performance Reining Coach under the new Equine Canada Coaching program as well as an NRHA Judge and EC Reining Judge. She specializes in training Reining Horses and coaching Youth to Non-Pro level students at her own faciility near Cochrane, Alberta.
www.wnreining.ca 403-462-6170
Wendy Nelson Reining and Performance Horses
“Building a positive team and for all my riders to enjoy themselves is a priority here at Wendy Nelson Reining and Performance
Horses.”
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Training Philosophy:
To train a horse in a stress free fashion, to use techniques that take into consideration the way a horse thinks. I feel the best way to love your horse is to learn as much as you can about the horse and how to train them.
Accomplishments:
NRHA Earnings: $21,456.58ARCHA Earnings: $786
Training and Coaching for:
Rookie, Non-Pro, Youth, Aged Horses, Futurity Horses, Derby Horses, Sales Prep, Equine Canada Western Rider Levels and Competition Coach.
Training out of Cochrane, Alberta
Amanda Nystrom
Contact Us:
(780) 963-8200Theresa Dykes 780-554-8930Amanda Nystrom [email protected]
Training and Coaching For:
Rookie, Non-Pro, Youth, Beginner Horses, Derby Horses, Futurity Horses, Aged Horses, Sales Prep and Colt Starting.
www.topnotchperformancehorses.com
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Trainers: Sage Sapergia & Terry Lee Sapergia“Through three generations the Sapergia horse training program has
been developed, refined and proven successful worldwide.”
Training and coaching for:
Rookie, Non-Pro, Youth, Beginner Horses, Derby Horses, Futurity Horses, Aged Horses, Sales Prep and Colt Starting.
Also Offering:
Clinics, Lessons and Equine Therapy
Sapergia Performance Horses“Live, Laugh, Love To Ride”
Trainers: Sage Sapergia & Terry Lee SapergiaTraining out of:
Diamond A Equestrian CentreLocated 15 min West of Stony Plain, A.B.
Offering:
Heated indoor boardHeated large indoor arenaHeated wash rackSpacious outside board with auto-watersOutdoor round penAbundant trails for trail riding
NBwww.sapergiaperformancehorses.com
Contact:
Sage Sapergia:(587) 785-6465
Terry Lee Sapergia:(780) 293-7999
Email:[email protected]
Website:www.sapergiaperformancehorses.com
Sapergia Performance Horses“Live, Laugh, Love To Ride”
Sheehan Stables
About:
Return clientele consistently recommend Garth Sheehan as a professional equine personal trainer. Garth’s 20+ years in the equine industry has proven results in starting, finishing, and coaching. A passion for starting colts begins at our rural Central Alberta Ranch located near Carstairs, Alberta. Onsite facilities allow for year-round programs. Structure to our programs leads to open communication between client, horse, and trainer. Following a basic foundation curriculum with all ages of horses, Garth brings a grassroots quality to attain the goal the client is looking for. Participation during offered clinics provides a collaborative way to solve training issues in group situations.
Sheehan Stables provides training and facilitation within many areas of horsemanship. These include:
• Starting colts• Training for rookie, non-pro, aged horse, futurity horse• Coaching horse and rider through all levels• Clinics• Sales Prep
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Contact Us:
Garth & Renee SheehanRR2Carstairs, AB, T0M0N0
Christa TurelBiography
From as early as I can remember I have had an all consuming passion for horses! I grew up riding english and spent my youth showing in pony club and dressage. Later, I was given my first opportunity to experience a slide on a reining horse and that was it! I was hooked! I have spent the last 9 years learning everything I can about training and riding these spectacular athletes!
I currently reside at and manage Twin Valley Stables west of Calgary, ALberta with my husband, Rocky Turel. Rocky is a certified farrier and together we operate our business as CR Equnie Services.
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Training and Coaching for:
Rookie, Non-Pro, Youth, Aged Horses, Futurity Horses, Derby Horses, and Sales Prep
Accomplishments:
NRHA Earnings: $15,000+
Training Philosophy
I absolutely love starting the colts from the ground up and turning them into show horses who are sound physically and mentally. I believe each horse needs to be brought along at their own pace and devote the time neded to each as an individual. There is nothing I love more than seeing a horse that I started years ago still showing strong and enjoying their job. I also believe in focusing strongly on rider equitation and horsemanship so they can be efective riders and partners in and out of the showring.
403.507.3352 [email protected]
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WhisperingSands
Contact:
(306) 596-4495www.whisperingsands.ca
Facebook: Whispering Sands Training Centre Located near Calgary
www.whisperingsands.ca
Natalie WeichelBiography:
• Equine Science degree from Olds College• Ridden with some of the top reining trainers including Craig Johnson and Shawn Flarida• Numerous provincial, national, and world show award winners• Won over 20,00 in NRHA money
Goal: To turn out top quality horses and riders that will be highly successful in the competitive horse world as well as the recreational one.
Highlights:
• Multiple world show qualifier• Multiple NRH affiliate final championships• Top 10 at US Nationals in the Reining Futurity 2013• 2-1sts, 2-2nds and 3rd in AQHA Open Reining 2013• 1st in Open Reining at Stakes and Futurity Show, MB 2011• 2nd in NRHA Intermediate Open and Novice Horse 2011• 1st in NRHA Limited Open 2010
Training/Coaching:
Training reiners from start to finishTop quality youth program and Non-Pro coaching
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First Name Last Name City Prov Phone E-mailRalph Ament Whitecourt AB 780-288-6841 [email protected] Dee Anderson Wilsall MT 406-288-6841Karen Anderson Kelsey AB 780-781-0310Amanda Antifaev Fort MacLeod AB 403-201-9206 [email protected] Becker Lethbridge AB 403-381-4183 [email protected] Beckley Cranbrook BC 250-426-5230 [email protected] M Besuijen-Wyatt Hythe AB 780-356-2683 [email protected] Betts Bashaw AB 780-967-5555Vicki Braun Beechy SK 306-859-4820 [email protected] Burella Cochrane AB 403-932-3150Ryan Burnett Strathmore AB 403-939-4017 [email protected] Cartier Prince Albert SK 306-763-2812Deb Duce High River AB 403-652-4783Locke Duce High River AB 403-652-4783Chris Ferguson Coaldale AB 403-915-2212 [email protected] Fleck Calgary AB 780-887-8748JP Forget Olds AB 403-636-0121Bonnie Gerich Delisle SK 306-242-0219 [email protected] Gobet Onoway AB 780-771-7731 [email protected] Jackson Cochrane AB 403-542-6913 [email protected] Jarrett Ponoka AB 780-372-2183 [email protected] Klassen Prince George BC 250-981-0284Gabriele Klotz Cochrane AB 403-771-5780 [email protected] Lagaden Strathmore AB 403-689-5943 [email protected] Latimer Fort MacLeod AB 403-553-2174Niki Loreth Prince George BC 250-614-3539 [email protected] Mitchell Olds AB 780-915-4787 [email protected] Morris Newbrook AB 780-576-2047Rod Needham Stony Plain AB 780-778-1630Wendy Nelson Cochrane AB 403-462-6170 [email protected] Nystrom Stony Plain AB 780-297-7544 [email protected] Pole Mortlach SK 306-690-9170 [email protected] Lee Sapergia Stony Plain AB 780-293-7999 [email protected] Sapergia Stony Plain AB 587-785-6465 [email protected] Seelhof Cochrane AB 587-777-6200 [email protected] Self Pritchard BC 306-804-1723Garth Sheehan Carstairs AB 780-617-2128 [email protected] Smith Fort MacLeod AB 403-553-2385Tyrell Smith Fort MacLeod AB 403-553-2385Allie Sutton Sundre AB 403-638-2023 [email protected] Sweet Langley BC 403-929-1341 [email protected]
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Christa Turel Olds AB 403-507-3352 [email protected] Webster Carseland AB 403-861-2609 [email protected] Weichel High River AB 403-652-1325 [email protected] Weichel Calgary AB 306-596-4495 [email protected]