Jennifer
S. Williams Training
Jennifer Schrader-Williams has been training
out of Summervale Farm since September of 1997. She has
a Pony Club back ground and began competing Internationally
when she was twenty years old as an advanced young rider
for Region 6. Jennifer has since progressed into the professional
arena and now competes at the International High Performance
CDI level. At 23 she began competing Grand Prix and in
her first season achieved her gold medal with the talented
mare Phirst Solo. Also in 2003 she began to venture down
to California to compete on the CDI circuit with the 2006
Bay stallion H.S. Wistar which was very successful. In
2005 Jennifer qualified and was invited to compete at
Gladstone, New Jersey's prestigous Festival of Champions
on both Phirst Solo at Grand Prix and HS Wistar at Intermediare
One. The horses did phenominaly well and 2006 saw Wistar
and Jennifer back at Gladstone again for the Inaugural
Brentina Cup in the Intermediare II division. She continues
to improve her education, work to improve her own skills
and works hard to incorporate those skill and values into
her own students. Since 2003 she has traveled to California
each year to work with instructors such as Klaus Balkenhaul,
Debbie McDonald, Krissy Harrison, Jurgan Hoffman, and
most recently Steffen Peters. In 2009 Jennifer will travel
down once again to CA where she will continue to receive
the wonderful coaching from Olympian and now FEI ROLEX
World Cup Champion Steffen Peters and work to improve
her Grand Prix performances with Wistar.
Jennifer occasionally has the availability
to add your mount into her training schedule. She will
often accept certain qualified horses into our consignment
program as well. Our mission is to provide high quality
dressage horses for sale with quality training already
established. We hope to offer a partner that is at a fair,
reasonable price that will go on to a successful career
with a happy customer. Please see our Sold
Horses Page for references and up to date info
on how many of our past mounts are doing today
Lessons
When Jennifer gives a lesson, she is teaching the rider
to train the horse, rather than just to ride the horse.
As a result, her students find themselves making unparalleled
advancement with their horses. Alice Budd, a student for
about two years says, "when I started with Jennifer,
my horse Tom and I would have been thrilled just not to
embarrass ourselves in a training level test. Now we are
schooling third level movements and I know if I stay with
Jen, I can actually become a grand prix rider--and I will
have trained my horse myself. Every lesson is a challenge
that ends with homework and goals."
Jennifer says, "Teaching takes practice. You have
to evaluate the problem and find several ways to explain
how to fix it. "I try to break learning into small
steps." She is satisfied as a teacher when her student
feels accomplishment. She truly wants to see each and
every one of her students succeed and it shows with the
amount of effort she puts forth in every lesson.
If you would like to schedule a lesson with Jennifer
or come out and watch her ride or teach please email her
at dressagespecialties@yahoo.com
and she will be happy to set up a time for you. We have
a very supportive, positive, and encouraging group here
at Summervale Farm and we would love to have you as a
part of our team. Jennifer regularly attends local and
national competitions and can help you develop a strategy
for the success of you and your horse. Whether it be small
day to day training objectives or Championship titles,
Jennifer will do her very best to help you attain your
goals. Most importantly Jennifer will always look out
for the best interest in your partner and is dedicated
to their health and well being. See how some of Jennifer's
students are doing on the Student's
Corner page.
