Dressage champion Michael Poulin sounds almost Zenlike when describing the sport, which involves training horses to make precision movements.
“You have to know nature, and you have to be able to respond to nature,” he said. “The instructor has to be able to interpret or read what the horse is saying with his movement.”
Founded in 2002 as a breeding program for dressage horses, the equestrian center eventually shifted its focus to teaching the sport, thanks in large part to its director and lead trainer, Gwyneth McPherson.
McPherson, who as a teenager won multiple national and international dressage championships, began working at Pineland Farms in 2003 and convinced Poulin to join her in 2008.
The two decorated dressage competitors said they began to expand and improve the training program in the years that followed. Recently, they have accelerated that effort.
“Over the past three years, we have made a concerted effort to turn it into an elite program,” McPherson said.
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