Our Coaches
Jamie Moeller
Western Team Coach
Jamie coaches the Western Team. Outside of the team, Jamie specializes in the all-around horse. Whether it be saddle seat, western pleasure, or anywhere in between, Jamie has experienced success in the show ring. With the help of her lessons and training, her clients have competed at local, state, and national shows.
Jennifer Collman
Hunt Seat Team Coach
A highly experienced trainer and expert equine behaviorist, Jennifer Collman’s extensive background includes starting young horses, advancing competition horses, and rehabilitating horses exhibiting problems ranging from simple disobediences to extreme vices and behavioral issues. She is a USDF Bronze Medalist, a USHJA Certified Instructor, a WDAA TTT Graduate, and has multiple Top 5 World Championship wins in western dressage, including a Reserve World Championship at the top level.
Jennifer’s higher education as a rider began in studying with Les Wagschal, a classically trained master of equestrian art and apprentice to Mr. George Wahl, chief trainer of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. Jennifer has also studied with FEI dressage riders and trainers including Kristi Wysocki, a USDF “R” judge, Janet Harms, assistant trainer to Betsy Steiner, head dressage instructor at the University of Findlay, and the head coach for the Intercollegiate Dressage Association (IDA) team, Erin Brinkman, a USDF Gold Medalist and Yvonne Barteau, a USDF Gold Medalist. Over fences, Jennifer’s training was with Greg Best (1988 Seoul Olympic Silver Medalist) apprentice Danielle Turner and hunter seat equitation coach Darla Gentry. She has been coaching riders on the "A" Circuit for over 30 years. Her philosophies and methodologies of horse training are directly influenced by the teachings of masters of both classical and natural horsemanship, including Nuno Olivera, Francois Robichon de La Gueriniere, Tom Dorrance, Ray Hunt and Pat Parelli.
In the show arena, Jennifer’s abilities have taken her horses, students and herself to numerous accolades in Dressage, Hunter Under Saddle, Equitation, Hunter Over Fences, Western Pleasure, Halter, Showmanship, Sport Horse in Hand and Sport Horse Under Saddle. Among these are multiple National Championships, multiple Top 5 World Championships, a Reserve World Championship and multiple Regional Championships. She is USEF Nationally Ranked in Western Dressage at level 4 at #13 in the nation. She is also known for her entertaining trick horses, bridleless demonstrations, as well as her dressage biomechanics, hunter seat equitation and equine behavior & psychology clinics. Jennifer has been conducting clinics and seminars throughout the Midwest and Alaska since 1998. Jennifer was a teacher’s assistant at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls for 3 years with Eventing competitor, Pony Club “A” rider and equine veterinarian Dr. Peter Rayne. Jennifer also was a competitor and member of the NCAA Intercollegiate Horse Show Association and showed with the UW-River Falls Intercollegiate Equestrian Team in hunter seat equitation and equitation over fences for two years. She was one of the original architects of North American Western Dressage, writing the first western dressage rule book and tests. Jennifer also is the president of Windfall Equine Therapy Center, a nonprofit organization that uses horsemanship to heal veterans and at-risk children. In the future, she hopes to expand those programs to help victims of domestic violence.
Jennifer has started and produced over 1000 confident, willing, and respectful horses, many of which have achieved many regional and national accolades in everything from western to dressage and hunter over fences. Her experience spans the gamut of breeds and disciplines, having trained and shown warmbloods, drafts, ponies, off-the-track thoroughbreds, quarter horses, arabians, paints and more in a variety of disciplines.