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Rebecca Bruce
Rebecca has numerous wins and championships in
the hunter, equitation, and jumper ring. As a junior, Rebecca
has competed in all the top National Medal finals both on the
West and East Coasts along with showing many of the countries
top junior hunters at Devon, Harrisburg, and Capitol Challenge
horse shows to name a few. Rebecca's
complete junior show record
Rebecca enjoys teaching and watching her student's
equestrian skills develop. She also enjoys bringing young open horses along.
Her strong horsemanship background has taught her to bring along a horse slowly,
while building it's confidence with positive experiences.
As
a junior, Rebecca trained with Mary Gatti, Patrick Spanton, and Kim Tasker for
seven years accruing numerous championships and winning many medal finals and
awards. She gained valuable experience as one of the country's top catch riders
working with such notable professionals as Archie Cox of Brookway Stables and
Monarch International. Since turning professional, Rebecca still works closely
in collaboration with Rainbow Canyon and other top professionals throughout California.
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Sara Estel
Sara Estel relocated from Orange County to Santa
Barbara in Feb. 2008. She was born and raised in Orange Country
where she started riding at the age of 9. As a junior she competed
in the hunters, jumpers and equitation, earning top ribbons.
She began teaching and training full time at the age of 16.
At the age of 22, she spent a year in Japan showing top level
jumpers and teaching.
Sara attended Saddleback College and majoring
in Anthropology with a minor in Geography. She has a strong
western and dressage background along with her english equestrian
training. Sara does a great job of keeping the barn running
smoothly at home when Rebecca is away at horse shows or horse
shopping with clients. You can also find Sara at the horse shows
with Becca helping to school the horses and clients and taking
care of all the official horse show office paperwork.
Zoe McCarthy
Zoe started her riding career at age 9 with Tracy
Weisert at Excalibur farm in Portola Valley, Ca. At age 15 Zoe became the working
student at Excalibur while attending Palo Alto High School. The position allowed
her to learn and develop a variety of skills in the business both on and off the
horse. Zoe frequently attended shows with Tracy from southern california to calgary
while helping to run the day-to-day management of the barn. She continued as a
working student at Excalibur under Gabrielle Goni and international rider Lise'
Quintero, with whom she also continued to gain valuable mileage on the show circuit,
often catch riding horses in both the jumper and hunter divisions. In 2007 Zoe
was hired as assistant trainer at Round Meadow Farm under trainer Nicole Bloom,
focusing her attention and skill to the barn's at-home program and management.
While working at Round Meadow she also coached Castilleia and Woodside Priory
high school equestrian teams at Stanford University for the 2008-09 season, taking
four riders to the Interscholastic Equestrian Association national finals. We
are very excited to have Zoe join the Sunnybrook Team. She takes great care in
helping to run an organized program that is both fun and instructive to all ages
and skill levels, from the short stirrup rider to the experienced amateur jumper.
As a trainer she strives to help her students improve their riding abilities as
well as general horsemanship, and hopes to pass on to them her own dedication
and love of the sport.
Our Grooms
Our grooms are dedicated horsemen themselves.
They take great pride in the care, preparation, and quality
of our show horses. The grooms are an integral part of
any show barn operation and are a key ingredient for the success
of the riders and horses. They live on the property and
are there around the clock to take care of all the horse’s
needs.
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