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Rebecca Bruce
Rebecca has numerous wins and championships in
the hunter, equitation, and jumper ring. She ended her junior career by winning
the $5,000 mini-prix at the Santa Barbara Nationals and again at the $5,000 Cal
Coast Huntington Beach mini-prix and National Equitation Championships at the
L.A. Nationals in 2005. 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. 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, Helen McNaught, 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.
Sharla Brown
Sharla has been on the Sunnybrook team since 2003.
She grew up on her family's equestrian farm in Ontario Canada
and began taking riding seriously with instruction from UK dressage
and eventing team riders, Anne Maunders and Captain Mark Phillips.
As a junior, Sharla made the transition to hunter/jumper and
rode with David Ballard where she competed extensively throughout
Canada and on the east coast. Sharla enjoyed success at the
junior jumper and amateur jumper levels, and also represented
Canada several times at the U.S. college jumper finals.
She and her husband, Kevin, welcomed the arrival
of their first child, Liam two years ago. While attending to
all of Liam's needs, Sharla contributes greatly to the marketing
and production of our sale horse DVD's and advertising. Let
her "take the right lead" to getting your horse sold.
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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