NORTH STAR EQUESTRIAN
Nicole fell in love with horses when she young and has never looked back. Her riding background is in classical dressage, jumpers, eventing, and natural horsemanship. Her early riding education included the privilege of riding and training under Ann Gilpen, and Erik Herbermann, renowned dressage master and author of "Dressage Formula". After high school, Nicole moved to Maryland as a working student at Bascule Farm, where she furthered her horse education.
Over the years, Nicole has started and developed many young horses. She is experienced with a variety of breeds and loves to combine her natural training methods with the art of classical riding. Nicole started teaching in northern Utah where she developed and ran her own successful horse lesson program. Since then, she has taught and trained in Maryland, Alaska, Nevada, and Idaho. Nicole is always seeking out opportunities to increase her knowledge of training and teaching and is excited to help riders and horses reach their full potential.
"Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby . . . It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and, once it has done so, he will have to accept that his life will be radically changed."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
My daughter started lessons with Nicole and I cannot say enough good things about her program. We have been so impressed. She is calm and encouraging in every situation. My daughters confidence, skill and awareness has grown ten fold in a very short amount of time. We always look forward to what we are going to learn next. Thanx Nicole!!!
Kelsee Garcia
Nicole is an amazing equestrian and person all around! She is genuinely kind and caring to both horse and rider. She eagerly seeks every teaching opportunity and shows her students how to understand the horses reasons behind behaviors and responses. She makes everyone feel welcome, and encourages her students to obtain their own personal best!
Mariah Kuta
Nicole brings a little bit of Heaven to her students and their instructions! She’s the horse whisperer as well as the kid whisperer! Years of grandkids taking lessons and personally knowing Nicole means nothing but love, knowledge and a caring heart! Go Nicole! Nicole plus North Star Equestrian equals SUCCESS!
Micala Colby Jensen
