Claire is a United States Dressage Federation Gold, Silver and Bronze Medalist, recipient of the USDF Silver and Bronze Freestyle Bar, and has competed in a total of 11 USEF National Championships, including the 2013 USEF Festival of Champions, the 2012 Developing Horse Grand Prix Championship, and the 2011 Pan American Games Selection Trials. Claire completed both her undergraduate and graduate studies at Baylor University, receiving her Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing, in 2009 and her Master's of Science in Education, Sport Management, in 2011.... (read more) Claire has been riding and training full-time since graduation, and is now training in Southern California.
Claire began riding at the age of 2, and was riding dressage movements on her pony, Daisy, at the same time she was learning to read and write. Earning her bronze medal at age 13 and her silver medal at age 15, Claire has successfully competed several horses at the FEI levels.
Claire teaches the classical training scale through positive reinforcement, which she learned from her mother and is evident in both the performance and attitude of all her horses and riders in training.
Claire began riding at the age of 2, and was riding dressage movements on her pony, Daisy, at the same time she was learning to read and write. Claire has trained her whole life primarily with her mother, USEF 'S' Dressage Judge and USDF Gold Medalist, Joan Darnell. Earning her bronze medal at age 13 and her silver medal at age 15, Claire has successfully competed several horses at the FEI levels.
Claire teaches the classical training scale through positive reinforcement, which she learned from her mother and is evident in both the performance and attitude of all her horses and riders in training.