Cindy Zubrod Boel

Cindy Zubrod Boel stepped on a horse for the first time when she was just 3-years-old. She took her first lessons at Rock Creek Riding Club with Miss Jane Flemming and Jim B. Robertson. She began competing at six, and thanks to Cecil Wheeler, was soon afterwards riding world-champion caliber Saddlebreds. Cindy began her love of teaching when she was just a teenager. During the summers, she would work for her mother – helping teach lessons, train, and continued to catch-ride for other horsemen.

Cindy has established herself as a top-notch equitation instructor, teaching some of the nation’s greatest equitation riders and horses. She took home her first equitation world’s championship title as a trainer nearly 30 years ago, and since then has amassed over 30 World’s Championships and 40 National and Reserve National Championships. Cindy has taught riders on 8 United States Saddle Seat World Cup teams.

Her list of world and national title holders in the equitation ranks reads like a who’s who – from 8-and-under riders (who she has superbly teamed with their horses) to older aged group riders that have continued on through their adult years.

Cindy’s dedication to the Saddlebred, and more specifically the equitation community, spreads far and wide. She has served as co-chair of the United States Saddle Seat World Cup, as well as co-chair of the USEF Saddle Seat Equitation Committee. She has been a board member of the UPHA Equitation Committee for over 20 years, and has been the USEF Equitation Chairman for more than 8 years. Cindy was the 2008 recipient of the Helen Crabtree Equitation Instructor Hall of Fame award. (Source)