Julie Elizabeth Thomas

Julie started in the horse world in England with the British Horse Society. From there she went on to manage two training centers where she also schooled event horses, provided rider/competitor coaching and accrued a 100% student success rate on BHS exams.

In 1984 Julie immigrated to California and began to focus exclusively on Dressage. Throughout those 26 years she has ridden for some of the top breeders of sport horses. Always eager to learn, Julie still hosts and rides regularly with top international trainers from America and Europe. Her affiliations in Europe have also helped her to import many fine FEI level prospects and competitors as appropriate mounts for her clientele.

Through her husband, Eric, Julie met and became friends with Tom Dorrance, as well as various renowned stock horse trainers. From this exposure she has refined a “horse first” but practical perspective on teaching and training that yields confident and broadly competant horses and riders. In short, she brings a classical but compassionate approach to the dressage court. As coach and competitor, Julie is understandably counted among the most professional and effective on the west coast. (Source)