Whispering Dream Ocala Dressage and Boarding

Whispering Dream Farm and owner Alice Stuebling-Salm have build up their reputation in Dressage Training since mid 2000.

Alice - a German trained Dressage Rider and USEF/USDF Professional - started riding various English disciplines in Germany in early 1980s but soon focused on the Dressage sport.

Today Alice accepts horses of all ages and all levels for training at Whispering Dream Farm. She loves her exceptional skills being challenged when starting on young and green horses. She has done so countless times and her approach is everything else than to break the horse.

Her understanding is to develop the horses gifts to the maximum but still based on a solid friendly behavior. That Monty Roberts' philosophy can be transferred to making high-performance Dressage horses to accomplish without fear and force is one of Alice' Training mantras.

Call Alice and make an appointment to see training her or her clients' Dressage horses or to have an assessment done of your horse for acceptance at Whispering Dream. Sales or show prep upon request. We also offer lessons in Dressage on your own horse. Trailer-ins are welcome. Please inquire with Alice at 352-342-6469.

Dressage Novice Training:

This program developed by Alice is in particular for the young horse or for the horse that is supposed to start as a novice in Dressage. This includes all kinds of breeds and ages and includes often horses that have been competing in other disciplines before.

Rates, including Full-Board starting @ $1,450/month

Dressage Proficiency Training:
This program is designed for Dressage horses that have been in Dressage training for a while and have accomplished all basic skills in Training and First Level. Many horses accepted have already received some fundamentals in Second level. Assessment is always done in a joint session between Alice and the owner.

Rates, including Full-Board staring @ $1,600/month

Both Training programs include the following:

• Full Board Included (Please see in our Boarding section)
• 5 (five) Dressage training session per week
• Fewer training sessions per week at reduced rate for young horses
• To discuss your specific needs or to inquire about reduced rates for long-
term training please call Alice at 352-342-6469

ANNE GRIBBONS is a native of Sweden who has been active in dressage in the United States since 1972. She has trained and shown over a dozen of her horses to Grand Prix, nine of which were United States Equestrian Team long listed.
Mrs. Gribbons was a member of the USET PSG-Intermediaries squad at the North American Championships in 1985 and the World Championships in 1986. In 1995 she was a member of the Pan American Silver Medal Team on Metallic, whom she schooled to Grand Prix. Anne Gribbons was the North American Representative to the FEI World Cup Committee 1994 - 1997, served for ten years on the US Equestrian Federation (formerly AHSA) Board of Directors, is a member of the USEF High Performance Dressage Committee and a member of the USET National Advisory Board.
Mrs. Gribbons is both a licensed USEF Senior judge and an FEI Judge. She resides at Chuluota, near Orlando, Florida.
Alice trained with Anne Gribbons at Knoll Dressage in 2006 and 2007.

Rate: $ 180 private Lesson at KD Farm*

Please visit Anne Gribbons and Knoll Dressage's web site by clicking here.

WOLFGANG KUTTING has been riding up to FEI levels early in his life. In 1979 he passed his German Equestrian Federation (FN Verband) Trainer examination. Thereafter he worked as an instructor at the Institute for Therapeutical Riding in Nassau. In 1982 he was awarded the Stensbeck Award as Bereiter (Master Rider). Kutting_small

Since 1983 Mr. Kutting is also acting as a Dressage judge with the DRV (German Judge Association)where he became a Gran Prix judge in 1995. Besides Germany he also judges internationally in Luxembourg and Singapore. In 2008 he was awarded to becoming a Dressur Gutachter (Dressage Expert) by the Rheinland-Pfalz Commission in Germany.
Since about 5 years Wolfgang Kutting trains two or three times a year ambitious Dressage riders in the U.S. and hold clinics at Whispering Dream Farm.
Based on his long time practise as an active dressage rider, coach and Grand Prix Judge the cornerstones of his own training philosophy took shape. Main focus is to build up a harmonious communication between horse and rider, in order to improve the natural movements of the horse underneath the rider and to develop the potential of any horse.
Mr. Kutting is also founder of the IPI Dressage Academy of Distinguished Riding.

Alice trains with Wolfgang Kutting since 2009.

Rate: $ 150 private Lesson at WD Farm*

You find more information about Wolfgang here.

SIEGFRIED WINKLER was issued the International Equestrian Passport from the British Horse Society enabling him to teach and train Internationally. He also owns the status of a Professional Instructor by the German Equestrian Federation (FN Verband) in Warendorf, Germany.
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In the Netherlands he has earned his Riding Instructor Diploma from the Dutch Riding Academy, Deurne, Holland and is a Licensed German Federation (FN) Judge. In his career Mr. Winkler competed at Grand Prix level in Germany and Holland and later trained at the world-renowned Classical Riding Institute in Karlsruhe, Germany. He was assistant to Jaap Pot, International judge for the Netherlands and Director and Chief Instructor at the Manege de Dollard, Holland.

In his career he was training horses and riders in Germany, Austria, Russia, Ukraine, the Netherlands, and the United States. He now resides in Lake City, north of Ocala, Florida.
Alice trained with Siegfried Winkler at Whipsering Dream Farm from 2007 thru 2009.

Rate: $ 170 private Lesson at WD Farm*

Visit Siegfried Winkler's web site for his credentials as German Reitmeister and his other achievements. Please click here.

Stacy- together with husband Olof - owns Hidden Acres Dressage Inc. in Ocala, Fl. Since 1994 she trained at Hilltop Farm for 5 years. In 2001 she attended The International Academy for Equestrian Studies in Warendorf, Germany, and then progressed to an internship at Petra Wilm's in Tadorf, Germany.
Stacy has regularly attended clinics with renowned International Academy trainer Stephan Kiesewetter. She passed her Trainer 'A' Exam in 2001 and is training and showing closely with Olympian Dr. Cesar Parra.
Alice trained with Stacey Parvey-Larrson from 2006 on.

Rate: $ 85 private Lesson at WD Farm*

Visit Stacy Parvey-Larsson's web site and check out her quality horses for sale. Please click here.

ALEXANDER GIBSON has been a successful Dressage rider and Show Jumper since his early days. Today he owns the Reitanlage Elisenau close to Berlin, Germany, and trains young adults and adults in Dressage from entry levels to Fourth Level.

Alexander Gibson passed his Trainer 'A' Exam with the German Equestrian Federation (FN Verband) in 1980 and he is also a Dressage judge with the DRV (German Judge Association).
Alice trained with Alexander Gibson in Germany in 2002 and 2003.

JULIA SCHMID comes from one of the most renowned Breeding and Training stables in Southern Germany. Her parents have build up Schmid Ursping stables over decades and father Jacob Schmid is the managing director of the the Southern German Horse Breeding Associations.
Her mother Monika Schmid-Vorbach is among others a residing member of the Examination Committee for Breeding and Training in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Julia Schmid has earned her Master degree in economics and is a graduate of the Horse Science Institute for Breeding, Training and Riding.
She mostly trains young horses and she is extremely successful as a3-day-eventer up to the German Bundeschampionat and the CIC**. As a Dressage rider and trainer she has earned her credentials up to FEI levels. She is the former owner of Whispering Dream Farm's Hanoverian Limbo King and won multiple championships with him up to FEI levels (Intermediate II).
Alice trains with Julia Schmid from 2007 in Germany and the U.S.

Rate: $ 95 private Lesson at WD Farm*

To visit Schmid-Urspring's German web site and learn more about Julia Schmid please click here.

* Please confirm all rates prior to making
arrangements with Alice at 352-342-6469

Dressage Training Center & Boarding Stables

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