JANET CHRISTIE
Janet has over 50 years experience competing, training, coaching,and judging. Her students have gone to the Pony Finals, Prix de States, and Medal finals. She has a "R" in hunter, hunter seat equitation and jumper divisions, and is both a hunter and jumper course designer. She has served on the Texas Hunter and Jumper Association Board for over 40 years. Her riding history includes being Jumper Champion of Texas for 10 years in a row, leading to training with Bert DeNemethy and the American Team. Her approach is help each person and horse reach their goals with confidence and safety. Janet's education includes a BA in bacteriology from the University of Texas and working in the department of Genetics at MD Anderson Hospital before she married. She is the mother of four and grandmother of five.
When she is not with her family or clients, she enjoys photography and fly fishing.
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CLARE CHRISTIE
Clare Christie has been training and teaching hunter and jumper horses for thirty years. She promotes proven classical training methods learned from her mother Janet as well as other instructors she has worked with. She specializes in helping her students train in a calm way being mindful of how their own
balance and movements affect the horse. Educated at the University of the South, she decided to take
her passion for horses into a career combining art and horses.
She has been working for many years as both a sculptor and
riding instructor. Her keen eye for subtle changes in the horse’s body language is also apparent in her artwork which is
all about their graceful movement. The sculptures she
creates can be seen exhibited at international horse shows where collectors come to see her latest works.