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happen. Then Dylan, Heather’s brother, was diagnosed with stage IV stomach cancer, which created a desire and a need for Heather to come home. There was no question if we would become a team—we both just knew it was the next step, as Heather wanted to be close to home for Dylan.
How will it work for clients and their horses? Will there be one main rider/trainer and the other as secondary? Will you coach each other from the ground? We work together with all of the clients. When one of us is busy, the other steps in. It’s been a great asset to have each other. We can each offer a different perspective to our clients, even though we share the same philosophy. We also feel the clients are benefiting from two styles of com- munication. We also are each other’s eyes when jumping. One is
bolder cross-country (Tamie), and the other is more techni- cal in the show jumping (Heather), which is a benefit in the training. Niki Clarke, who is our dressage trainer, works out of our barn as well, so lucky for us we also have her eyes on us—and our students—to hone our dressage skills.
What other advantages do you have working together? We have very different personalities but also have a very
strong work ethic. So we are pretty much each other’s yin and yang.
Any other final comments you’d like to share? You never know what life will throw your way but we are both very happy that a tragic event has helped create an amazing partnership. As best friends, it’s been a lifelong dream for us to work as a team. Now we get to not only do what we love, we get to do it together, every day.
Spring Gathering HUNTERS & JUMPER S
USEF PREMIER l USEF LEVEL 4 JUMPERS l THJA ‘A’ l WCHR $30,000 GRAND PRIX l $30,000 USHJA INTERNATIONAL HUNTER DERBY
$10,000 USHJA NATIONAL HUNTER DERBY l $5,000 TEXAS PRE-GREEN SUPER STAKE April 6 - 10, 2016
Great Southwest Equestrian Center l Katy, Texas
www.gswec.com l (281)578-7669
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