Dede Brierbrauer- "R" Judge - trainer and instructor through FEI.  Davida's introduction to the equestian world began as a junior rider in the show jumping arena.  She attended many training sessions for juniors sponsored by the USET on several sponsored horses belonging to various business and individuals.  Dede was fortunate to ride under the training and coaching of John Russell (US Olympic Team member) plus she competed for several years in the United States at all major shows in the Junior Jumper division.  The opportunity arose for her to go to Germany where she was presented with a letter of introduction to Fritz Thiedemann - coach for the German Olympic Jumping Team and the only individual to win medals at the Olympic Games in both Dressage and Show Jumping.

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She became Heir Thiedemanns apprentice for nine years and quickly realized the importance of Dressage - which is the basics of all riding in Europe.  Dressage became Dede's obsession and was encouraged by Heir Thiedemann to further her Dressage education by training with Georg Wahl and Herbert Rehbein allowing her to compete in both Dressage and Show Jumping in the European show circuit.  She had the fortune to ride and comopete many fine European and American horses belonging to coaches and clients.  Davida competed the levels of FEI Dressage and FEI Show Jumping.  "The more I learned and experienced the more I knew that I had only scratched the surface of the learning scale!  Those nine, wonderful years helped to set my goals, which governed my life". Upon returning to the United States she studied and trained under Bengt Ljungquist - coach of the United States Dressage Team, Peter Kjellerup of Denmark and Nico Van Stight from Holland.  Davida focuses her energies on her family, clients, students and furthering the development of good horsesmanship rather than the fast pace of the competitive world.  She represents a generation of riders and trainers who learned, then practiced and now teach the classical principles that cannot be improved by some of the contemporary methods.  Dede earned her "R" judges license and has been judging since 1970.  She married Peter in1980 where they began the WindCrest Farm and a family with the birth of their daughter, Erika in 1981.

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TEACHING THEORY

"If success is to be obtained in training, the highest standard of understanding must be reached between horse and rider."  As riders and trainers, our education is never finished, only enhanced by each horse we have the privilege to ride.  We must teach and train with a light heart, open mindedness, and above all, humility.  As instructors we must have various goals.  To be successful we should strive to develop each horse to its fullest potential and have enough knowledge and understanding to know when that horse has reached it. In addition we must ensure that our students have the skills, and the confidence to be self sufficient and to continually build upon their knowledge of the basics.

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